An Amazing Loaf Of Bread

This recipe is NOT one of mine – but I am totally bowled over by it. It is delicious, infinitely adaptable, has incredible keeping qualities (just consider any adaptations). It is so satisfying and a little slice can be wrapped in a napkin and tucked into a pocket to keep you going all day with put having to resort to poorly made, ill thought through snacks that claim much but are made without knowledge or consideration.

This couldn’t be easier ……

…..make it yourself……

….. you’ll save more than money …

….. reclaim yumminess one recipe at a time!

This is from ‘My New Roots’ By Sarah Britton. The book is full of great recipes that you’ll use every day 🙂

1 cup/140g sunflower seeds

1/2 cup 90g linseeds

1/2 cup 70g almonds

1 1/2 cups 150g gluten free oats

2 tbsp chia seeds

4 tbsp psyllium husks

1 tsp sea salt

1 tbsp maple syrup

3 tbsp coconut oil

Use a 500g or 1lb silicon loaf pan. If its not silicon then use a strip of parchment along the base to make removal easier later.

This can be made in the loaf tin/pan.

In a bowl (or the loaf pan)  mix the dry ingredients

Whisk the wet in a jug and then stir into the dry.

Allow to stand on the side for the minimum of 3 hours and up to 12.

Preheat the oven to Gas 4/ 180•C / 350•F

Bake for 20 minutes on the middle self (I had to bake mine for twice as long as I made additions and adaptations – so just bear that in mind)

Tip the half baked loaf onto a metal tray and put it back into the oven for another 40 minutes. Until the loaf starts to sound hollow when tapped.

It should totally be left to go cold before you slice it like the inventor says … But i couldn’t resist a warm slice with fresh sliced pear and a drizzle of tahini … I know, I’m so predictable!

The adaptation on this loaf was 1 tbsp vanilla powder (make this by grinding a vanilla pod in a coffee grinder) 3 tbsp date syrup 3 tbsp of fennel seeds, 3 tbsp blueberries. 3 tbsp cranberries, 3 tbsp mulberries, 3 tbsp dried sour cherries, 3 tbsp golden raisins and I used hazelnuts

The adaptation on this loaf was 1 tbsp sesame seeds 3 tbsp of caraway seeds, a cup of green olives, a cup of sun dried tomatoes 1 tbsp oregano.

 

Come and see me on Saturdays’ at Bermondsey Square Farmers Market in Southwark. It’s just off Tower Bridge Road, a short walk from The White Cube, Southbank and Borough Market.

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Barely Baked Superfood Sweet Biscuit

I know it’s not a very inspiring title but I really didn’t know how to describe these chewy, sweet, satisfying ‘biscuits’. The combination of ingredients is perhaps not what a classic biscuit would have, nor is the method, but these are super quick, very easy to make, taste really lovely and you can feed them to just about everyone as they as so ‘allergen low’.

I used to love to cook with my daughters and their friends (much to other parents horror. We’d make everything from bread to cinder toffee – heyho they all lived). And even if you have tiny, barely walking toddlers I’d urge you to make these. The dough is entirely edible and a treat and you are getting some great stuff into your bubba’s body.

Another great one to make with small children (as long as they are not intolerant or allergic to sesame or gluten) is to mix equal quantities of tahini and malt extract (or honey if your child is coeliac). It makes an edible play dough rich in calcium and other nutrients you won’t find in shop bought confectionary.

I highly recommend investing in small bags of the superfoods – you only ever use a teaspoon at a time and so it lasts ages. But the good they do you is beyond the money you pay. If you don’t want to buy them or you don’t want to buy all of them, either substitute one for the other – add more of the one you have bought or leave them out completely. Perhaps add a teaspoon of a good vanilla extract instead.

So – give these a try and let me know what you think and how you get on 🙂 (and if you are confused or worried I’m happy to help if I can)

Dough Ingredients:

100g dried apricots, prunes or figs

100g organic sunflower seeds

40 g shelled hemp seeds

6 tsp xylitol or coconut palm sugar

1 tsp baobab powder

1 tsp suma powder

1 tsp camu-camu powder

1 tsp maca root powder

1/2 tsp kelp powder

1/2 tsp barley grass powder

1/2 tsp good quality sea salt (or else leave it out)

120ml filtered water

For rolling:

1 tbsp lucuma powder

Place all the dough ingredients, bar the water, into your food processor with the ‘S’ blade. Process until it is as fine as it will go – about 5 minutes.

At this point start to dribble in the water through the chute as the machine is running until the mix forms a pliable, firm-ish ball.

