Desserts

You’ll have noticed that I don’t often make sweet things. I’m the first to admit that baking isn’t my forté. However on my day off this week I decided it was time I tried something easy. I was looking through a newspaper online and saw a recipe for ‘Blondies’ – white chocolate brownies. On Frances’s […]

  Ingredients 1 ½ sheets ready rolled sweet short pastry 125g butter, softened 150g caster sugar 3 eggs, beaten 4 Tbsp flour 170g ground almonds ¾ cup berry jam 3-4 apples   Method Preheat the oven to 200°C. Re-roll the pastry and line the base and sides of a 23cm flan tin. Refrigerate for 10 […]

  Ingredients – serves 8        100g  butter 100g  coconut sugar 10-12  fresh apricots halved and stones removed 400g  block frozen flaky puff pastry, thawed   Method Melt the butter and coconut sugar in a 23cm tarte tatin pan over a low heat. (A small paella pan works well). Remove from the heat. Place the apricots […]

I often buy one or two mendiants from artisanal chocolate shops in Paris. They’re great with coffee. I hadn’t thought about making them till recently – they are so easy and make a great gift. You can you your imagination with the toppings. Traditionally made at Christmas in France, these round disks of dark chocolate […]

For Christmas dinner this year Emma and Frances have asked if we can have trifle as part of our desserts. I think I’ve made a trifle once before. Consequently I asked Di, our new member of staff in our Kitchen Shop, if she had any ideas. She gave me the basis of the following recipe […]