How about leaving something a little bit different for Father Christmas this year?
A Christmas Scone filled with cream would send him on his way just nicely!
Ingredients:-
225g self-raising flour
50g butter, cold diced
20g caster sugar Continue reading
A lovely little addition to the Christmas Cheeseboard for Day 11 of TPW 12 Days of Christmas
Ingredients:
120g oatbran (cereal aisle in the supermarket)
160g porridge oats
salt and black pepper
85g flavoursome Cheshire cheese
50ml olive oil
100ml hot water Continue reading
Day 10 of the 12 Days and it’s something else for the buffet table – or for snacking on at lazy Christmas lunches
Ingredients:
3 sheets of Filo Pastry
130g grated carrot
100g houmous
30g butter, melted
Makes 12.
Day 9 and today is a posh desert – Lemon Posset with Christmas Tuiles!
Ingredients:
2 egg whites, large
120g caster sugar
60g plain flour
55g butter, melted and cooled Continue reading
Simple ingredients to make a delicious Desert!
Ingredients:
3 lemons, zest and juice
500ml double cream
150g caster sugar
Makes 4. Continue reading
In our house, Christmas is a time for snuggling up on the sofa together in front of a roaring fire. Baked Toffee Popcorn is always a welcome addition to our Christmas Movie watching (plus it’s one of the last few Saturdays before the big day, so I know you’ll need something quick and easy to rustle up today!)
Ingredients:
125g popping corn
1 tbsp vegetable/sunflower oil
100g soft light brown sugar
115g butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
3 tbsps water
2 disposable foil roasting trays. Continue reading
How about a Chocolate Mincemeat Bear Claw for Day 7 of The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas – a great alternative to a Mince Pie!
You will need:
1/2 x qty of Danish Pastry – recipe here
1 x qty of Chocolate Mincemeat recipe here
1 egg, for egg wash
A brilliant way to sparkle up a regular jar of Christmas Mincemeat – turn it into Chocolate Mincemeat. And before you all turn your noses up at the idea, I was a real non-believer….until I tried it!
Ingredients:
1 x 411g jar of Mincemeat
1 1/2 tbsps cocoa powder
1 tbsp water Continue reading
How to make Danish Pastry – useful for all sorts of treats!
Ingredients:
350g strong white flour
40g caster sugar
1 1/2 tsp dried fast action yeast Continue reading
A little something savoury for Day 6 of our 12 Days – I’m thinking buffet table or simply scoffing them straight off the cooling rack! x
Makes 12.
Ingredients:
1 x qty Savoury Shortcrust Pastry recipe here Continue reading
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