*Not Sponsored* Shops marked with a * are both online and in store. Online Silk: velvet, organza (b&w), dupioni. Acetate lining (thin) https://beckfordsilk.co.uk/ Vintage style – https://clothspot.co.uk/ Vintage style –… [Continue Reading]
Housedress: McCall’s 1948, 7354, 6618, 5411
A mashup of the Mccall’s housedress patterns; 1948 (c (1955 but re-released recently as M7354), 6618 (c1962), 5411 (c1960) How I Started I used my “basic bodice block” and and… [Continue Reading]
Borodinsky Russian Rye Bread
Brew Malt – 30gCoriander – 2tspWater (hot at 95 degrees C) – 300mlRye Flour – 90g Mix together the malt and coriander. Pour in a small bit of the hot… [Continue Reading]
Pattern Drafting: Fancy Pyjamas
4m colour silk crepe de chine1m of white crepe de chine for piping Front Trace bodice front with a closed shoulder dart.Square down from underarm point (parallel to centre front).Square… [Continue Reading]
Mashed Potatoes with Creamed Walnuts
Potatoes (Charlotte or Desiree), butter, egg & milk.Walnuts – 200gSingle cream – 120gRosemary (fresh or dry) – 1tbsp Peel and boil the potatoes. Then mash with the butter, egg and… [Continue Reading]
Hogswatch 2020
Pigs in blankets (serve with marmalade) Piglet Empanadas Cheese and pineapple canapePlain lightly boiled baby carrots mistletoe marzipan – p102 the wicked bakerginger bread wreaths – p94
Savoy Cabbage
Ingredients Garlic cloves – 2Chili – 1/2tspRosemary sprigs – 3Butter (softened) -250g Instructions Whizz the garlic, chili and rosemary in a blender, then add in the butter and mix all… [Continue Reading]
Red Velvet
Based on lola’s cupcakes recipe. I have changed amount of sugar, and the instructions for mixing and baking. Ingredients for Cake Butter – 110gCaster sugar – 25gVanilla essence – 1… [Continue Reading]
Yeast Biga Starter
Conversion for yeast: 2tsp = 7g = 100g starterYield = >200g? Ingredients 1 Sugar – 1/4tspDry yeast – 1/2tspWater or milk (tepid 40 degrees C) – 30ml Instructions 1 Mix… [Continue Reading]
Roman Spelt Bread
Ingredients Spelt flour – 330gFlour – 330gWater – 400gSalt – 1tspHoney – 1tbspFennel – 1tspPoppy – 2tbspYeast – 6g (1.5tsp) Prove for 1.5 hours. Knock out the air and reshape… [Continue Reading]