Choosing Christmas presents for family and friends can be a headache so to make your life easier, I have trawled the High Street and web to handpick a selection of 29 items to please the “foodies” in your life! For me quality, design and functionality have to come in equal measure, you’ll find no gimmicks…
Christmas
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse)
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) are traditional Danish butter cookies made with chopped almonds. Every tin of Danish Butter Cookies has Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) in it but homemade ones taste so much better. My mother used to make these cookies every Christmas using a special star shaped disc on her meat mincer. She’d…
Sumptuous Turkey Pie
Sumptuous Turkey Pie is the perfect pie for using up your leftover Christmas turkey, bacon and cream. With added leeks and mushrooms this puff pastry pie is off the scale good so hence the name! I was in a quandary as to what to call this pie as Turkey, Bacon, Leek and Mushroom Pie was…
Chocolate and Pistachio Wreath
Chocolate and Pistachio Wreath Being a food blogger isn’t something I can ever fully switch off from. So when I found myself sitting in a hospital waiting room the other day, I made a bee line for the only food supplement in amongst the magazines. I wish I could tell you which one it was…
Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread)
Despite their name, Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread) is a traditional Danish shortbread cookie topped with a chopped almond and sugar glaze. This classic cookie is usually made at Christmas. As a child, not a Christmas went by without my Danish mother baking a whole array of traditional biscuits and cookies. Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread) is…
Cheesy Penguin Breads
Cheesy Penguin Breads are Cheddar and Parmesan rolls with a hint of mustard and cayenne pepper. Great for kids to make. Great British Chefs have just launched their free Cooking with Kids App in association with Tesco where you can find some fabulous seasonal recipes. I was invited to re-create one of these recipes with…
Pumpkin Fruit Cake
Pumpkin Fruit Cake is so deliciously moist and fruity, the perfect way to use up your pumpkin carvings! Makes a great base for a celebration or last minute Christmas cake. I was recently on a mission to find a bird bath for my mother in law’s 80th birthday. Having not found one, my daughter and…
Walnut Mocha Torte
I was listening to a lovely radio interview with my favourite food writer, Nigel Slater the other day where he said his favourite cake was Coffee & Walnut. On telling my daughter she said she loved this cake too – I don’t where she’s had it as I have never made it not being a…
Spelt Danish Apple Ring
Spelt Danish Apple Ring is a delicious yeasted tea bread! Filled with apples, cinnamon and almonds then topped with chopped almonds and vanilla icing you might not want to share! I was flicking through my mother’s old recipe folder the other day when a recipe I’d never made had caught my eye (it translated to…
Danish Apple Cake (Æblekage)
Danish Apple Cake (Æblekage) is not actually a cake but a traditional Danish dessert comprising layers of stewed apples, caramelised toasted oats, and finished off with whipped cream. This is my mum’s version and she always tops it with a delicious grating of dark chocolate! So it’s officially Autumn and my mind automatically turns to…