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How to maintain your sourdough starter

May 17, 2020 by Laura Scott Leave a Comment

sourdough starter made using organic white and rye strong flour in order to create a healthy, bubbly and very active starter

Now that you have an active sourdough starter, it is time to think about how you look after it. Here are my notes on how to  maintain your culture of…

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Filed Under: Breads, Cookery classes, sourdough, Sourdough demos, Vegan, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: Real Bread, rye flour, sourdough, sourdough bread, sourdough starter, strong flour, water, wild yeast

Mini Sweet Dessert Pizzas by Bacofoil

May 11, 2017 by Laura Scott 8 Comments

mini sweet dessert pizzas

One of the recipes I most often get asked to teach is how to make your own pizza dough. I love showing people how easy it is to make and…

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Filed Under: Breads, Desserts, Family food, Puddings, School lunchbox ideas, Tea time treats, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: bacofoil, baking, bananas, caramel sauce, cream cheese, dark chocolate, Dessert, kid friendly, Marshmallows, Nutella, pineapple, salt, strawberries, strong flour, sweet pizzas, vegetarian, water, yeast

Raspberry Rose Bundt Cake for Mother’s Day

February 29, 2016 by Laura Scott 19 Comments

Raspberry Rose Bundt Cake

I have been meaning to use my bundt tin for ages, so I thought it was about time I removed it from the back of my baking cupboard and put…

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Filed Under: Cakes, Desserts, Family food, Puddings, Tea time treats, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: baking powder, bundt cake, butter, Buttermilk, Cake, eggs, freeze dried raspberries, icing sugar, plain flour, Raspberry, Rose extract, tea time treat, water

How To Make Ginger Cordial

November 13, 2011 by Laura Scott 24 Comments

ginger cordial recipe using fresh ginger

Ginger is an ingredient I often turn to when I am feeling  under the weather. It warms me up when I am feeling cold and it clears and soothes my…

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Filed Under: Bottle & Jar Goods, Drinks Tagged With: cordials, cream of tartar, Drinks, ginger, golden caster sugar, lemon juice, lemon rind, unwaxed lemon, water

A simple loaf

August 4, 2011 by Laura Scott 4 Comments

a simple loaf recipe to try at home

I have recently been getting into baking bread. It all started when I found that the children were getting a bit too used to eating that sliced 50/50 bread and…

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Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast dishes, Family food, Tea time treats Tagged With: baking, Bread, fast action dried yeast, olive oil, rye flour, salt, Strong white bread flour, sugar., vegetarian, water

Chocolate, kirsch& cherry mousse with toasted almonds

July 30, 2011 by Laura Scott 2 Comments

Chocolate, kirsch and cherry mousse

This recipe is my first entry into Maison Cupcake’s  “Forever Nigella” monthly recipe competition.  The idea is that you pick a Nigella recipe, which have different monthly themes, and adapt…

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Filed Under: Chcolate, chocolate, Desserts, Puddings, Simple and in Season, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: butter, cherries, chocolate, dark chocolate, Desserts, double cream, flaked almonds, Gluten free, Kirsch, Marshmallows, Mousse, vanilla, water

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Cakes available to order for any day of the week. Cakes available to order for any day of the week. Parties, anniversaries, weddings, christenings or as gifts. Email me for my cake menu and book your dream cake 🎂 🧁🎂🎉🧁 #cakedecorator #epsom #surreycakes #epsomcakes #celebrationcakes #birthdaycakes
This week’s class is an introduction to bread ma This week’s class is an introduction to bread making. We’ll be making rye soda bread rolls, Italian grissini, knot rolls and a classic farmhouse loaf. This one’s fully booked but check out my events page for lots more classes. Available for individual and group bookings. Come along and learn a new skill 🍞🥖🥨🧈🥚. #learntocook #learntobake #epsom #surrey #cookeryclass #lifeskills #kitchenskills #breadmakingclass #surreychef #cookeryschool
The first class of the year yesterday. Introductio The first class of the year yesterday. Introduction to pasta making followed by a family pasta class in the afternoon. Always a great class to teach!
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A double pasta class day this coming Saturday. If A double pasta class day this coming Saturday. If you’d like to join me on one of my classes email me - orders@howtocookgoodfood.co.uk #pastaclass #cookeryclass #learntocook #epsom #surreychef #italianfood
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