Chilli salt grissini

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

Flavoured salts – part one

[updated] It’s all the food fashion at the moment it seems to have a pot of two of flavoured sea salt, with salt companies clambering over each other to bring them out. Take a look past the hype and you’ll see that salt mixes are exceptionally useful in the kitchen and can even be used

Pesto and roasted butternut squash dip

Tasty vegetarian pesto and butternut squash roasted dip, that’s easy to make

Chilli chocolate chunk shortbreads

Another variation on the basic shortbread biscuit. This one has a high proportion of ground almonds to keep the shortbreads moist in the middle yet crunchy round the edge and a large helping of chopped-up chilli chocolate. Notes Makes about 20 mid-sized biccies Equipment Large baking (or two small) tray Spatula for lifting Bowls Cutter