Recipes from my kitchen in Cork, Ireland.
Crème caramel is delicious, and you should make it. It has five (mostly very cheap) ingredients, that you honestly probably have at home right now. It does require a little care and patience, but is really not very tricky. Spend the afternoon filling your house with the smell of warm milk and friendliness, and then… Continue reading Crème Caramel
Sometimes, the best cookbooks start out blank. My mum has one that she got many years ago which has slowly filled up with recipes written by friends and family. Some were sent as letters, handwritten or by typewriter. Many had the book pressed into their hands after they cooked something for her she knew she… Continue reading Linzer Torte
It's peach season! Obviously if you find a perfectly ripe peach or nectarine the only allowable way to eat it is hunched over the sink, before someone else finds it. But when they are just shy of perfect, or you have bought more than you really needed because they looked so good and it's been… Continue reading Roast Peaches with Crème Fraîche
Absolutely not a replacement for the kind served on toast (I like mine with cheese please), but rather its own thing. To be served with slaw, cornbread, corn on the cob, anything you might dry-rub or slather with barbecue sauce... This recipe is very flexible. I call it molasses baked beans, but we make it… Continue reading Molasses Baked Beans
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