Tip it onto a clean work surface dusted with the lucuma. Roll the ball so its all covered with the Lucuma (or Maca Root Powder if you prefer – its absolutely my favourite – I stir it into warmed almond milk for a treat).

It’s at this point that you can leave the children to play with it, let them make shapes, figures, letters, numbers, eat it raw, roll it into snakes. Bake them as they make them.

Or roll it will a pin to 1/2 cm thick. Stamp out the shapes you like best and pop them onto a parchment lined tray.

If you have a dehydrator then you need to dry them at 38•C for about 6 hours. Or pop them onto your oven at the lowest setting and allow them to dry for 3 hours.

I made a Purple Caramel Jam to top them with

60g inca berries or golden sultanas

150g agave or maple syrup

2 tsp acai powder

1 tsp purple corn extract

1 tsp raw coconut oil

Just blast these in the food processor straight after the dough is made – no need to wash the bowl.

Stores in a jar for a good 6 weeks.

– but they are far more delicious with a smear of cashew nut butter of dark tahini (I love this stuff)

Enjoy

Come and see me on Saturdays’ at Bermondsey Square Farmers Market in Southwark. It’s just off Tower Bridge Road, a short walk from The White Cube, Southbank and Borough Market.

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5 Day Detox – realistic for normal human beings :)

Hello there m’dears. Been a while, I hope you are all doing well.

This is a bit of a special one as an aid to anyone that really wants a detox and has tried the commercial diets and extreme fasting detox’s and it’s all just been too much one way or another.

This will give your body enough of a break to get you feeling like everything is working well again and you can stride into the rest of the season feeling fighting fit.

Just so you know, myself, I had a small cup (125ml) of the alkalising green and some of my medicine balls this morning and I am pinging off the wall! So I am hoping that these recipes will do the same for you 🙂

So, to start here are four juices to have ready for the next 3 days, I will add into the recipes the various organic powders that I add when I make them, but you may not have them …. no matter, just make them without, they’ll still be really good for you 🙂
Each recipe is enough for the 3 days, you can cut the recipe into 1/3 and make them fresh each day, or make the batches, divide between cups for each day and freeze . Then the night before you need them take them out into the fridge and allow them to defrost ready for you to consume the next day. However you think about it, this is still a much better option than the pasteurised juices in the shops or the ‘fresh’ juices made from EU allowable blended stocks that allow them to still be called fresh.

Alkalising Green Restores balance to an acidic system.

1 cucumber
1 lime (well scrubbed with 2/3 of the zest removed)
a pinch of himalayan or sea salt
4 stalks of celery
a large handful of fresh parsley
3 eating apples
1/2 cup shelled hemp seeds
1 tbsp organic barley grass powder
1 tsp organic wheat grass powder
1 tbsp organic spirulina powder
1 tsp organic kelp powder
1 tbsp organic maca root powder
1 tbsp organic lucuma powder
1 x 2cm piece of fresh ginger

Juice the fruit and vegetables. Grind the hemp seeds. Put 1/2 the juice and the powders, seeds and ginger into a blender and blend for 3 minutes. Push through a fine sieve collecting all the pulp from the underside.
This can be diluted with equal quantities of fresh, filtered water.

Radical Reducing Blood Builder

Nice sweet taste disguises this iron rich, infection fighting juice, high in betacarotene and the natural fungicide falcarinol. Great if you have skin problems 🙂
4 good local seasonal apples (what is close and fresh to you)- (scrubbed)
1 medium sized beetroot (scrubbed)
2 medium carrots (scrubbed)
2 small parsnips (scrubbed)
1 lemon (well scrubbed with 1/2 the zest removed)
1 tbsp organic lucuma powder (or 1 tsp local honey if you like)

Again juice the fruit and veg then blend with the powder.
This can be diluted with equal quantities of fresh, filtered water.

Fluid Balancer Great for that afternoon energy hit you need. This is rich in a diverse combination of nutrients, will help with fluid retention as it sorts out the imbalance between cells. And then the lemon scarifies the gut to make sure you feel all fresh and new 🙂
3 eating apples (seasonal and local)
2 sticks celery (scrubbed)
1 cucumber (scrubbed)
1x 2 cm piece of ginger
1 lemon (well scrubbed with 1/2 the zest removed)
1 tsp purple corn extract
Same process as before.

