Here's a traditional Irish recipe for Saint Patrick's day - brown soda bread. No kneading, simplicity at its best and so tasty. Enjoy ! Brown bread/ pain [...]
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Black Olive Tapenade
Perfect on crostini and washed down with a nice Rosé in this fine weather Tapenade 250g/10ozs. black olives 50g/2 ozs. anchovy fillets 1 tablsp. capers 2 cloves [...]
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Camembert in its box
Choose Camembert in a wooden box. Remove from its wrapper and soak the box to prevent burning. Cut barely through the skin into 8 (makes peeling back [...]
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Treacle and Walnut bread
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/450ºF Mix the following dry ingredients in a large bowl 1. 16ozs/400g wholemeal flour 4ozs /100g porridge 4 ozs/100g walnuts, crushed lightly 4 [...]
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Drinks in December
With the Christmas festivities just around the corner many of us are planning our menus, parties and nothing beats a few homemade bevvies! I recycle any 1 [...]
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Crème Brûlée à la fêve de Tonka
There are lots of recipes out there for Crème Brûlée but this one is my favourite. Tonka beans ( from the teak tree and très tendance in France at [...]
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