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 …
Tag: fruit
TikTok Custard Toast
I'd never heard of this until earlier this week. I got a random email from Charlotte at the BBC, asking me to comment on this custard toast nonsense. Turns out Charlotte had asked on Twitter for someone to talk, so my boss from way back at Capita had told them to talk to me. What …
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 …
Wing It Rhubarb Dessert
This is very definitely called winging it.I had meant to make a rhubarb and strawberry compote, and bake an upside down cake.Said compote turned into more of a sauce.Hmm, says I. My mantra is 'if it goes wrong, call it by another name and pretend you meant it' so it turned into a fruit sauce …
My First Christmas Cake
Yes. I know. How can I have been alive for all of my considerable years and not made a Christmas Cake? To be honest, I'm not sure, but I hadn't. I have now, but let's just say it took me a long time to get around to it.I've made cakes for Christmas, yes. But not …
Microwave Christmas Pudding
Yep! Microwave. I thought I'd lost this, but just dug it out again. :)We made this last year at my Mum's in Cyprus, and as we were on the watch for powercuts, it had to be fast. It turns out that this is really, really good. Light and tender on the 1st and 2nd days, …
Use It Up: Lebanese 7 Spice Shepherd’s Pie
My husband has been away since last week and, as is usual when he is away, I bought ALL THE VEGETABLES. Cooked vegetables are really not his thing, other than corn, green beans, peas, potatoes and carrots. (He likes raw veggies, and almost all salads.) I, on the other hand, eat pretty much all vegetables, …
Smoooooth….
It’s been a bit of a week. Monday 8th, I had a wisdom tooth out. Not such a big thing you may say. Take a fear of dentists, an utterly hair trigger gag reflex (yes, even the simple act of brushing my teeth makes me almost Be Unwell) and you have a person who is …
Bramley Apple Almond Tart
No, I do not know why this is called a tart. It’s my mother in law’s recipe and that’s what she calls it, so tart it is. It’s one of our favourite puddings, and we always hope that she’ll have made it when we have lunch at their house. It started being made because pa-in-law …
Apple Crisps.
I found myself with a surfeit of apples today. Some were nice and fresh, some going a wee bit soft but all needed eating. After a bit of Googling, I decided to make oven-dried apples as it seemed the easiest thing to do. I had Discoveries, Cox’s and Golden Delicious to use up. Slice all …
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