Type: Baking and patisserie
Lemon meringue
There are very good lemon curds available, if you want to cut yourself some slack, but homemade is great….
Dark chocolate
The raspberry jam in the base of these is a nice surprise against the richness of the chocolate. A spoonful of tahini…
White chocolate and cranberry biscuits
The dried cranberries here make these particularly popular around Thanksgiving and Christmas. We like to make them year-round, though, sometimes substituting the…
Almond and orange florentines
Having some leftover egg whites provides a great excuse to make these. They’re very quick and easy, you’ll have all the ingredients…
Champagne chocolates
Anything that involves opening a bottle of bubbles to use under 100 millilitres either means you’re making the most decadent of petits…
Sour cherry amaretti
This is our version of the popular little almond Italian biscuit. They have a softer and chewier inside, which makes them particularly…
Prune and brandy truffles
These are a seriously impressive way to end a meal, either passed around the table or served at a drinks party as…
Raspberry and oat bars
Raspberry jam, rolled oats, chopped nuts, milk: it’s for good reason that these are a popular ‘grab-and-go’ breakfast bar option for those…
Granola bars
Granola bars have undergone something of an image change. What used to be seen as rather a hippy sort of food then…