Pane frattau

This is an adaptation of a traditional Sardinian peasants' dish. It is a very loose version of a lasagne, in that it uses bread soaked i...

LENTILS AND RICE WITH MUSHROOMS AND CABBAGE

I'm a great lover of lentils - they are the most versatile ingredient, IMO, and they're so quick and easy to cook they're almost...

Petit pain au chocolat

I'm not a great fan of pain au chocolat made with a croissant dough. I much prefer  them made out of a plain, slightly sweetened dough. ...

Pannetonne (From my BBC archive)

I've made this a few times (but these days I use water instead of milk and egg - still turns out fine). Panettone Ingredients: 200g stro...

Some recent breads

The one on the left is supposed to be a traffic light pizza, with grated carrot in the middle and  spring onions (the green bits) at the bot...

Woodburning chiminea come pizza oven

Well, I finally got my chiminea/woodburning pizza oven! I would have got it earlier in the summer, but we had to get a three piece suite fir...

120 bread rolls for a birthday party

I've been asked by a long-ago acquaintance to make 120 bread rolls for a party next Saturday. This would have been dead easy had I still...