Recipe Round-Up
An e-mail went around at work on 1st June: baked goods were being sought for a fund-raiser. Great! I was home early from work but I had to cook the dinner before going out. Somehow I managed to make two batches of scones (one containing sultanas and the other cheese and chives) and a coconut jam slice from Successful Cooking: Slices.
We were planning a quiet bank holiday weekend after the spouse's busy week. Flicking through Doreen Fulleylove's Country Fare I came across a recipe for wine cobbler, the ingredients for which are a bottle of white wine (this book was published in the days when no one was expected to know anything about wine regions), ice cubes, sliced lemon, mint, maraschino cherries (I substituted fresh blueberries), lime juice and a pint of soda water. This quantity was supposed to give you fourteen cups! The spouse and I had about two glasses each before it disappeared. Very tasty and refreshing, all the same.
I also baked a cheesecake. You can't move for designer cheesecakes these days but sometimes all you need is a plain-ish one. I rooted out an old Good Housekeeping recipe, the only flavouring for which is lemon. Topped with soured cream and fresh fruit, it went down a treat, especially with the younger offspring on his return from an evening out.
Almost six years ago exactly I made avocado and rocket soup from The Soup Book recipe. I made it for the second time on 11th June. We didn't have any harissa in the house so I substituted chilli sauce. I also made a parsley and lemon salad from Jill Dupleix's Simple Food. Both were really good.
A couple of weeks ago I made banana gingerbread slice from Martha Day's Baking. The younger offspring was away so with only two of us in the house I had to bring the substantial part of the gingerbread into work. It didn't go to waste.
Five days ago I baked shortbread from Doreen Fulleylove's book in anticipation of the younger offspring's return. However, someone had his flight details wrong, so I ended up bringing the shortbread into work. Not to worry. It gave me the opportunity to make nutty fudge shortbread from a recipe copied from an unknown book. A layer of shortbread, covered with caramel and topped with a mixture of chocolate, hazelnuts and walnuts. I will have to make this again as I am not eating chocolate until September. Why do I torture myself?
Today I baked a blueberry, lavender and honey cake from Norfolk's Own Cookbook in advance of a lunch party tomorrow. I'm very pleased with it. It's definitely a seasonal cake as you need fresh lavender. Can't wait!
Bee Buzz
Check out this story about bee hives in central Dublin published in The Irish Times (18th June 2016).
Or this story about a bee hive installation at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew (The Guardian, 17th June 2016).
Here's a story about a farmer in India using bees to keep elephants away from his property (The Times of India, 21st May 2016).
An e-mail went around at work on 1st June: baked goods were being sought for a fund-raiser. Great! I was home early from work but I had to cook the dinner before going out. Somehow I managed to make two batches of scones (one containing sultanas and the other cheese and chives) and a coconut jam slice from Successful Cooking: Slices.
We were planning a quiet bank holiday weekend after the spouse's busy week. Flicking through Doreen Fulleylove's Country Fare I came across a recipe for wine cobbler, the ingredients for which are a bottle of white wine (this book was published in the days when no one was expected to know anything about wine regions), ice cubes, sliced lemon, mint, maraschino cherries (I substituted fresh blueberries), lime juice and a pint of soda water. This quantity was supposed to give you fourteen cups! The spouse and I had about two glasses each before it disappeared. Very tasty and refreshing, all the same.
I also baked a cheesecake. You can't move for designer cheesecakes these days but sometimes all you need is a plain-ish one. I rooted out an old Good Housekeeping recipe, the only flavouring for which is lemon. Topped with soured cream and fresh fruit, it went down a treat, especially with the younger offspring on his return from an evening out.
Almost six years ago exactly I made avocado and rocket soup from The Soup Book recipe. I made it for the second time on 11th June. We didn't have any harissa in the house so I substituted chilli sauce. I also made a parsley and lemon salad from Jill Dupleix's Simple Food. Both were really good.
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| Blueberry, lavender & honey cake just out of the oven |
A couple of weeks ago I made banana gingerbread slice from Martha Day's Baking. The younger offspring was away so with only two of us in the house I had to bring the substantial part of the gingerbread into work. It didn't go to waste.
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| Cooling down |
Today I baked a blueberry, lavender and honey cake from Norfolk's Own Cookbook in advance of a lunch party tomorrow. I'm very pleased with it. It's definitely a seasonal cake as you need fresh lavender. Can't wait!
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| Sandwiched with fresh blueberries, blueberry jam and lavender buttercream |
Bee Buzz
Check out this story about bee hives in central Dublin published in The Irish Times (18th June 2016).
Or this story about a bee hive installation at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew (The Guardian, 17th June 2016).
Here's a story about a farmer in India using bees to keep elephants away from his property (The Times of India, 21st May 2016).
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