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Bread

Homemade Crispy Croutons for Soup & Salads

November 18, 2022 by Elizabeth

Transform leftover stale bread into crispy, buttery croutons to top your favourite soup or salad. All you need is a few simple ingredients and half an hour of your time. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 10 – 15 minutes Difficulty: Easy The easiest homemade crispy croutons recipe I don’t know about you, but I …

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Fougasse bread is the French cousin of Italian focaccia, an oval white bread seasoned with olive oil and salt cut to resemble an ear of wheat.

How to Make Fougasse – the French cousin of Italian Focaccia

August 20, 2019 by Elizabeth

Fougasse is the French cousin of Italian focaccia, an oval white bread seasoned with olive oil and salt cut to resemble an ear of wheat. It’s remarkably easy to make, too! Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Difficulty: Easy Introduction My favourite sort of evening meal tends to be a mishmash of cuisines, …

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Rye & Caraway Black Bread

Halloween Rye & Caraway Black Bread Recipe

October 31, 2018 by Elizabeth

Perfect for a Halloween or a Harry Potter themed party, this black bread is easy to make and has a gorgeous rye and caraway flavour. Serve with a hearty stew (this makes a perfect bread bowl ‘cauldron’) or with a cheeseboard. “Can you make the bread black?” a client asked me recently after I suggested …

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Wee Black Pudding Bread/Dinner Rolls

Wee Scottish Black Pudding Bread/Dinner Rolls

October 14, 2018 by Elizabeth

  Scottish black pudding stars in these easy-to-make mini black pudding bread/dinner rolls. Serve them (on Burns’ Night!) with your favourite Scottish meal. This recipe was inspired by the black pudding dinner rolls I enjoyed at Eat on the Green in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, earlier this year. I absolutely love trying new foods. I’m always on …

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Easy Cheese and Bacon Scones Recipe

Easy Cheese and Bacon Scones Recipe

April 7, 2018 by Elizabeth

Crispy bacon bits, grated mature Cheddar cheese, finely chopped spring onion, soured cream, and red chili make these savoury cheese and bacon scones perfect for corn chowder. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 12 minutes Difficulty: Easy Getting creative with leftovers My eldest son works in a local cafe. This means that sometimes, he comes …

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Pan Bati Aruban Beaten Bread Recipe

Aruban Pan Bati Recipe

November 18, 2017 by Elizabeth

I have been incredibly fortunate this Autumn to have been on two press trips to the Caribbean thanks to Aruba Tourism and Celebrity Cruises UK. I’m likely going to spend much of this cold, dark Shetland winter reliving the adventures I had there through a series of blog posts. I can still imagine the warmth …

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A Trio of Sandwiches for Afternoon Tea

A Trio of Sandwiches for Afternoon Tea

August 14, 2017 by Elizabeth

Afternoon Tea wouldn’t be complete without a selection of sandwiches. Here are three easy to make varieties perfect with a cuppa. In collaboration with Portmeirion Group & Spode Blue Italian.

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Herbed Potato Picnic Bannocks

Herbed Potato Bannocks

August 2, 2016 by Elizabeth

Use leftover mashed potatoes in these light and moist herbed potato bannocks, which are ideal for summer picnics. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Difficulty: Easy They say that familiarity breeds contempt. I’ve called Shetland home for over 17 years. Shetland, in case you don’t know, is a little island archipelago in the …

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Mature Cheddar and Wholegrain Mustard Scones

Cheddar and Mustard Scones

January 14, 2016 by Elizabeth

Whip up a batch of these mouthwatering cheddar and mustard scones. Perfectly cheesy and packed with flavour. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 12 minutes Difficulty: Easy Scones were one of the first recipes I learned how to make as a child. Baking powder biscuits, they were called, back in the rural Cape Breton of …

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Garlic and Kale Pizza

Garlic & Kale Pizza

August 9, 2015 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Rennies. The summer growing season is officially in full swing! Poor weather for the first half of this year has meant that many gardens in Shetland have been suffering. Things haven’t been growing as well as they could be and so we’ve only started receiving weekly (instead of fortnightly) vegetable box deliveries. …

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Chorizo Grilled Veg Pizza

Chorizo & Grilled Vegetable Pizza

June 7, 2015 by Elizabeth

Nothing beats a home made pizza on a Friday night! We’re a pizza loving family, it has to be said. My bread machine, gifted by my mother-in-law a few years ago, has a convenient 45 minute pizza dough cycle, so there’s absolutely no excuse for not making home made pizza on a Friday night. Simply …

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Pomora Giveaway

Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia with Smoked Sea Salt

March 14, 2015 by Elizabeth

A cheat’s bread machine focaccia recipe PLUS a fantastic giveaway! Despite the fact I feel like I never stop moving at all in a day, I am ultimately quite a lazy person. I love bread, but after a day at work the last thing I want to do is to start hand kneading and proving …

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Cheese on Toast

Our Family Favourite Cheese on Toast #sp

January 23, 2015 by Elizabeth

Post commissioned by Galloway Cheddar – the family’s favourite Scottish cheddar! Cheese on toast has to be one of the best comfort foods. Ooey gooey creamy melted hot cheese on crispy toast with a soft, fluffy interior – there is definitely a time and place when this meal is required. Grilled cheese sandwiches were a regular …

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cinnamon rolls

Rum & Raisin Cinnamon Rolls

September 19, 2014 by Elizabeth

because even raisins love a generous nip of dark rum When I first started delving into the wonderful world of baking, around the age of 12, one of the first recipes I ever made was a basic cinnamon roll. It had a baking powder-raised scone base topped with plenty of butter, cinnamon sugar and raisins. …

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Heritage Wheat Wholegrain Pizza with Summer Pesto and Grilled Vegetables

August 22, 2014 by Elizabeth

A deliciously wholesome pizza made with 16th & 17th century heritage wheats, grilled vegetables and a roasted red pepper, mozzarella and rocket pesto. Pizza doesn’t have to be plain, boring and ordinary. Jazz it up a bit with some grilled vegetables and pesto!

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A Mediaeval Horsebread Recipe

April 10, 2014 by Elizabeth

A replica Middle Ages peasant horsebread recipe made with heritage wheat and legumes inspired by Ken Follett’s novel Pillars of the Earth. I have a very active imagination. A significant portion of my day is spent daydreaming of things other than what I am supposed to be doing. I can be a bit like the …

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Picnic/BBQ Bread

July 1, 2013 by Elizabeth

It’s that time of year again (if we’re really lucky!) – it’s picnic and barbecue time!

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Rustic French Bread

June 24, 2013 by Elizabeth

I go through bread phases. Sometimes I can’t get enough of it and then I go months before I make it again. I’m in a bread phase right now and I’m making (and blogging!) a lot of bread. Fresh bread straight from the oven can’t be beat.

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Baladi (Wholemeal Pitta Bread)

June 4, 2013 by Elizabeth

The first time I was ever introduced to flatbreads was through an employer of mine back in Canada.

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French Baguettes

June 2, 2013 by Elizabeth

I love fresh bread. I have fond childhood memories of visiting my friend’s house when her mother had her bread-baking days. She’d spend a whole day making the bread for the month and the table and oven would be filled with loaves and trays of rolls, glistening with the melted butter brushed over the top.

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