Fashion Pastry

We created three distinct and beautiful creations to reflect the work of fashion designers from Central St. Martins.
11 years ago

Puntarelle alla Romana

This winter is all about bitters, citrus and rhubarb for me. It's also special because I encountered my my first ever puntarelle.
11 years ago

Pickled Rhubarb

Forced rhubarbs are tender and a lot prettier than the summer variety, and are begging to be made into something beautiful.
11 years ago

Potato Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce

I joined a cookbook club in London yesterday. A lovely little informal group where everyone brings a book they’ve read and a little something to eat. I made my vanilla brown butter madeleines and took along my new book Bistronomy. You’d well have guessed by now the theme for this month’s meeting – Paris! Everybody […]
11 years ago

Chocolate Cake

I have a really good chocolate cake recipe on the blog, but this one’s a classic. The génoise forms the basis of this surprisingly simple cake. Making this reminded me that I don’t need to go searching for new-fangled recipes and methods when the classic génoise works like a dream. A génoise is amongst the […]
11 years ago

Market Lunch: Jerusalem Artichoke Salad

Jerusalem artichokes are one of my favourite root vegetables. These knobby roots are sweet, earthy  and taste like honey when roasted. I first spotted them when I moved to France. I asked a friend about how I could use them, bought a little bagful and then never used it. Partly because it was unknown territory […]
11 years ago

Hazelnut Biscuits

I’ve been enjoying reading The Complete Nose to Tail lately. It’s not only the fantastic recipes, but it’s Fergus Henderson’s writing that’s kept me hooked. It’s eloquent with an unmistakable British wit. And the photography by Jason Lowe is intelligent, dramatic and timeless. These hazelnut biscuits are from the cookbook. They are incredibly simple to […]
11 years ago

Pistachio, Apricot and Cardamom Kugelhopf

I’m hoping to start a new Christmas Day tradition with this year’s kugelhopf. A kugelhopf is a yeasted cake or a rich bread, whichever way you’d like to see it, that adorns pastry shop windows all over Alsace. It’s a traditional French Christmas bread, with a disputed history, made in earthen moulds. If you don’t have […]
11 years ago

Cranberry Sauce

We’re getting ready to take time off and visit our family for the holidays.  We’re going to have a traditional roast for Christmas lunch. I’ve packed my bags with cranberry sauce, kugelhopf dough, chocolate chip cookie dough, chestnuts, chocolate, Comté, and my knife kit. I made the cranberry sauce a day before and bottled it. […]
11 years ago