These are great rolls (that also freeze well, both raw and baked) when you've got leftover potatoes and like a hearty bread roll for a weekend breakfast, to go with your soup at lunch time or as an alternative to your usual sandwich bread. Ingredients for 12 large or 18 medium sized bread rolls: 300g white spelt flour 200g strong white flour 100g rye flour 300g mashed (boiled) potatoes 200ml lukewarm water 180ml buttermilk at room temperature 10g fresh yeast 75g sourdough 20g

What you need for one cake - in a 26cm diameter baking tin: Dough: 500g flour 42g fresh yeast 85g granulated sugar 150ml lukewarm milk 1 large egg 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1 tbsp creme fraiche 60g melted butter Filling: 200g chopped nuts (medium sized pieces) 100g granulated sugar 30g melted butter 1 tbsp malted barley or runny honey 1 tbsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp vanilla essence pinch of salt 1 large egg 1 large Bramley apple, chopped into thin slices juice of half a lemon How to ma

Isn't it funny how we all think about eating less after having crammed a whole lot of good food into ourselves over the holidays? Well, you can combine taste and healthy food, so your taste buds don't have to suffer... And, in my case, portion control and less sweets would already go a long way, do you know that problem, too? So here three simple, yummy, filling recipes if you want to have some leaner food this month - one for meat-eaters, one veggie option and a fish dish: C

In Germany we have a range of baked goods, of which most of you will know the Brezel, which are going through a brine (= Lauge in German) bath before being baked in the oven, which gives them their distinct brown colouring and particular taste. So I thought I'd marry up two cultures today introducing the Laugenbagels I make regularly and which are great for savoury toppings of your choice like cheese, salmon, salami, etc. For 6-8 (depending on how big you make them) you need

We've had a bit of a mixed bag weather wise here for Easter this year - everything from snow to rain to a sunny Easter Sunday, which meant we got to enjoy a lovely walk on the beach. The guests, however, were consistently lovely to host and cater for - we had a truly international weekend with fun and interesting people and dogs - originating from Belgium, Lithuania, the US and Germany. We had a lot of fun with these two who were no trouble at all and seemed to feel right at

Hope you've enjoyed to make your own sourdough starter? Was it easy or did you find it tricky? Here now one recipe to use the starter in. I like a rye-mixed bread best, but you can play around with this basic recipe and find your own favourite version ;) You need the following ingredients for one medium sized loaf: 150g sourdough starter 150g rolled oats 150g rye flour ( I use wholemeal, but that's a taste preference) 150g strong white flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon of pi