Garlicky, herby, cheesey, buttery ‘bookshelf’ bread for tearing and sharing

Garlicky, cheesey, herby, buttery ‘bookshelf’ bread just for tearing and sharing

Homemade ricotta – and ways to enrich, flavour or infuse it

Simple homemade ricotta recipe, plus tips on how to infuse or add flavours to it or enrich it

Spanish-style leftovers flan

Follow my blog with Bloglovin This is a cross between a quiche and a Spanish omelette (tortilla) and uses up leftover salad potatoes, ham and cheeses. This is a regular feature for our Saturday lunch: it’s quick and simple to knock up the pastry and sometimes I may even have a pastry case pre-made and

Courgette, cheese and bacon quiche with hyssop pastry

Unusual hyssop pastry adds a slightly aniseed tang to this rich quiche

Spiced beef and cheddar pasties

These are roughly based on a traditional Cornish recipe – which I adore, but I’ve spiced them up a bit and added chunks of melty cheddar. So they’re definitely not Cornish anymore, but they are nice! Makes about 5 – 6 Equipment Baking tray Large saucepan Saute pan Grater or microplane pastry brush Rolling pin

Pão de Queijo recipe – Brazillian Cheese rolls

Notes on the recipe Pão de Queijo (pão is bread and queijo is cheese) is a Brazilian bread alternative. It uses tapioca/manioc starch so is gluten free. I halved the original recipe as I bake so much I wasn’t sure we’d eat enough to make a full batch worthwhile (plus if it went wrong I