The Botanical Kitchen
Recipes, travel and the occasional rant
We’ve had our blueberry plants for a few years now. They were some of the first we ever grew from seeds. Such a labour of love growing the seedlings on the windowsill, transplanting them into bigger and bigger pots and then finally seeing the fruit. They didn’t yield much fruit at all for a couple of […]
I love frangipane based tarts but sometimes I don’t have the time or energy to make pastry so I just pop the frangipane mixture into some loose bottomed tart tins with whatever fruit or nuts I have lying around. If you’re making them for breakfast, sprinkle some oats on top The timing will vary depending […]
I never made pastry until last year. It all seemed a bit of a faff with all the waiting around – while it’s resting in the fridge…while it’s blind baking…while it’s cooling…blah blah. I’ve learned now that it’s best to make when I go running. I’ll whizz the pastry up in the processor and then […]
These muffins are my take on Nigella’s orange breakfast muffins – mine are healthier in my view and you can make them even healthier by sprinkling some oats on the top before they go in the oven. Now I’m not a morning person so I only make them for breakfast on the weekends. Generally I […]