Ginger Snaps / Jam Tarts / 5 Breakfasts

Blog Post & Recipe: gingersnaps

These are the kinds your grandmother might have made, as evidenced by the healthy helping of dark, funky and impossibly thick molasses.

Blog Post & Recipe: jam tarts

Rub 40z of butter and 6oz of flour together in a big bowl. Do so quickly, as Tamasin Day-Lewis says, "as though the butter and flour are hot sand".

Article & Recipes: Wake up to a better breakfast

You need crumpet moulds – a slightly unusual piece of kitchen kit, but a handy one when the crumpet bug bites. The rings some people use for making perfectly round fried eggs would work too, of course.

Fried eggs with sumac ... Fried eggs with Turkish pepper ... Fried eggs with sage ... Huevos rancheros ... Crumpets

Blueberry Balsamic Black Pepper Jam / Braised Daikon / Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)

Recipe: Blueberry Balsamic Black Pepper Jam

It is a beautiful inky blue-purple and the balsamic and pepper cuts the sweetness just enough.

Blog Post & Recipe: Braised Daikon

Braised daikon is ridiculously simple to make. There are only 3 ingredients. It takes awhile to cook but it is worth the wait. Raw daikon is crunchy and starchy. After being cooked for 40 minutes it becomes tender, soft and delicious. The texture of braised daikon is reminiscent of sea scallops.

Blog Post & Recipe: Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani) (the same blogger uses this recipe to make Butter Chicken Burritos)

Butter chicken or murgh makhani, is an Indian dish where chicken that is marinated in a yogurt based marinade filled with aromatic spices is served in a buttery and creamy tomato based sauce. The chicken is normally cooked in a tandoor but you can just as easily grill it or cook it up any way you like.

4 Mussel Recipes / 3 Recipes with Cooked Peppers / Scottish Raspberry Jam & 15 Other Jams

Blog Post & Recipes: Medley of mussels

Hints for preparing mussels ...

MUSSELS WITH A TOMATO SAFFRON SAUCE ... STEAMED MUSSELS WITH FENNEL ... COCONUT AND HERB MUSSEL SOUP ... FAMILY-FAVOURITE MUSSEL FRITTERS

Article & Recipes: Pick the perfect peppers

Grilled, roasted or sautéed, a scorched pepper is a thing of deliciousness.

Warm chickpea and onion purée with sizzling peppers and lamb ... Hot chicken with peppers and chilli recipe ... Macedonian grilled vegetable salad recipe

Blog Post & Recipes: Scottish Raspberry Jam

Scottish Raspberry Jam

If you are now in the mood for jam, here a few recipes to tempt you: Strawberry Jam ... Plum Jam ... Mango & Orange Peel Jam ... Rum Pumpkin Jam ... Damson Jam ... Black Cherry & Cointreau Jam ... Strawberry & Rhubarb Jam ... Bramble Jelly ... Wild Fruit Jam ... Mirabelle Jam ... Summer Fruit Jam ... Peach & Apricot Jam ... Mango & Cardamon Jam ... Nectarine Preserve ... Thai Ginger, Rhubarb & Chilli Jam

Plum & Vanilla Jam / Mapo Tofu Ramen / Gruyere Bacon Leek & Sun Dried Tomato Spätzle

Blog Post & Recipe: plum & vanilla jam

Ever since I made this luscious Cherry & Vanilla Jam, I realised vanilla is the most wonderful thing you can add to jam.

Blog Post & Recipe: Mapo Tofu Ramen (Mabo Ramen)

So here’s my version, which involved slightly tweaking my mapo tofu recipe to accommodate the addition of chicken broth and noodles. It’s not quite as thick as the version I had in Yokohama, but you can certainly change that by doubling or tripling the cornstarch-mixed-with-water amount.

Blog Post & Recipe: Gruyere Bacon Leek and Sun Dried Tomato Spätzle

Spätzle is made from flour, eggs, water, and salt. Comparing it to Italian pasta, the spätzle dough is moister and softer, like a thick runny cake batter. The dough therefore cannot be rolled out as is the case with Italian pasta dough. Instead a special spätzle-press or a spätzle sieve is needed to form the spätzle noodles, which are then dropped into boiling water. The classic way to form these noodles however is to spread the dough over a wet wooden cutting-board and cut thin strips of dough with a knife, scraping the strips into boiling salt water.