La Recette du Jour

This recipe makes about 8 soft, slightly sweet brioche-like rolls, which are nice for breakfast or afternoon tea. You can easily make and prove the dough in a bread machine.

Recipe for Petits pains au lait »

This is my favourite way of using up surplus egg whites. They are time-consuming and fiddly to do, but they keep for ages in an airtight tin, and are a way of filling up a rainy Sunday afternoon. They make an elegant accompaniment for ice cream, but they go well with other fruity/creamy desserts too. You can also make little baskets by forming them in cups, or small tart tins, and fill with fruit. This quantity makes about 20-25.

Recipe for Tuiles »

The French equivalent of gingerbread or parkin. Nice on its own, with goat’s cheese and honey, or as an ingredient of tiramisu

You can vary the basic recipe by adding chopped candied orange peel, crystallized ginger, or even chocolate chips.

Recipe for Pain d’épices »

Hot canapés.

Recipe for Mediterranean nibbles »

Classic French delicacy — best eaten while still slightly warm.

Recipe for Madeleines au miel »

Home-made lemon curd is so quick and easy to do, and so delicious, that there’s no excuse for not making it when lemons are cheap and plentiful. Keep in the fridge and consume within a few weeks. This quantity makes about 2 jars.

It can be done in the microwave, but I make it in a double boiler; it’s just as quick and you can see exactly when it’s ready.

Recipe for Lemon curd »

Want to make a cake and don’t have any eggs? Here’s the answer! Very easy to make, and delicious. You can serve it spread with butter, but it’s just fine on its own.

A wartime recipe, hence lack of eggs. The original was made with lard, but these days we can use butter.

Recipe for Guggy cake »

Hot canapés; makes about 80.

Recipe for Golden bites »

Nice little nibbles to have with drinks or as a very light starter. You can use either filo or feuilles de brick for this.

Recipe for Filo tarts with goat’s cheese »

For when you have so many tomatoes you don’t know what do do with them, the freezer is full, you are eating tomatoes at every meal, and still they come!

Recipe for Dried tomatoes »