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Lemon and Elderflower Tart

Lemon and Elderflower Tart

If I could pick just one flavour to capture the essence of summer it would have to be elderflower. The weather can be a washout but these creamy white clusters don’t care, they appear anyway and fill the air with their heady scent. Lemon is a perfect partner with this floral flavour, so here is…

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Apple & Cobnut Frangipane Tart

Apple & Cobnut Frangipane Tart

This morning I woke to autumn sunlight pouring through the bedroom window, and mist rolling over the fields.  It felt chilly when I opened the back door to let the dogs out.  I adore this time of year when the days are still warm but the nights are drawing in, it’s a cosy feeling.  Last…

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Wild Garlic and Nettle Tart

Wild Garlic & Nettle Tart

Wild Garlic and Nettle Tart – a wholegrain pastry base, with a creamy, savoury custard filling and foraged greens. As regular readers may have noticed, I go through obsessive periods with either certain dishes or ingredients. So, you’ll be unsurprised to see that you’ve had two different wild garlic recipes from me recently. However, unlike…

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Nettle & Pine Nut Parcels with Whipped Feta

Nettle & Pine Nut Parcels with Whipped Feta

This recipe for Nettle and Pine Nut Parcels with Whipped Feta marks the start of the spring foraging season. They’re relatively quick and easy to make, using some store cupboard ingredients. Bronzed and crisp flaky pastry bites, filled with new season nettles, sautéed onion and garlic, with a hint of spice from the smokey paprika….

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Elderberry & Pear Frangipane Tart

Elderberry & Pear Frangipane Tart

I’ve taken this classic French tart and added a delicious flavour twist.  If you read my last post you’ll know that I prepared Elderberry Poached Pears, a simple and delicious dessert.  However this takes them to another level.  Crisp, buttery shortcrust pastry filled with almond cream and those glorious deep magenta pears.  It’s an enticing…

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Berry & Lemon Tart

Berry & Lemon Custard Tart

Autumn is almost upon us, August brings a softer golden light and a slight chill to the evening air.  I seized every opportunity I could this last week to forage for blackberries as they are so incredibly sweet this year. This dessert was inspired by my love of lemon tart.  I adore the citrusy, creamy,…

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Herby Courgette & Feta Tart

Herby Courgette & Feta Tart

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reacquainting myself with my vegetable plot this year having given it a wide berth for a while, why you ask? Frustrated to say the least with the battle of copious slugs and French partridge!  Time is a great healer and a little more giving these days which has definitely helped. Courgettes are…

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Tomato and Mascarpone Tart,

Tomato & Mascarpone Tart

Last week was rather higgledey-piggledey and a little stressful, it felt like I hadn’t stopped.  That is why I decided Sunday was a complete day of rest, spent in the garden.  I popped to my local artisan food market and bought the most amazing tomatoes, along with a few other locally produced delights.  When tomatoes…

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Spanakopita – Greek Spinach & Feta Pie

This spinach pie, is a Greek classic: made from dark leafy greens and salty feta cheese, enclosed in several layers of perfectly crisp, flakey filo pastry.  If you’ve never tried it before you’re in for a treat.  Delicious hot or cold, perfect to serve vegetarians and suitable for lunch or a light dinner.  I like…

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Rhubarb & Blood Orange Tart

Rhubarb & Blood Orange Frangipane Tart

Time both flies and stands still when you’re looking forward to something.  I have a holiday booked and I’m happy to say it’s now imminent.  Lots to sort out before we depart though so my desk is littered with list upon list. When we do have the opportunity to travel we endeavour to explore somewhere…

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With a run of wedding cakes to prepare and a few o With a run of wedding cakes to prepare and a few other projects on the go I haven’t been able to make as much sourdough as I’d like. Well I remedied that yesterday! I double fed my starter on Sunday, to get it really active and then embarked on making ciabatta. Now this has been on my bake list for some time, it’s a lovely loaf with salads or made into a giant sandwich or even toasted. 
I’m almost there on the method, it needs a little tweaking but I’m pretty pleased with the result.
I had the pleasure of making and delivering this w I had the pleasure of making and delivering this wedding cake to @sircharlesnapier yesterday. What a gorgeous setting (I’ve popped a couple of photos on stories).

This was served for dessert, so was filled with a seasonal gooseberry and elderflower compote then coated in Lemon Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
That’s it for wedding cakes, for now at least 😅
A dish that works for any summer gathering and a g A dish that works for any summer gathering and a great Midsummer alfresco meal. Easy to BBQ too.

Have a great weekend friends.

Pepper Spiced Roasted Salmon with Garden Vegetable Salad.

For the Salmon
800g Salmon fillet (or sea trout)
1.5 tsp Malden salt
1.5 tbls white, red & green peppercorns
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp Demerara sugar 
2 Lemons, zest only
1 tbsp olive oil

Oven 180C fan.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay the salmon fillet on the top.
Place the salt, peppercorns, fennel seeds & sugar in a mortar. Wash the lemons then zest 1 1/2 and place in the mortar. Pound together so that everything is mixed well (if you do not have a mortar, you can mix in a small bowl). Spread the spice mixture over the salmon and rub it in thoroughly. Drizzle over oil. Slice the lemon in thick slices and place around the salmon. Leave out for 1 hour. 

Green salsa
Chop the leaves of a bunch of parsley finely, then finely chop a small clove garlic and place in a bowl. Zest the remaining lemon half a add the lemon juice, 50ml EVOO, salt and pepper to the bowl of parsley. Mix together to a smooth sauce. You can also use a hand mixer.

Bake the salmon for 20-25 minutes or until just cooked through. Serve with roasted new potatoes a seasonal salad. And quick pickled red onions.
Glad Midsommar🇸🇪 I love where I live but Sw Glad Midsommar🇸🇪

I love where I live but Sweden is the place to be on Midsummer’s Eve. 

Always celebrated on the Friday (between 19-25 June and a National holiday)  A day filled with flower crowns (midsommarkransar), dancing, singing and a sun that never sets. 

And of course there’s plenty of food, cold beer and schnapps, preferably spiced. 
Apart from pickled herring, new potatoes & sour cream there’ll be a main course.
Watch out for my next post in a few hours…
I promised a few recipes for midsummer…let’s s I promised a few recipes for midsummer…let’s start with dessert: a super light summer berry cake with fresh cream with a hint of vanilla.

I have made a video to show you exactly how to make this cake on stories, which I’ll save to highlights.

🍓Swedish Midsummer Berry Cake🍓

6 large free-range eggs room temperature
85g unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla sugar or extract
160g golden caster sugar
¼ tsp fine sea salt
150g plain flour
3 tbls low sugar berry jam
strawberries and raspberries to filling the cake and decorate
* 850ml double cream, whip in 2 stages
edible flowers and herbs to decorate.
I can hardly believe that it’ll be midsummer at I can hardly believe that it’ll be midsummer at the end of the week, we’ll be celebrating as a family on Sunday. 

I’ll be posting a few Swedish inspired midsummer recipes in the next few days should you want to celebrate the summer solstice, the Scandinavia way.

Hope you’ve had a lovely weekend.

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