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How-To: Pastry that will change your life

How-To: Pickles Eh! Turkey Dinner Handpies

I love pie. And a pie that you can easily take with you, and that is filled with meat, is awesome. When I first tasted Pickles Eh! Cranberry Apple Chutney, I knew this was the dish I wanted to make. Turkey Dinner Handpies Print Recipe Pickles Eh! Cranberry Apple Chutney goes beautifully with Turkey…

How to – Naan Bread

Naan Bread – Recipe by Paul Hollywood Print Recipe This is the first – and so far the only – Naan bread I have ever made. It is fantastic, and ever since I started talking about it on social media, I have had requests for the recipe. This is a Paul Hollywood (of Great British…

How To: Savoury Leek Tart

Leeks are the love child of onions and butter. Tender and fragrant, they are the perfect filling for a savoury tart. For lunch, as an appetizer, or mini tarts as an hors d’oeuvre, a leek is delicious. Easy and quick to make (the pastry needs no resting time!) you can have this tasty vegetarian dish on the table in the oven in 30 min.

How To – Basic Devil’s Food Cake Doughnuts

This recipe is from Hand-Forged Doughnuts by Mark and Michael Klebeck with Jess Thompson from Top Pot Doughnuts. Thom and I always debate which is better, cake doughnuts or yeast doughnuts. To me, a cake doughnut wins every time.

How To – Gluten-Free Potato Doughnuts (Gem Bits)

This recipe is from Wendy Turnbull’s book “Gems of Gluten Free Baking.” These were the first doughnuts I ever made. You can make little ‘Timbits’ or ‘Doughnut Holes’, or you can use a doughnut dropper and make full size doughnuts. Really tender and yummy.

How To – Roasted Tomato and Cilantro Shrimp

Whenever I see bags of frozen, uncooked shrimp on sale I buy a couple and leave them in the freezer. Shrimp are great on those days when you get home from work, you don’t have any protein ready for dinner and you want something delicious. This recipe is quick to prepare and is full of flavour. …