Chutneys are essential at christmas when there’s cheese everywhere you look (or at least there should be) so we made a batch of spiced pear chutney! This spiced chutney is perfect for christmas as it has all the traditionally festive spices. We love making chutneys and other preserves during the winter as we find any […]
Grapefruit is one of our favourite flavours to work with, it’s sweet, sour and delicious. We’ve made lemon curd, passionfruit curd and even lime curd in the past but grapefruit curd is something we have been wanting to try and isn’t something you come across that often. This recipe was used to make our Pomegranate, […]
This week was pastry week, one of our faves. We were torn between a filo creation and the bakewell tart. But really, making our own filo pastry seemed like a lot of hard work, with ideas in mind we will probably return to that in the future and stick to the bakewell for now. We […]
At a party, everyone loves a little something to nibble on. Being perfectly honest we like a lot of something to nibble on… So we decided to make some cheese straws. These were a really easy recipe to make, meaning they’re great when you’ve got a lot of baking to do! We made 2 different […]
Another preserve to add to our christmas gifts! We have loads of quinces knocking about so what better way to use it than make a lovely jelly to go with some cheese, yum. When you make quince jelly you only use the juice you get from boiling your quinces for a couple of hours and […]
So, WE LOVE CHEESE. And we find no cheese board is complete without bread and some good chutneys. Today we have decided to make a batch of onion chutney with a bit of a kick ready for all the Christmas activities (and cheese eating). Rather than your everyday red onion chutney we have decided to […]
