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St Patrick’s Day: Stout Soda Bread

Guinness Soda Bread

How to Bake Bread in under 1 Hour!

 

Yes really! Soda bread can be ready in just 50 minutes.

The inclusion of bicarbonate of soda, creates some magical alchemy, meaning no proving or kneading is necessary.

The native Americans used a natural type of soda found in tree ash to create the original soda bread, but it wasn’t until the Irish adopted this approach that it became known worldwide.

Irish Soda Bread was first created in the late 1830s, when the first iteration of baking soda—or bicarbonate soda—was introduced to the UK.

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with ‘the craic’ and a chunk of this delicious soda bread, which includes buttermilk and stout as well as soda.

Stout Soda Bread

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Go on; challenge yourself to make bread in under an hour!

 

Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone.

 

 

 

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Recipe of the Week: Roast Leg of Welsh Lamb

Roast Leg of Welsh Lamb

Swathes of daffodils and pops of crocus colour are already making it feel more like spring

 

But it actually begins on Friday (hurrah!)

There is sometimes debate about when spring begins, but its official start this year is 20 March.

Spring brings us a wealth of wonderful British produce, including Welsh lamb.

Sit down together and enjoy this delicious Roast Leg of Welsh Lamb from our cookbook; Around Britain.

Roast Leg of Welsh Lamb

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British Pie Week

Cumberland Rum Nicky

Recipe of the Week: Cumberland Rum Nicky

 

This may not sound like a recipe to celebrate British Pie Week, but it is and oh what a delicious specimen of pie it is!

This delicious dessert, packed full of dried fruit, ginger and rum is a classic dish from Cumberland in the Northwest of England.

The ports of Whitehaven, Workington and Maryport were at the centre of the UK run trade in the 18th century, importing rum, molasses and sugar from the Caribbean. The Cumbrians combined these imported ingredients to create this scrumptious pudding.

Cumberland Rum Nicky

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This is one of 130 regional recipes in our wonderful cookbook; Around Britain, back by popular demand.

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Happy Leap Day!

Happy Leap Day

30 days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31,
except February alone,
which has 28 days clear,
and 29 each leap year.

Who learned that little ditty at school? Even now, I still recite it in my head when checking diary proofs (yes, honestly!)

And here we are on day 29. The day when women who rather fancy their other halves as husband material may propose. This ‘right’ to propose on 29th February each leap year goes back hundreds of years when Leap Day had no recognition in English law; the day was ‘leapt over’ and ignored, hence the term ‘leap year’.

It was decided that the day had no legal status, meaning that a break in tradition on this day was acceptable. Thankfully, nowadays, we can propose whenever we like, Leap Day or otherwise.

 

 

Baked Onion SoupIf you’re not busy proposing today, bake this absolutely delicious recipe. I know a baked soup sounds bizarre, but trust me, it’s worth it. Perfect Saturday lunch fayre.

This recipe is from our Cook it Slowly! cookbook, which is packed full of flavoursome recipes perfect for making ahead.

Baked Onion Soup

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It’s Shrove Tuesday tomorrow

Lemon & White Chocolate Pancake Pops

Pancakes, as we would recognise them today, date back to Roman times


But a type of pancake is actually thought to originate in Stone Age times, more than 30 thousand years’ ago!

Shrove Tuesday (tomorrow), sometimes referred to as Pancake (or Jif Lemon!) Day, is the traditional feast day that precedes Ash Wednesday. It was, and still is to some, customary to fast from Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent) and so it was essential to use up ingredients, such as flour, eggs and milk, which also have religious symbolism.

Pancakes provide the perfect recipe for such ingredients and have been eaten on this day for centuries.

Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, and so it moves date annually.

Us Brits have many unusual traditions and pancakes races are amongst them. The Olney Pancake Race is the most famous of these.  In years gone by, the ‘pancake’ or shriving bell’ would have been rung to summon people to church on Shrove Tuesday. Legend has it that one cook in Olney was in such a rush to get to her place of worship that she ran to church still clutching her frying pan. Today, competitors dress up in a skirt, headscarf and apron and dash to the finish line complete with frying pan and pancake.

If you fancy a rather more leisurely Shrove Tuesday, why not try making this recipe from the 2020 Dairy Diary? It’s a lot easier!

 

Lemon & White Chocolate Pancake Pops

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I wonder, over the past 50 years, how many people have eaten pancakes made using the Dairy Book of Home Cookery recipe?

How many children scampered home from school eager for tea, excited it was Pancake Day, to be greeted by a perfect pancake cooked from this iconic book?

Failsafe Pancake recipe

This is the perfect pancake recipe with variations for Chilli Pancakes and Crêpes Suzette.

 

 

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Recipe of the Week: Rhubarb Crumble Cake

Rhubarb Crumble Cake

Rhubarb Crumble Cake


Bright pink forced rhubarb brings welcome colour and flavour to our bowls this month.

Predominantly grown in Yorkshire, and now with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, these rose-hued shoots are grown in the dark in large, warm and humid sheds.

You can even visit the Wakefield Rhubarb Festival this weekend to celebrate it in all its magenta glory.

Whilst I am partial to rhubarb in gin, this recipe is also absolutely delicious. Share with others as one of your Random Acts of Kindness  this week.

Try it soon!

Rhubarb Crumble Cake

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Cook it Slowly! cookbook openThis recipe is from our superb Cook it Slowly cookbook, which is packed with flavoursome dishes, slowly cooked to perfection.

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