Recipes

White Bread

500gm White bread flour 1 packet Yeast 12gm Salt 1tbsp Diax Malt Flour 1tbsp Sugar 315ml warm water Mix for 5 mins Rest for 30-60 mins in kitchen Mix for 1 min Prove in wicker basket for 1hr with oven heating 250c Slash loaf Cook in bread dome 30mins plus 10 mins open at 220c

Pain au chocolat

Bread Flour 500gm Salt 10Gm Yeast 1 pkt Water 315mls Sugar 1 tablespoon Mix 5 mins low 5 mins high Coat with minimal olive oil Fridge under clingfilm Roll out 250gm butter Roll to 50ish layers butter e.g.  2*3*3*3 Cool between each 2 rolls Cut into 18 pieces Add chocolate Roll Rest overnight Coat with …

Seeded Bread

Makes 2 loaves 600gm strong white flour 60gm cornmeal 40gm rye flour 100gm wholemeal flour 150gm seed blend 20gm brown sugar 20gm salt 14gm dried yeast 550gm water Mix it all together then kneed and stretch 2 times with 45min gap Rest for 1.5hrs in greased tins Cook at 250c for 3mins then 35mins at …

Pickled Jalapenos

I had about a dozen medium Jalapeños Slice Jalapeños Take 300mls White wine vinegar Add 100mls water Add 50mg Sugar Add 40Gm Salt Boil the Solution and when boiling add the Jalapeño slices and switch off when it returns to the boil Decant into a jar and cover with the solution and seal and store …

Hummus

400g cans of chickpeas (reserve the liquid and a few chickpeas for decoration) 2 tsp tahini 0.5-1 garlic cloves, crushed 0.5 tsp crushed sea salt 3 tbsp quality extra virgin olive oil (plus extra for drizzling 1 3/4 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice Paprika (optional) Coriander (optional)

Breadsticks

500gms bread dough 100 gms chopped black olives 60 gms pecorino or parmesan fine grated Herbs Mix the ingredients listed Spread the dough to a wide rectangle Spread the mix onto the dough, then fold into thirds lengthways Cut to 1cm width, then stretch and twist into sticks, using flour to make them possible to …

Tomato Chutney

4 Tomatoes Chopped into 1/8ths 120mls White wine vinegar 60gms White Sugar 1/2 Shallot finely chopped 2-3 sprigs Thyme One clove garlic Briefly fry the shallot in a little olive oil, add the tomatoes and then rest of the ingredients.  Bring to a boil then simmer for 20-30mins til reduced a little.