Monthly Archive for aprile, 2015

Milk bread rolls

Published by Lucina, on 26 aprile 2015 in bread and English Recipes. 2 Comments
milk bread rolls

milk bread rolls

Although I continue baking my own bread I haven’t blogged a new bread recipe for a while now. In fact I haven’t blogged ANY recipes lately, the reason being I went away during the Easter period (Amsterdam then Italy) and, as you know, it’s really hard to get back into the swing of cooking after you have had a break. I tend to go for the tried and tested after a period of inactivity (read: holiday). It takes me a little while to get back  into “experiment” mood again. Anyway, I made these rolls today which I had never made before and they were really nice. They are out of the Brilliant Bread book by James Morton (he won one of  the Bake Off competitions a few years back). By the way, speaking of bread. My sourdough is now TWO years old. And going strong….:-) Continue reading ‘Milk bread rolls’

White chocolate, almond and raisin clusters

Published by Lucina, on 5 aprile 2015 in biscuits, Dolci, English Recipes and teatime. 3 Comments

white chocolate clusters

Happy Easter everyone! Please note the three little bunnies keeping Tomik company. Aren’t they cute? I’ll blog something quickly. I went to a wedding today and everyone had to take something for the buffet. I kind of made these up taking inspiration from a Paul Hollywood recipe in which he used dark chocolate and peanuts. Anyway, they went down a treat so here they now are for your delight. Continue reading ‘White chocolate, almond and raisin clusters’

Baked mushrooms with ricotta and pesto

Published by Lucina, on 3 aprile 2015 in Antipasti, sfizi, finger food..., English Recipes, starters, vegetarian and Verdure. 0 Comments
baked mushrooms with ricotta and pesto

baked mushrooms with ricotta and pesto

Here’s a nice, easy starter  or indeed a light lunch, for you to try. And very simple too. I used 4 large field mushrooms but it works really well with small chestnut mushrooms.  I really like mushrooms and this is an incredibly easy recipe to do. The reason why I decided to try it was that I had a bit of home made pesto left over. All you have to do is mix it with ricotta a bit of extra garlic, if you wish, some grated parmesan and presto! It’s done! The recipe comes, once again, from the BBC good food magazine. Don’t be put off by the not so very appealing picture. The taste is what you have to focus on, which is lovely. Ok, I know you can’t taste the photo but you have to trust me on this one. :-) Continue reading ‘Baked mushrooms with ricotta and pesto’