Family Teatime & Grandma's Recipe Treats

Delighted to be asked to review two really nice recipe books - Family Teatime & Grandma's Recipe Treats. Have already made Maple, Pecan & Lemon loaf from Family Teatime - it didn't last very long and was perfect in the afternoon with a nice cup of tea. The recipes are nicely presented and easy to follow. The style of the writing is relaxed and informal and the photographs mouth-watering! More information can be found as follows:

Family Teatime, edited by L.K. Bulbeck, is published by Flame Tree Publishing, and priced £9.99 in hardback. For more information visit

www.flametreepublishing.com.

Grandma’s Recipe Treat, edited by L.K. Bulbeck, is published by Flame Tree

Publishing, and priced £9.99 in hardback. For more information visit www.flametreepublishing.com.

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Apple & Pear Crumble with a twist.

Had a batch of croissants that went slightly off piste! Smelled great but hadn't risen very well. Not bad to eat but toughended up pretty quick - so what to do? Never one to miss an opportunity I decided that they would whizz up quite nicely into a crumble topping. Croissants blitzed with some brown sugar and hey presto! Bramley apples and commice pears with some brown caster sugar, a few cloves and a sprinkle of mixed spice. Crumble on top and into the oven for 40 minute. Lovely jubbly.

Bramley Lemon Curd.

Recipe from River Cottage preserve book. Can't wait for it to cool!

Steamed Apple Pudding

Steamed apple pudding. Simple recipe using suet crust pastry. Mixture of bramley and coxs apples with some golden caster sugar a sprinke of mixed spice and a few cloves. Steamed for two hours and served with real Custard. See the recipe here.

Sloe Gin done.

Eight litres in bottle which will give us four to drink next year. 500 ml of gin, same of sloes plus 150g of sugar. Some people use more sugar but we find that too sweet. A few sloes short so need to grab a few more tomorrow for a top up. The smaller darker bottles are last years production. Certainly worth the wait.

Sloe Gin Season.

First frost have been so it's time for Sloe Gin. Visited our favourite hunting ground and found plenty like the ones in the picture. Four litres of gin await and with some sugar will create a match made in heaven.

Tarte au citron - done!

Inspired by the great British bake off. I thought I would attempt Mary Berry's Tarte au Citron. quite happy with the result. will see what It tastes like later. Update at 23.39 - it was very yummy!