Short and oh so Sweet – Revisited

Short and oh so Sweet – Revisited

These Semolina Shortbread Biscuits/Cookies are so good I just had to make another batch!

Homemade Praline

Homemade Praline

A good recipe for praline, that incredibly indulgent caramel-y mixture of nuts and sugar that gives such a luscious crunch to sweets and desserts.

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It’s that time of year when the weather is changing and I either love it or hate it, depending on what the summer was like. Mornings are crisp and sunny with dew shimmering on the grass. Leaves start turning brown and the night draws in faster 

Perfect Parfait: Heston Blumenthal’s Parfait of Chicken Livers

Perfect Parfait: Heston Blumenthal’s Parfait of Chicken Livers

One of my favourite starters or light lunches is a deeply flavoured chicken liver parfait, full of thyme and with an underlying taste of port. Heston Blumenthal’s Parfait of Chicken Livers recipe, which I tore out of The Sunday Times magazine way back on October 30, 2005, is my idea of a perfect parfait.