Baking

Making cheese straws is really easy baking that will still impress your friends and family no end. These can be knocked together in 20 mins, with very little effort on your part. You will need: Ingredients: - Ready made puff pastry - Block of hard cheese, I prefer a mature cheddar (or you can buy a bag of ready grated cheese to make it even easier) - Small amount of milk - A little flour Equipment: - Cheese grater - Rolling pin - Baking tray - Fish slice - Wire cooling rack (you can use the one from your grill pan if you don’t have another) - Sharp knife - Cooker Cooking ...

Have you been fooled into believing that there is no such thing as a dessert that is easy to cook AND will impress the heck out of any friends/business associates/exes that you are cooking dinner for? Well, throw aside that falsehood and step into the world of creme brulees. I know, I wouldn't have believed that these delicious custardy treats were easy either, but I assure you they are. You'll need cream, milk, sugar, eggs, and whatever flavouring you'd like for the brulee itself (such as cinammon, lime, coconut - more on this later). You'll also need small, oven-proof dishes or rammikins for baking, and a brulee torch wouldn't go astray either but is ...

This is my signature dish and I often get asked for the recipe. I'm fairly reluctant to give it out as it is so easy to make people will realise that I'm not that talented!! Lemon Drizzle Tray Bake Preheat the oven to 180 C or gas mark 4 and grease and line either a 30x22.5cm or 30cm square roasting tin. 1. Chuck the following ingredients in a bowl; 6oz/175g soft margarine 8oz/225g self-raising flour 1 1/2 level teaspoons baking powder 6oz/175g caster sugar 3 eggs 3 tablespoons milk zest of two lemons 2. Beat well for about 2 minutes until blended (best done with an electric ...