by Meriel Bradley | Baking, Food, How To Tips |
A fruit crisp topping is a quick and easy dessert to make. You can use it for an apple crisp, or any of your favourite fruit-based fillings such as blueberry, peach, rhubarb, or any combination of berries in season. A crisp is a little bit like a crumble but uses oats...
by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Gallery, Garden Harvest, Vegetable Garden |
Broccolini By: Meriel Bradley Broccolini is a great addition to your vegetable garden. It will produce a small main head which when harvested early pushes the plant into producing side shoots which you can harvest on a regular basis over several weeks. I like the...
by Meriel Bradley | Baking, Food, How To Tips |
The rubbing in method is a process used primarily in pastry making but it can also be used in other baking recipes such as a fruit crisp topping or scones for example. You will see “rub the fat/butter into the flour” in a recipe in the instructions and...
by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Gallery, Garden Harvest, Vegetable Garden |
Dukat Dill By: Meriel Bradley I like to direct sow my dill in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked in late spring and the soil is above 10 C. It’s considered an annual that self-seeds. If you’re planting for harvesting, you can sow every 3 weeks or...
by Meriel Bradley | Food, How To Tips |
If you are making a pie, crisp, sauce or pretty much any baking recipe that calls for apples you will need to peel and core them. This method is my favourite – it’s quick to peel and super easy to core. There are lots of step-by-step photos, but if you...
