Ingredients For the crust * 200 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting * 50 g almonds, * 1/2 tsp salt, * 2 tbsp icing sugar, * 125 g butter, diced * 2 egg yolks, * 2-3 tbsp water, * 1 egg white, beaten For the filling * 200 g caster sugar, * 4 eggs, [...]
Ingredients * 1 handfuls watercress, spinach or rocket * 1 handfuls peanuts, or blanched almonds * 50 g cheese, such as cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, chopped * 1 cloves garlic, * 2-3 tbsp olive oil, For the fishcakes * 100 g potatoes, * 1 handfuls broccoli, roughly chopped * 2 tbsp mayonnaise, (or 1 tbsp tuna [...]
Ingredients * 200 g marzipan, * 4 tbsp apricot jam, * 4 tbsp orange juice, * walnuts, * ribbon, * gold leaf, optional Method 1. Trim the top of the cake (or use the underneath) to make a flat surface. 2. Heat the jam and whisky (or orange juice) in a small saucepan and stir [...]
Ingredients * 350 g sweet shortcrust pastry, * 9 figs, halved * 100 g butter, * 100 g caster sugar, * 2 eggs, * 10 g flour, * 100 g almonds, * 0 apricot jam, * 0 mascarpone, to serve Method 1. Preheat an oven to 180°C/gas 4. 2. Roll out the shortcrust pastry finely [...]
Ingredients * 350 g plain flour, plus extra for dredging * 2 eggs, * 100 g caster sugar, * 100 g butter, plus extra for greasing * 1/2 tsp orange zest, * 1 heaped tsp baking powder, * 1/2 vanilla pod, seeds only * 300 g jam, * 5 figs, washed and quartered For the [...]
Ingredients * 1.5 yeast, * 125 ml water, * 500 ml milk, * 500 g sugar, * 1 tsp salt, * 1 tsp cardamom seeds, crushed * 5 egg yolks, * 900 g plain flour, sieved * 225 g butter, melted * 1 egg, beaten * 1 tbsp almonds, * icing sugar, for dusting Method [...]
Ingredients For the orange juice pastry * 200 g butter, cubed * 250 g flour, * 30 g sugar, * 1 orange, grated zest only * 2 tbsp orange juice, For the orange frangipane * 115 g butter, * 115 g sugar, * 1 orange, grated zest only * 2 eggs, * 115 g almonds, [...]
