A not-too-sweet, not-too-naughty fruit and nut slice with plenty of oats to serve up as an afternoon treat or pack in the backpack when going for a long walk in the hills.
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March 1, 2022 is Tuesday and Pancake Tuesday. This is the day, traditionally, that Western Christian households would clear out their cupboards prior to the fasting period of Lent. We also reckon it is a great excuse to make these delicious buttermilk pancakes and serve them with the world’s best maple syrup from Quebec in Canada. Escuminac is made by Martin Malenfant who founded his own erabliere, the Quebecois French for a sugar bush or what we would describe as a maple plantation. Each year he taps 65,000 trees to produce this exquisite maple syrup. It is perfect on these buttermilk pancakes. Remember the secret to light and fluffy pancakes is to mix the batter slowly and gently to stop the gluten from forming.
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What to do when there is too much panettone lying around in the weeks following Christmas? Turn it into Panettone Summer Pudding. It takes about an hour from go-to-whoa and has the appearance of being healthy despite the amount of butter, sugar and cream. This uses about half a panettone and makes a rich, luscious, sweet bready custard with a crisp crust on the outside.
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This recipe came from a little café in the old town of San Sebastian in Spain's Basque Country. The café is famous for the cheesecake, and you'd think they would hold it as a closely guarded secret. This is the recipe that Frank Camorra from Movida and I got from the owner of the bar when we visited there back in 2008. It is a ripper of a recipe that to which Frank added a few tweaks for a little extra oomph. So easy to make, but do not scrimp on the quality of the ingredients.
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A really rich and fragrant take on the bread-and-butter pudding made with croissants. It is the way the essential oils of the lemon and orange permeate the milk and cream to make the custard, that gives this great winter dish its aromatic lift. Punctuated with chai-infused dried blueberries, this is as delicious as it is easy to make.
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