Apple Betty

This recipe for Apple Betty uses up your stale bread, transforming it into a delicious pudding. It is similar to my breadcrumb crumble with a slightly different method and without the oats. This is achieved by browning the breadcrumbs before combining with sugar and melted butter. You are going to need to watch the bread […]

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Stottie Cake

A Stottie is a regional bread from Northern England, specifically Tyneside where it is traditionally enjoyed slathered with pease pudding and a slice of ham.  I have been enjoying it by splitting it in half and spreading it generously with garlic and parsley butter a few minutes after it comes out of the oven whilst

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Pate Fermentee

A useful trick for improving the flavour, texture and keeping qualities of your bread is to add in a bit of dough from the loaf before. This technique is called “Pate Fermentee” and is just one way of adding some pre fermented flour into your dough. The pre-ferment improves the flavour of the dough adding

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Bread Sauce Loaf

Bread sauce loaf I love bread sauce and I love bread so this combination is a winner for me. It tastes exactly like bread sauce – oniony and cloves.  I share my bread sauce recipe first. Then if you happen to have some left over then I urge you to make this bread.  Bread Sauce

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Christmas Tree Bread

You can adapt this recipe really easily. You can use chocolate spread and chunks of chocolate or Biscoff spread or cinnamon butter. Once you know how to shape this bread you can make a simple white dough instead and use pesto, olive tapenade or harissa. You could also use puff pastry.  Ingredients 300g strong white

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