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Recipe of the Week: Gooseberry & Ginger Jam

Gooseberry & Ginger Jam

Gooseberry & Ginger Jam

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Gooseberries should be ready to pick now, or very soon, and this recipe is just perfect for your glut of fruit.

I think it may just be my favourite jam of all time. Yum!

RECIPE

A Dairy Diary recipe.

Syllabub Trifles is our Recipe of the Week

Syllabub Trifles

Trifles are possibly the most popular recipes on our blog

Retro? Who cares when everyone loves them!

As a prepare-in-advance dessert, they are perfect for serving to family and friends.

This Syllabub Trifles recipe is a twist on the traditional trifle, having a syllabub topping which is utterly delicious.

RECIPE

Don’t forget to check out more delicious trifles…

Black Forest Trifle

Black Forest Trifle

Strawberry Trifle with Pimms

Strawberry Trifle with Pimms

Great British Pea Week

Great British Pea Week

Did you know there is a whole week dedicated to peas?

Great British Pea Week

Can you imagine sausage and mash without peas or a spring evening without pea and mint soup, or a goat’s cheese salad without a scattering of freshly podded peas? Peas are the champions of the vegetable world!

Pea shoots are relative new-comers to our salad bowls. Pea shoots have delectable leaves and tendrils and, unsurprisingly, taste like peas. These lovely little shoots make a delicious salad and work equally served with freshly steamed or pan-fried fish.

And they are very easy to grow.

So easy that my eight-year-old grew (and ate) on her windowsill, a miniature garden full in just a couple of weeks.

They grow very well on the kitchen sill next to your other herbs; simply purchase a packet of pea shoot seeds, soak in water, add to a tray of compost and just watch them grow!

Try this mouthwatering salad from the Dairy Diary.

 

Japanese Chicken & Avocado Salad

Japanese Chicken & Avocado Salad

 

#greatbritishpeaweek

Recipe of the Week: Speedy Chocolate Sponge Puddings

Speedy Chocolate Sponge Puddings

Celebrate World Chocolate Day tomorrow with this gorgeous chocolate sponge pudding

 

Speedy Chocolate Sponge Puddings

And the best bit (apart from the taste)? It can be cooked in the microwave in just 4 minutes!

RECIPE

 

 

 

 

 

Fermented beverages made from chocolate date back to 450 BC

The Aztecs believed that cacao seeds were the gift of Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom, and the seeds once had so much value that they were used as a form of currency. Originally prepared only as a drink, chocolate was served as a bitter liquid, mixed with spices or corn puree.

It was believed to be an aphrodisiac and to give the drinker strength.

Today, such drinks are also known as “Chilate” and are made by locals in the South of Mexico. After its arrival to Europe in the sixteenth century, sugar was added to it and it became popular throughout society, first among the ruling classes and then among the common people.

The word “chocolate” comes from the Classical Nahuatl word chocolātl, and entered the English language from the Spanish language.

Source: Wikipedia

 

Can’t imagine life without chocolate? You’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century.

Before then, chocolate existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica.

So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate bars of today?

Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate in this informative and entertaining video, The History of Chocolate.

 

The history of chocolate

 

 

 

#worldchocolateday

#historyofchocolate

 

Hot Bakewell Blondies

Bakewell Blondies

Recipe of the Week: Hot Bakewell Blondies

With white chocolate, almonds, cherries and raspberry jam, these blondies are a little different to the norm and they only take 30 minutes to make.

Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and mmmmmmmmm they are delicious.

Hot Bakewell Blondies

RECIPE

 

Quick After-Work CookbookThis recipe is one of 80 in our fabulous new cookbook Quick After-Work.

At only £8.99, it’s a bargain and its speedy recipes mean that you can cook real, delicious food, any and every day of the week.

To find out more click here.

 

 

 

 

 

#TripleTested

#QuickRecipes

I’m celebrating 20 years at Dairy Diary!

Today it is 20 years since I joined the Dairy Diary!

Emily discussing recipes with food stylist Sarah.

And what a fabulous two decades it has been. I’m so lucky to work on such excellent products and in such a great team.

As it’s a very small team, I’ve experienced almost every task possible, from making the drinks, to sourcing props for photography, to deciding on cover designs, to recipe testing and even go-karting with milkmen!

Right: discussing ingredients at a photography shoot with food stylist Sarah Lewis.

 

My special giveaway

Addresses & Reminders Book

As a thank you for your loyal custom and time, I would like to offer 20 lucky readers a free copy of the pretty Addresses & Reminders Book.

For a chance to win, simply email us at enquiries@dairydiary.co.uk with the subject line: Free Addresses & Reminders Book.

The first 20 emails received will qualify for the free offer. So be quick!

 

Sharing my two favourite recipes of all time

How do I choose my favourite recipes? This was VERY difficult…

As you know, I’ve tasted many hundreds of delicious recipes over the 20 years, but I decided on these two recipes that I make most frequently at home.

Lemon Chicken
Delicious baked lemon chicken, topped with crisp pancetta and served with crispy potato wedges.

Gooey Gingerbread
This Gooey Gingerbread is much better than anything shop-bought and will be devoured with gusto!

 

 

 

 

 

#Competition

#TripleTested

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