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Barbecue Sauce

Posted on June 23, 2016 by nicdempsey

I’m not a person who makes their own ketchup. I know people who have, they are also the people who buy the really, really fancy tomato ketchup that’s about £2.50 a bottle and that is never going to be me … Continue reading →

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Gin and Tonic Cake

Posted on June 11, 2016 by nicdempsey

World Gin Day is just around the corner (Saturday), so today’s cooking adventure needed to include gin! I’ve made a gin drizzle cake before, the recipe came from Pudding Lane and it was brilliant but it started with weighing the eggs … Continue reading →

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Carrot and bean fritters

Posted on May 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

I seem to have come across lots of recipes for vegan fritters recently. Anna Jones in the Guardian and this recipe on the Kitchn. I read them and filed away the knowledge for another day because I didn’t have all … Continue reading →

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Rhubarb Crumble Muffins

Posted on May 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

I love rhubarb and the allotment has two large rhubarb plants, so I’m getting my fix. Someone mentioned rhubarb muffins and I found this recipe. Which I changed to accommodate my needs and foodie desires.They are moist but sturdy muffins … Continue reading →

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Flapjacks

Posted on April 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

Granola bars, flapjacks, call them what you want but I’ve become a tiny bit obsessed with them. This is a problem for two reasons, budget, those suckers are expensive and health, they all have a lot of added sugar. My … Continue reading →

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Shallot Tart

Posted on April 7, 2016 by nicdempsey

Ages ago I used to make an onion tart. It was a pretty good tart, simple to make (because I don’t do faff) and tasty. Where I got the recipe, I have no idea but I did write it down … Continue reading →

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Anchovy and shallot flatbread

Posted on March 31, 2016 by nicdempsey

I like anchovies. There I’ve said it, I like them on pizza, I like them in tarts, I like the salty slap in the tastebuds they can give you. I come by it honestly, Ma is also fairly obsessed with … Continue reading →

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Pink Grapefruit Marmalade

Posted on March 3, 2016 by nicdempsey

I’m on a huge marmalade kick at the moment. After my triumphant orange marmalade I decided to have a go at Nigel Slater’s Pink Grapefruit version.I’ve made it twice now and while it doesn’t have the same heft as the … Continue reading →

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Blood Orange Syrup

Posted on February 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

Around this time of year the internet seems to be full of recipes for things involving blood oranges. It is citrus season but the obsession with blood oranges seems to be a mainly US thing because I’ve never seen them … Continue reading →

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White Bread

Posted on February 11, 2016 by nicdempsey

My office is full of interesting people, one of them, who shall remain nameless is the food police. He (and it seems that it’s always a he) lost a lot of weight some years ago and now exercises strict discipline … Continue reading →

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