Summer Fruit Pavlova. It’s peak strawberry season; tennis rackets are in full swing at Wimbledon. But even if the weather isn’t playing ball. Excuse the tennis pun. I thought it would be nice to write about one of my family’s favourite desserts. Pavlova, a big pile of meringue with an icky-sticky marshmallow-like centre. Piled up with whipped cream and topped with fruit. For more birthday celebrations than I can remember a huge Pavlova is always my mum’s go-to show-stopping dessert.
Culinary History
Crab & King Prawn Linguine
Crab & King Prawn Linguine. Despite the nice weather and no problems with our supply boat sailing there are empty shelves in Jersey’s supermarkets. For those of you who live a long distance away there are supply chain problems. A couple of major UK operators have been hacked and as a result there has been…
Easter Carrot Cupcakes
Easter Carrot Cupcakes. Lately I’ve been appearing on a regular slot on local BBC radio broadcast in Jersey and Guernsey. You can listen to me chatting each weekend with the lovely Jim Delbridge about seasonal and local food and recipes. Recently researching some ideas for an Easter baking edition I discovered an interesting fact. The…
Reindeer Gingerbread Biscuits
Gingerbread can either be a spiced biscuit cut into shapes such as a heart or human figure or a sticky cake made with molasses or honey. Decorated gingerbread biscuits are one of the festive seasons most popular bakes. From elaborately decorated gingerbread houses used as table centre pieces to Christmas gingerbread men made to hang on your tree.