A recipe for those in-between-days over the Christmas break. Festively red and green, these smoky meatballs and their sauce can be made ahead and then poached before serving. Perfect when you need a rest from all the main-event cooking. Poaching your meatballs, as...
Sweet Recipes
Nicola Lamb’s chocolate, peanut + coconut biscuits
Nicola Lamb is a master of her craft. She’s baked at all your favourite bakeries from Ottolenghi to Little Bread Pedler and has brought her expertise to her first cookbook ‘SIFT: The Elements of Great Baking’, sharing the theories and principles of great baking and...
Jess Dennison’s rosemary and apple cake
Jess Dennison, the talented cook of Elliotts in Edinburgh, has written a brand-new cookbook. It’s an absolute triumph that celebrates her favourite midweek meals. Simple, tasty and down-to-earth cooking for any time of the week really, Jess’s Midweek Recipes is out...
Nicola Lamb’s secret chocolate cake
Nicola Lamb is a master of her craft. She’s baked at all your favourite bakeries from Ottolenghi to Little Bread Pedler and has brought her expertise to her first cookbook ‘SIFT: The Elements of Great Baking’, sharing the theories and principles of great baking and...
Classic Bara Brith
INGREDIENTS For one loaf: 350g (1 pint) mixed dried fruit . We use a mixture of raisins, dates and prunes 225g (1/2 a pint) soft dark brown sugar 1/2 tsp mixed spice 275ml (1/2 pint) hot, strong Earl Grey tea 375g (1 pint) self-raising flour Pinch of Pure Sea Salt 1...
Christmas morning buns
INGREDIENTS Makes 12 buns For the dough 500g strong white bread flour, plus extra for rolling 60g golden caster sugar ½ tsp Halen Môn Pure Sea Salt in a Finer Flake 1x 7g fast-action yeast sachet 85g unsalted butter 300ml whole milk 1 egg For the filling and...
Homemade Christmas Gifts
We’ve put together a list of some of our favourite homemade gifts to make this Christmas- giving any of these, wrapped up in parchment paper and tied with some ribbon - will earn you some serious brownie points this festive season. Fermented chilli hot sauceThis is a...
Salted caramel + apple crumble cake
INGREDIENTS SERVES 6-8 For the cake 75g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing 2 tablespoons Halen Môn Salted Caramel Spread 150g plain flour ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 85g soft light brown sugar ¼ teaspoon...
Mini salted caramel + apple meringues
INGREDIENTSMakes approx. 10 mini meringues 5 medium egg whites 175g sugar Halen Môn Salted Caramel sauce 20g unsalted butter 1 large bramley apple, peeled & cut into 1cm chunks 300ml double cream, softly whipped Always surprisingly simple to make, these...
Vanilla + raspberry crème brûlée
INGREDIENTS Butter, for greasing 70g caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp for the raspberies 300g raspberries 100ml whole milk 500ml double cream 1 vanilla pod, split in half lengthways 3 bay leaves 6 large egg yolks (or 8 medium egg yolks) 2 tsp cornflour 5 tbsp demerara sugar...