Recipes

Guinness Cake for St Patrick’s Date

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day by making this Guinness Cake recipe from Cakes Regional and Traditional by Julie Duff! This robust, moist dark fruit cake is absolutely mouth-watering, made with the traditional Irish Stout Guinness; it should be kept for at least a week before eating. Ingredients: 75g/3oz sultanas 75g/3oz raisins …

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Basbousa-bil-laban for Ramadan

Basbousa-bil-laban, or halva with yoghurt, is an Egyptian semolina cake made with yoghurt and drenched in butter and syrup. Perfect for iftar, this recipe comes from Sweets & Desserts from the Middle East by Arto der Haroutunian. Ingredients 75g (3 oz) blanched almonds 225g (½ lb) unsalted butter 150ml (¼ …

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Gorgeous Recipe for the weekend

Serves 4 vegan     Greens & Grains GREEN VEGETABLE PAELLA  From our gorgeous forthcoming book…. I’m not really into grilling, but I love preparing this paella outside in the garden on the fire drum. As an aperitif beforehand, there’s fresh bread with artichoke cream, and a glass of Cava is …

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A delicious Summer Bowl

From our book Buddha Bowls Now out in paperback SUMMER BOWL Ingredients For The Salsa: 1 large beefsteak tomato 2 sprigs basil ½ clove garlic 1 tsp Balsamic vinegar For The Almond Sauce: 50ml vegetable stock 40g Sun Dried Tomatoes in oil 20g Almond buter Chilli Flakes For The Vegetables: 1 …

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National Ice Cream Day!!

Why not celebrate this and the start of the School Holidays with this tasty treat? from The Vegan Ice-Cream Bible STRAWBERRY AND RASPBERRY SORBET Ingredients 180g raspberries 210g strawberries 100g sugar 90g Dextrose 1.5g stabiliser 300ml hot water 30ml lemon juice 1 tsp rose water Method Wash the strawberries and the …

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