Apple & Thyme Fat Sausage Rolls
The humble sausage roll in all it’s glory. It’s a staple in our household, especially for my Fiancé. I think he would eat them everyday if he could! I adore a homemade sausage roll, but I mainly made these for him. I like either a mini sausage roll or a massive one, preferably the size of my hand. These are elevated by making a gorgeously buttery rough puff pastry and, although you can use shop-bought puff pastry in a pinch, I think it’s completely worth the extra effort.
Rum Raisin, Pecan Frangipane & Milk Chocolate Buns
These buns where born out of a want to kick start some festivities with some boozy rum & orange soaked raisins. I knew they would pair perfectly with a toasty pecan frangipane and sweet milk chocolate. Slathered in a cream cheese frosting while they're still warm, they're the unnecessary but completely necessary dessert we all need.
Pecan Tarts with Muscovado Cream
It’s officially comfort food season, and I don’t know what’s more comforting than a gooey pecan tart with a little mountain of soft muscovado whipped ganache on top.
Spiced Sticky Pear Puddings with a Brandy Toffee Sauce
These spiced sticky pear puddings with a brandy toffee sauce are what my dessert dreams are made of. These are essentially a sticky toffee pudding with added spices, pear and a very generous few glugs of warming brandy into the sauce.
Cocoa Nib & Pistachio Chunky Granola
This is my delicious and nutritious granola recipe. It’s chunky, crisp, packed full of flavour and lightly sweetened. I’ve used cocoa nibs, pistachios and flaked almonds in mine, but you can use whatever you fancy. The dates stay nice and chewy while the oats and nuts get lovely and toasted. This granola isn’t a very sweet recipe as that’s how I like it. I don’t want to be eating a tonne of sugar at breakfast, so I use a mixture of honey, butter and egg white to get it nice and crisp. It’s packed down as one even layer to bake which is then broken up once cooled to ensure it stays nice and chunky!
Vanilla Rice Pudding with Poached Quince
This is Autumn in a bowl. Rich, warm rice pudding speckled with vanilla bean adorned with ruby red poached quinces. Quince are a fruit I rarely get to use as they’re quite difficult to get hold of. I never see them in the supermarket! They require some love to get them ready to eat but it’s so worth it. Once poached in a fragrant syrup for 3 hours, they turn from hardy and bitter to a soft, aromatic fruit with a gorgeous scarlet colour.