Category: Summer
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Vollkornbrot: rye sourdough bread
In my goody box from Anne at the Felin Ganol Mill was some wholemeal rye flour and chopped rye berries. Along with some sunflower seeds, these are just what you need to make this delicious, hearty & earthy bread. The result was fantastic and we ate it with some very special cheese. The soaked rye…
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Felin Ganol – Tybalt Flour: Sourdough Bread
Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford No better term than this,—thou art a villain Now why would you name a wheat after someone who would say that? I think this Particular Tybalt, unlike Romeo’s assailant, is more fiery in name than in nature. This is another test bake of one of the flours…
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Stick blender Mayonnaise – Salad dressings No. 2
I promised some more salad dressings when I wrote the Vinaigrette recipe the other day. I really looked forward to doing this post because mayonnaise this way is so simple and so spectacular. You’ll have great mayo in less than a minute. I hope once you have made this the first time, you will not…
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Felin Ganol Amaretto Flour: Sourdough Bread
It’s very funny how life works. I nearly met Anne & Andrew Parry from Felin Ganol Mill last year. We were temporarily in the same room and then I had to leave the next day. That was at an ‘international’ meet up of bakers in Bethesda, North Wales. Love of bread (and food in general)…
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Vegetarian chilli with chocolate recipe
Chillies and chocolate are a classic combination. The spicy warmth & smokiness of the chilli combine perfectly with the rich, smooth depth of the chocolate. I was prompted to develop a recipe by Choclette’s February I Should Cocoa Challenge. The challenge was to use chocolate in a savoury vegetarian recipe. I’d previously done a Challenge…
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Vinaigrette Recipe – Salad dressings No. 1
Writer and permaculture enthusiast Emma Cooper & her husband Pete came to us for a very enjoyable visit last year. We had lunch which included roast chicken, roasted pumpkin sourdough bread and a foraged salad. Emma asked me afterwards for the method for making the dressing. It’s taken me a while, but here’s the recipe…
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Nettle & brocciu pasties
This week’s Short and Tweet Challenge was a dream recipe for me. That’s because it gave me the chance to use so much home produced or foraged ingredients. The recipe was for Dan’s Spinach and Ricotta Pasties. A gorgeous ricotta/mushroom/spinach/garlic/chilli/oregano filling is encased in a tomato & cheese dough. I changed the dough recipe slightly…
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Spelt, ginger and cardamom cookies
This is the latest in the Short and Tweet Challenge. I just love using spelt in baking. I add it to yorkshire pudding batter, shortcrust pastry and love it as a percentage in my sourdough bread. We’d made these cookies when we first got Dan’s book and loved them. This time I had a look…
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Mutton roasted with amaretti-date spiced marinade
I’ll confess that I wasn’t planning to blog this recipe. However, the reaction of friends on twitter and the team here was so good that I had to share. And that’s why there isn’t a fab picture of the cooked dish: it got eaten before the camera could record it. Sorry. I wanted to cook…