Tag: spices

  • Fermenting Revolution 3 – Kimchi

    Kimchi Recipe Kimchi is a traditional Korean spicy vegetable pickle. The veg starts off being brined and then it’s rinsed and allowed to ferment in a paste of onion, garlic, ginger and chillies. It’s normally made with shredded chinese style cabbage as the base with other vegetables included. Basically, you can make it with anything,…

  • Italian rotolo pasta with lemon-thyme butter recipe

    This pasta is a bit of a show stopper. It looks just great on the plate and there are loads of variations you could make to the filling. I’d often looked at the recipe in Jamie’s Italy and decided that it was a bit too much of a faff to do.  Then I saw the…

  • Sourdough breakfast bread with spelt, fruit , nuts and spices

    This is a wonderfully moist, tasty and nutritious start for your day full of fruit, nuts & spices. It’s also a great mid-afternoon snack for when your energy levels are dipping. First thing to say is that the original idea was not mine. This recipe is a sourdough adaptation of Ed & Marieke’s yeasted muesli…

  • Chocolate Muffins with marzipan & spices – ‘Hidden Hearts’

    This recipe was inspired by my Twitter friend and genius chocolate baking blogger Choclette. Each month Choclette and baking friend Chele host We Should Cocoa – a chocolate challenge. The Challenge is to make something with chococlate and a special ingredient. For April 2011 the special ingredient was marzipan. I wanted to make a muffin…

  • Rhubarb cake recipe with polenta, ginger, spices, almonds

    When I posted this picture on Twitter, I really wasn’t ready for the reaction. It seemed that the idea and view of such a creation was quite attractive to many people. This made me laugh: …god that cake looks good. I just licked the laptop screen… I also had a fair few requests to post…