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Farinata with Rosemary, Red Onion and Sea Salt

May 28|2015

Farinata is an unleavened pancake type flatbread made simply with chickpea flour. This one is topped with lots of fresh rosemary, red onion, sea salt and cooked in flavourful extra virgin olive oil. It’s best straight from the oven and has become a firm favourite in our house. You can make this basic batter, and change toppings according to your mood. It’s also really nice …

Almond and Orange Cookies

May 28|2015

I like to use the almond pulp left over from making the almond milk as an excuse to make these sweet, almond and orange scented cookies. Makes: 24 cookies Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes per batch Gluten Free, Dairy Free Ingredients 11 tablespoons ground almond flour or almond pulp (leftover from making almond milk) 200g (scant 1 cup) sugar, preferably an unrefined golden, granulated one. …

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Cranberry and Coconut Cookies

April 21|2015

I am always looking for flavour combinations that make my mouth water. This is one of them; the delicate smoothness of the coconut combined with the sharp sweet flavour of the dried cranberries does it for me.

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My Brownies

April 01|2015

There are so, so many extras that you can add to brownies: chopped pecans or walnuts, broken up pieces of white chocolate, dried cherries, and so on. But I have opted for a very simple recipe, partly because my kids pick out the nuts, and partly because I love them classically like this with the pure chocolate kick that they deliver.