Crumbly Lemon Shortbread
Delicious with a cup of tea mid afternoon, also really good as a night watch snack! Get more juice out of your lemon by rolling and gently pressing it on a work top.
Ingredients.
100g melted butter.
200g almond flour.
3 tbsp honey (more if you have a sweet tooth).
2 eggs, lightly beaten.
Zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon.
1 tsp bicarb of soda.
Method. Preheat oven to 180.
Mix all together in a large mixing bowl to a smooth, lump free dough.
Press into a greased 9 inch pan with your hands. ...
Mayo, endless possibilities!
1 fresh egg yolk.
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
1 tsp apple vinegar.
Oil of your choice, don't use extra virgin olive oil as it's overpowering.
So if you've got an electric hand whisk good for you, most boat people get ready to beat furiously..
Put the egg yolk, lemon juice and vinegar in a bowl. Whisk until pale, very gradually add a thin trickle of oil. Wait for the mixture to emulsify then gradually add more oil always very slowly until you have the quantity and thickness desired. I find ...
Mixed Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients.
2 tbsp oil of your choice.
1 finely chopped red onion.
1 clove minced garlic.
Handful of mixed fresh mushrooms, chopped.
Splash of red wine.
150ml stock (beef, chicken or vegetable).
Pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Freshly chopped parsley.
Small knob of butter.
Method.
Heat oil gently in a frying pan. Sauté the onion for a few mins then add the garlic and do the same. Throw in the mushrooms and the knob of butter, sauté for 5 mins. Add a splash of red ...
Sardines on Toast
This is so very simple and makes a quick, tasty lunch if served with salad. Your local fish market will undoubtedly have sardines, here in Sicily they fillet them and are ridiculously cheap (in fact when I got these, along with other fish, they just gave me the sardines for free!)
Slice your walnut bread.
So I got 8 filleted sardines which was enough for the 2 of us.
Preheat your grill, toast the walnut bread, flip over and butter the other side.
Place sardines on top skin side down, sprinkle ...
Cauliflower Fried Rice
Wow was I sceptical about this! Selling the idea to the Boss was even harder but it's so delicious as you'll see from the erm photo...
Ingredients.
Half a head of really fresh, firm cauliflower.
Now all you do with this is wash and dry it VERY well, you don't want mush! Break into small florets and tip into the food processor. Pulse until the cauliflower resembles small grains. Don't over pulse! You could pour this onto a clean drying up cloth and gently pat to remove any excess liquid, I ...
Walnut Almond Bread
Can't buy walnut flour where you are? Neither can I so I just make my own. For reasons of pure laziness I buy shelled walnuts then blitz them in my tiny food processor until they're a fine powder. Don't over pulse though or you'll release more of the walnut oil and end up with nut butter, more on those delicious possibilities in future recipes.
Ingredients.
250g walnut flour.
50g cold butter cut into cubes, plus an extra tbsp.
2 tsp bicarb of soda.
2 eggs, lightly beaten.
1 1/2 ...
Banana Nut Bread
Ingredients.
4 puréed ripe bananas.
4 eggs, beaten.
150g nut butter of your choice, try mixing butters.
40g almond flour.
40g walnut flour.
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp grated nutmeg.
Zest of 1 orange.
1 tsp baking soda (bicarb. soda)
1 tsp baking powder.
Pinch of salt.
Method. Preheat oven to 180. Grease and line loaf tin.
Blend bananas, nut butter and eggs together until smooth. Add orange zest and mix. Fold in all other ingredients.
Pour into prepared tin and bake for 35 - 40 mins. ...
Coconut Almond Pancakes
Definitely more like an American pancake but they don't get little bubbles when cooking as you're used to and take a little persuading to hold their shape in the beginning. Or perhaps I was just being impatient? Anyhow I poured my heaped spoonful in, waited until it started setting and then gently coaxed it into the shape I wanted with a spatula. Flip over when you're ready and just a little more prodding to shape.
Ingredients
4 eggs
3 tbsp coconut flour
3 tbsp almond flour
4 tbsp ...
Citrus Chicken Thighs
Juicy, packed full of flavour and just as good cold the following day. If you have leftovers that is. Cook in the oven or better still on the BBQ.
Ingredients.
4 chicken thighs, skin on. I prefer them with bone in, more flavour I believe.
Zest and juice of 1 orange.
Zest and juice of 1 lemon.
2 cloves of garlic, grated.
1 tsp honey.
2 tbs oil of your choice.
Freshly ground black pepper.
Method.
Make one or two slashes in the chicken. Combine all the ingredients in a non metallic ...
Lemon Meringue Pie
This isn't something I make very often as it does take time but well worth the effort for a special occasion.
Ingredients for the pastry.
190g almond flour.
2 tbsp cold butter cut into cubes.
1 egg.
Pinch of salt.
Method. Grease and line a 20cm springform tin. Preheat oven to 180.
Combine in a food processor, tip into a bowl and gently press into a smooth ball. Don't overwork it. Press the dough in your tin using hands, raise up the sides a little for the filling. Make sure there are no ...
