Çörek/daktyla/sesame bread Cypriot style!

This is not the full, traditional recipe, but it's what I made when I really wanted a small loaf of bread to go with soup, and also wanted that particular Cypriot flavour. For the full recipe go here. Mastic is probably not something many people associate with food, more than likely people think it's to …

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Quick Fasolada/White Bean Soup

If I have celery, the first thing that comes to mind is usually apple, celery and pecan salad. The second thing is always fasolada. Or fasolia soupa, or fasulye, or whatever you decide to call it. This is my quick store cupboard version. Tinned cannellini beans, basic veg, no fresh onions as they tend to …

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Fresh Spinach Pancakes (no wheat flour)

1 bag fresh spinach, chopped finely1 medium egg3 level tbs gram flour2 level tbs flax seeds, finely ground1/2 tsp dried yeast60g warm water1/2 tsp salt Add the water and yeast to the gram flour and whisk to get all the lumps out. Let it stand for about 15 minutes. It won't floof up much, but …

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Candied Watermelon Peel with Lemon Balm

No, not the green peel, I suspect that's a bit too hard and unyielding to make into a sweet. Although saying that, I have seen many Chinese bloggers make candies out of all sorts, so you never know! It's the white part in-between the green skin and the red flesh that can be pickled or …

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Parsnip Cake – a take on Lo Bak Go

No, not a sponge cake. This is a delicious, savoury cake of subtly flavoured and spiced steamed parsnip. Those of you familiar with dim sum restaurants may know it as Turnip Cake, but Chinese Turnip is hard to get where I live unless I make a special trip. What I did have, however, was a …

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