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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A Small Quiche
After watching Choki on YouTube, I had quiche on the brain. It's not often something I think about, but when I saw what she made, it wouldn't go away. (See her video here, quiche at 11:06) I had a large chunk of pecorino dolce to use up before it took over the fridge, so that …
Rose and Coconut Biscuits
Oops. I had forgotten about the legendary Sikh hospitality, so when I took these homemade rose and coconut biscuits over to welcome our new neighbours, as they seem fully moved in now, I came back with an enormous chunk of birthday cake and a box of chocolates! That was not my aim at all, but …
Flour Pie
I know, I know, flour pie sounds distinctly uninspiring but stay with me. A few months back I saw this recipe on Instagram, and it caught my eye. It just looked so wholesome and fresh! I made it, and it was. A lovely way to use up greens, in a very non boring way. I …
Sad Mango Small Cakes
The cakes themselves are not sad, but the mango I found in my voluminous fruit/veg stand was. All bruised and forlorn on one side, bless it. I put it out of its misery quickly, peeled it and chopped all the usable flesh into small, fragrant, sticky pieces. It was early in the morning, and I …
Fruity Frangipane
Almondy, buttery goodness with a layer of soft fruit underneath. What's not to love, right? This one is easy to make vegan if you use vegan butter and aquafaba to replace the egg. I love making it in a small, oven safe frying pan because then it's only two (ish) things to wash up and …
Nigella’s Emergency Brownies – 4 versions
I’ve been making a lot of Nigella’s Emergency Brownies. Not because I’m a brownie fiend, really, but once I make something, my brain then decides it wants to tweak it and experiment. So I did. The basic recipe is on Nigella’s website, and is excellent. It doesn’t need tweaking, it’s utterly delicious and stands all …
Lemon Olive Oil Cookies
I adore the smell of fresh lemons. I am generally captivated by lemon trees, and always wanted my own one, but living in the UK without a conservatory or a very large greenhouse makes that fairly improbable. In these cookies I used a lemon olive oil, plus extra zest, to get that zing that I …
Easy Baked Aubergine
Aubergines/eggplants are much maligned. I know that. But I love them so much! Here is a very simple way of cooking them, no fuss, and not a lot of mess. My friend Liese in Athens still makes this, many years after I gave her the recipe, and that makes me smile every time I think …
Plantain Not Quite Brioche Swirls
I follow many channels on YouTube, quite a few of which are food based. Surprising, yes? [/irony] There is one channel whose owner has such a relaxing voice, that I could probably listen to her reading the phone book to be honest, but when she's talking about her cooking, that's much better than Smith, Jones …
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