There’s an air of mystique around baking, but it’s easy to master with a little guidance. Cakes, bread, pies, tarts, slices, biscuits, crumbles and flans – here are my favourite baking recipes
Marmalade Pudding Like Marmalade? Join my small-group ‘Seafood & Spirits’ Tour To Scotland – The Home of Marmalade. Steamed jam pudding is an old-fashioned British and Australian classic; a quick and inexpensive dessert made with pantry staples. I make marmalade puddings as I love the way the bitterness of the citrus rind contrasts with the […]
Chäschueche (Swiss Cheese Tart) Like this recipe? Discover More Delicious Swiss Dishes on My Small-Group Food & Wine Tour of Switzerland! Chäschueche literally means ‘cheese cake’ in Swiss German, which might make you think we’re preparing dessert. But ‘cheese tart’ would be a better translation, as Chäschueche is savoury, more like a quiche. You can […]
Chäschüechli (Swiss Cheese Tartlets) Like this recipe? Learn To Make Chäschüechli With Andie & Me On A Swiss Food & Wine Tour! Chäschüechli literally means ‘little cheese cakes’ in Swiss German, which conjures up images of dessert. These Swiss cheese tartlets are savoury however, more like quiche, and one of my favourite Swiss snacks. They’re […]
Shortcrust Pastry Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Shortcrust pastry, called pie crust pastry in America, is one of the classic pastries and the easiest to make. It’s known as pâte brisée in traditional French cooking and all the names refer to its use, for sweet or […]
Potato & Scamorza Tart with Smoked Eel Like this recipe? Discover more delicious Italian dishes on my small-group Italian food & wine tours. This delicious potato and scamorza tart can be vegetarian, but – as with the potato and Fontina tart that inspired it – I often add some smoked fish like hot-smoked eel or […]
Rosemary Focaccia Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy Authentic focaccia is made with a generous amount of olive oil (see video below). Plenty of oil ensures your focaccia is moist and rich. Once you’ve mastered a basic focaccia recipe you can start having fun with […]
Onion Focaccia Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy Ligurian restaurateur Lucio Galletto makes the most delicious focaccia I’ve tasted (see video below), so my recipe is inspired by his and uses plenty of ALTO Olives’ delicate Ligurian-style olive oil. Lucio calls focaccia ‘Liguria’s answer to […]
Olive Focaccia Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy My olive focaccia recipe is inspired by Ligurian restaurateur Lucio Galletto, who uses more water and oil in his recipe than most I’ve seen (see video below). Liguria is famous for the tiny, tasty Taggiasche olives that […]
Baps (Scottish Morning Rolls) Like This Recipe? Discover More Classic Scottish Dishes On My Scottish ‘Seafood & Spirits’ Tour! I have a wonderful memory of being at my Auntie Mary’s house in Glasgow and scurrying down the road early one morning to buy beautifully soft floury baps from the local baker for our breakfast (the […]
How To Blind Bake A Pie Crust Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Everyone loves a good pie. I always have a couple of packs of Carême ready-rolled pastry in my freezer for quick pies and tarts. A pot pie is the quickest and easiest pie to […]