Saving energy in the kitchen when bread and pasta making

A few simple and sensible ideas to help when cooking bread and pasta to manage energy or maximise use of your oven/hob. A quick, low energy pasta recipe included.

Breadstick stars

Christmas breadstick stars – based on my grissini recipe and made into cute festive star shapes

Mini panettone

Gorgeous chocolate and pistachio mini panettone (panettoncini) recipe. Full of festive flavours and surprisingly easy to make.

My ‘best’ pizza dough – with a garlic bread recipe

My ‘best’ pizza dough recipe – makes truly fantastic pizza bases or garlic breads, plus a recipe for two garlic bread toppings

Egg pasta dough – pasta all’uovo

Full instructions and images for egg pasta dough, plus some hints and tips including being frugal/replacement ingredients for lockdown cooking

Gnocchi

How to make and cook delicious, pillowy gnocchi, a way to change up cooking with potatoes

Sourdough flatbreads

These are my gorgeous, tangy flatbreads but they do take some commitment as they are fully sourdough, with a pre-ferment stage. I’ve been making sourdough since 2001… I was already making bread by hand for many, many years before this, but started as my twin baby sons began weaning. I was a little obsessed with

Pesto and vine tomato schiacciata

Schiacciata bread recipe with vine tomatoes and pesto

Chilli salt grissini

An easy recipe for taper-thin, crispy grissini / bread sticks with chilli salt coating