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From The Free Range Cook by Annabel Langbein, after three years still my favourite cookbook.
But I must admit I’m a stubborn cook, just have to give recipes my own twist...
Here we go, all optional:
The original recipe asks for 175gram dates and 250grams of brown sugar. I’ve doubled the dates and only put in 100 grams of dark brown sugar.
As you know I love my spices, on top of the teaspoon of ginger, add a teaspoon of cinnamon and halve a teaspoon of ground gloves. It makes your house smell like autumn...
And I sprinkle aniseed over the pears, just can’t help myself. Some preserved spiced pears would be even better...
Wholemeal flour works great, add an extra bit of butter or water for the fibres to absorb. A teaspoon of baking powder with every cup of flour does the same as self raising flour.
just checked, our library has that book!
ReplyDeleteThat is where I found it the first place, after renewing it twice though I had to give it back... It was a black day... My mother-in-law took pity on me and bought me one as an early birthday present!
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I find it helps to think about what sort of blog designs am I drawn too, what useful features do they have? (such as the search bar which you have). Try to define what my vision for my look is, this sometimes develops over time.
anyhow a pleasure to help you, I was helped too, it can be overwhelming and then when someone explains I'm always amazed.