Rutland Russet

Looks great! What recipe did you use for your dough?

Gosh - 375g is a huge amount of sugar!! The cake looks great.. any chance of the recipe?

A cheery solitary dandelion flower on the verge today shining like a good deed in a naughty world 🌱

Breakfast of omelette with caramelised onion & cheese with toat on the side. Hits the spot 🍽🍜

Easter breakfast - scrambled super fresh eggs (thanks chickens!) on fried bread with some dry cured smoked bacon on the side 🍜🍽

Supper tonight of cottage pie, braised red cabbage with garlic & green beans. Just about to add extra gravy to the pie & with a glass of Guiness stout on the side. 🍽🍜🍺

Porridge topped with some home made crab apple jelly - perfect for breakfast.🍜🍽

Comforting supper tonight with a pork chop cooked with roast squash, peppers onions & garlic, leeks baked in a cheese sauce & mashed potato 🍜🍽

More mince pies made with my home made orange mincemeat - delicious sitting out of the very cold wind in a sun trap with coffee in hand.🍽🍜

Pie, potatoes & carrots

Bacon, cheese and onion pie with mashed potatoes, carrots and some apricot & cardamom chutney on the side 🍜🍽 Really comforting supper last night..

Gumbo tonight with black eye peas, onions, garlic, peppers and celery, topped with pancetta & kale, with some basmati rice 🍜🍽

They are going fast!

Mince pies for late elevenses made with home made orange mincemeat. Perfect with a coffee 🍽🍜

Normal service is resumed with an excellent bolognese sauce a
& some De Cecco Spaghetti 🍜🍽

Aren't we decadent!

Chritmas cake for breakfast with a good coffee. Unusual I know, but delicious.🍜🍽

Soup for alfresco lunch using the remains of last night's roast vegetables (red kuri squash, red peppers, garlic) together with onion & potato & chicken stock.. perfect for a blustery day. 🍽🍜

Tiny, crisp & delicious - a few sausage rolls to get us through the day..🍜🍽

Scandinavian meatloaf for supper, wrapped in streaky bacon and served with braised red cabbage & mashed potato (and gravy of course) 🍜🍽

We have one for Christmas & one for Twelfth Night... 🙂

Another day, another Christmas cake. Just about to wrap up last night's bake now that it has cooled.. 🍽🍜

Late supper of bacon & mushroom pie with onions, garlic & mixed herbs served with mashed potato and gravy. The smoked bacon was pressure-canned a few months ago and is beautifully tender. 🍽🍜

Today's treat - jam tarts made with home-made damson jam (using foraged damsons)

Busy day, so late supper of home made lasagna with crispy rosemary sauted potatoes on the side and some grated parmesan on top 🍽🍜

Three pieces of chocolate tart in a tin

My first attempt at Torta Barozzi - a delicious chocolate tart with partially ground peanuts & almonds. A recipe from Emiglia Romagna in northern Italy 🍜🍽

Recipe: www.greatitalianchefs.com/recipes/tort...

A traditional type of gingerbread made in Nuremberg, Germany, which has a gingerbread-making history that dates back to the 14th century. Made from nut flour... Flourless gingerbread from Nuremberg, Germany!

12 cookies of Christmas 🎄✨️ I have loved watching this series & will be making a few of these in the coming days 🍽🍜🎅
youtu.be/2vIS2lfLqSw?...

A suet pudding boiled/steamed in a pudding basin for 2 hrs and then turned out onto a plate. The filling was beef skirt and onions precooked overnight in a slow cooker. The crust is made from beef suet, flour, baking pwder & water.

Beef and onion suet pudding for supper tonight.. with mashed potato and garlic-laced greens 🍽🍜

Lincolnshire sausages in batter (made with flour, eggs and milk) cooked in a large roasting tin in a hot (200C fan) oven

Toad-in-the-hole for supper tonight to be served with some bubble-and-squeak on the side and some gravy.. comfort food after another wet day 🍜🍽

Pasta for supper with a bolognese sauce and roasted kalettes on the side.. with a glass of Cotes du Rhone 🍽🍜🍷

A warming breakfast for a cold morning - bacon, scrambled eggs and fried bread - lovely 🍜🍽