Fennel pollen, honey and ricotta ice cream baked Alaska
I know the idea of fennel pollen ice cream might sound a bit odd, but the warm aniseed like flavours…
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Chianti – The wine region of Italy and making pici pasta
You all know my obsession with pasta, so after my trip to Tuscany I wanted to make the traditional Tuscan…
Cardamom buns with red currents
These cardamom buns are so fluffy and full of flavour, the tartness of the red currents went perfectly with the…
Lavender sugar blackberry cake with crumbly frangipane top
I wanted to bake a blackberry cake with the abundance of freshly picked blackberries I had. I decided on a…
Ruffino relais in Tuscany and a panzanella bread salad
Inspired by the picnic lunch we ate in the Ruffino wines beautiful vineyard, I recreated the panzanella bread salad recipe….
Lavender almond and fennel seed granola clusters
If you wandered how to get granola clusters that stick together, then its easy. I dreamt up this recipe whilst…
Strawberry poppy seed Hokkaido milk bun recipe
I have a bit of a love affair with this Hokkaido milk bun bread dough recipe!. Ever since i made…
Moist semolina cake soaked with wild rose syrup
I love a moist semolina cake, like the sort you find in middle eastern countries that are soaked in syrup….
A guide to making herb and edible flower Pasta
Edible flower pasta is made by laminating flowers or herb’s between two pieces of dough. Its an easy step that…
Elderflower lemon and honey jelly
Every year I patiently wait for elderflower season to come around. I watch daily to see when the flowers begin…