A Cornish girl's food adventures
This pie is a lovely thing to enjoy at this time of year, rich and warming and full of delicious autumnal flavours. It’s part apple pie, part strudel and part tarte tatin, what’s not to like? Rich, deep caramel sauce coated apples nestled beneath light […]
It wasn’t until I travelled to Sicily last year and happened upon the pistachio festival in Bronte that it occurred to me that something as decadent as pistachio paste could exist. But it does! Either as a thick nut butter or (even more gloriously) the […]
This is such a wonderful bake, part cake, part tart – I love the crumbly, buttery pecan pastry on this, wrapped around the fluffy filling and sticky fruit. This is a lovely autumnal bake and you can easily adapt it to use different fruits and […]
It’s always nice to preserve some of the summer flavours for future days that perhaps aren’t so sunny and jam is a great way to use up a glut of fruit (or when you’ve found a special offer that you just couldn’t resist!) If I’m […]
Crumbly, buttery shortbread, rich with toasty pecan and maple flavours. Who doesn’t want that with their morning coffee? Did I mention that I’ve dipped them in chocolate for good measure? If these don’t perk up your day I’m not sure what will! Ingredients makes 20ish […]
I’ve been coveting my neighbours fig tree. It’s steadily ripening fruit keeps peeking over the fence and flirting with me! I’m always amazed when I see fig trees in the UK adorned with fruit. I always associate them with much warmer climates, like my friends […]
Lately the weather has not been kind, certainly not what you hope August days to be. This has left me craving something comforting rather than the usual refreshing summer desserts. That said though, I still like to make use of what’s seasonal and I still […]
No, I didn’t stutter. I really did bake a cake, decide that it wasn’t ‘desserty’ enough and stuffed it with a layer of cheesecake. Sometimes I do not know when to stop! I made a classic Victoria sponge for this because I had some lovely […]
My friends allotment is awash with strawberries. Delicious plump, sweet, ruby-red berries – she could open a pick-your-own! She generously gave me so many (and some plants) that I had enough for this cake, the strawberry and mascarpone tart from a week or so ago […]
Is it bad that these days I only ever buy bananas with the intention of letting them get over-ripe in my fruit bowl and then turning them into various incarnations of vegan banana bread? I just love it, I don’t think that I would ever […]