Luxury Hot Chocolate Recipes
The weather is getting colder and the nights are getting darker earlier and we all could do with some liquid warmth. How about cosying up under a thick blanket with a mug of hot chocolate and think of Summer. I’ve…
How To Make Your Own Chocolate Gin Recipe
I’m going to share with you a fact I learnt recently, that blew my mind. Gin is vodka with an infusion of botanicals with the main one having to be juniper berries. I don’t know how I thought they made…
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Working as a Food Technologist, through my blog I take my love for all things food through to my travels to discover new cultures, recipe development in my kitchen and sharing restaurant reviews.
Choux De Creme with Craquelin Topping and Toblerone Creme Patissiere Recipe
There is a super cute term of affection in French, ‘Mon Petit Chou’ which literally means my small cabbage or more a term for a sweetheart. On my recent trip to Paris, I tried my first Choux de Creme (choux…
Nanny’s Christmas Pudding Recipe
This Sunday is traditionally known as Stir Up Sunday. The Sunday before the beginning of Advent when plum puddings were made at home to allow enough time to be matured ready for Christmas. All the family members take it in turn to…
Homemade Bean to Bar Chocolate Recipe
Over the last year or so I had a growing passion for bean to bar chocolate. I think it started when I signed up for monthly Cocoa Runner parcels, exploring all the wonderful single origin bars that are out there…
Pistachio Frangipane Croissants Recipe
I love my bed and there are days when I could happily just be a dorm mouse and stay snuggled up in my duvet. Getting me out of my bed can be an endurance test for friends and family, but…
Toasted Almond Croissant Ice Cream Recipe
Breakfast Ice Cream. Yes, you’ve heard right. Breakfast Ice Cream. You’re welcome. Toasted Almond Croissant Ice Cream. Chewy, Nutty, Creamy. Dreamy. Who says that you can’t have a scoop or two of this beautiful ice cream for breakfast when the days…
Maltesers Fudge Recipe
Oh, Captain Oddball. Yesterday was Father’s Day and would like to share with you the sheer force of awesomeness that is Captain Oddball, or more commonly known as my Dad. I know that most people would say they have a…
Passionfruit Crumb Bars Recipe
These golden bars have been on my to make list for a while. I first had a lemon bar square in San Francisco in a small bakery and since then really wanted to recreate them with passion fruit juice rather…
Nanny’s Simnel Cake Recipe
We’ve just been enjoying a beautiful long bank holiday weekend for the Easter break and I spent my time down in Brighton with my family. A stroll along the pier, a few slot machine played, toy planes won and plenty…
Mast Brothers Double Chocolate Cookies with Smoked Salt Recipe
With Easter a stone’s throw away on Sunday, it means I’m even more obsessed with chocolate than any other time of the year. In honour of chocolate fest 2015, I made a recipe from the beautiful Mast Brothers Cook Book.…
Savoury Madeleines with Melted Garlic and Herb Cheese Middle Recipe
Madeleines are the perfect dainty treat for any lady to enjoy as a part of afternoon tea. But what if you took them to the next level and added the most delicious ingredient of cheese. Not just one but two…
Snickers and Peanut Butter Pancakes Recipe
Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day!!! Got to love a calendar event that has delicious food at the centre of the day. Past years I have may gone down the least refined route when it comes to my pancake…
Ryan Gosling Maple Syrup and Bacon Cupcakes Recipe
The last couple of Valentines Day I’ve been spending my days with a special man. Of course, I’m talking of Ryan Gosling and by spend I mean make slightly creepy cupcakes as an ode to the beautiful man. The first…