Soothing Cinnamon

Nice for the end of the day, settling the stomach and preparing the body for rest (I do hope you aren’t trying to lead a crazy life over these 3 days – be nice to yourself!) The bromalain in the pineapple will does great things in removing mucus from the body (great if you have a cough or cold) and the cinnamon does good things to blood sugar levels and helps the body readjust back to a healthy mode 🙂

1 medium sized pineapple
2 good local seasonal apples (what is close and fresh to you)- (scrubbed)
1/4 medium sized beetroot (scrubbed)
1 medium carrots (scrubbed)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp organic mucuma powder

Peel the pineapple.
Same process as before.

I will also mention something called ‘Medicine Balls’ these are my own recipe and if you are a regular purchaser of mine you may well have had them. You do see similar items in wholefood shops and some supermarkets and there is a wealth of recipes elsewhere on WordPress, they are called things like energyballs, or powerballs. Mine have no added sugar and the others I have mentioned rely very heavily on dates in the ingredients. I love dates, use them lots, but they are very high in naturally occurring sugar and my personal experience is that they cause a massive sugar high and crash – so mine do not contain any. But if you want to use them do. Otherwise at the point where I suggest eating a Medicine ball, you can perhaps have a herbal tea, or even a raw carrot 🙂

Day 1
On rising warm water with a slice of fresh lemon added (I cannot tolerate this so I have …) or a warm water and a few leaves of fresh mint.
1st Juice: Alkalising Green. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take before 11.am.
2nd Juice: Radical Reducing, Blood Builder. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take after Midday.
3rd Juice: Fluid Balancer. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take between 3.pm. and 4.pm.
4th Juice: Soothing Cinnamon. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take between 6.pm and 8.pm.

2 hours before bedtime (this may well coincide with your final juice of the day) Gojiberry Ginger & Bee Pollen Medicine Ball

Day 2
On rising warm water with a slice of fresh lemon added or a warm water and a few leaves of fresh mint.
1st Juice: Alkalising Green. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take before 11.am.
2nd Juice: Radical Reducing, Blood Builder. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take after Midday.
3rd Juice: Fluid Balancer. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take between 3.pm. and 4.pm.
4th Juice: Soothing Cinnamon. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take between 6.pm and 8.pm.

2 hours before bedtime (this may well coincide with your final juice of the day) Super Seeds & Super Berry Medicine Ball

Day 3
On rising warm water with a slice of fresh lemon added or a warm water and a few leaves of fresh mint.
1st Juice: Alkalising Green. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take before 11.am.
2nd Juice: Radical Reducing, Blood Builder. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take after Midday.
3rd Juice: Fluid Balancer. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take between 3.pm. and 4.pm.
4th Juice: Soothing Cinnamon. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take between 6.pm and 8.pm.

2 hours before bedtime (this may well coincide with your final juice of the day) Hemp & Purple Corn Extract Medicine Ball

Day 4
On rising warm water with a slice of fresh lemon added or a warm water and a few leaves of fresh mint.
1st Juice: Alkalising Green. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take before eating anything. This is just a really great juice to get into the habit of having every morning – or perhaps just on a weekend morning – just start making it something you would want to include in your weekly food intake – in the same way as lots of people think about toast (I do not eat bread everyday and mostly I don’t even eat it once a week but I understand that people eat bread every single day of the year).

Green Medicine Ball: Now allow 20 minutes before you eat any breakfast.

Breakfast: Gluten Free Oats, soaked in warm water overnight. Add a little honey or agave nectar, a heaping tablespoon of sunflower and pumpkin seeds and as much soya, almond milk, coconut milk, goats milk, ewes milk or
any live yogurt you prefer.

Lunch: RAW! Kale & Sauerkraut Salad (from me)

or Nicoise Salad, made with a big handful of spinach leaves, a ripe tomato, a cold hard boiled egg, 2 anchovy fillets, a small can of tuna (drained), or a fresh one (seared for 2 minutes either side). Mix as a salad with a few olives if you like.

Dinner: 3 Bean and White Chard.

You can make this as a stew or as a soup. Very tasty, extremely good for your entire system. Small can of kidney beans, 1 small can of chick peas, 1 small can of flagolet beans. 1 red onion, 1 small carrot, 1 stalk of celery, 1 clove of garlic, a can of tomatoes, 8 leaves of white chard, a good tablespoon of rapeseed oil. Warm the oil and fry the vegetables (not the chard). Add in the other ingredients and 500ml of vegetable stock. Cook for 10 minutes. Really quick and good for you too 🙂 Make enough for tomorrows lunch.

Day 5
On rising warm water with a slice of fresh lemon added or a warm water and a few leaves of fresh mint.
1st Juice: Alkalising Green. You may dilute the made quantity with an equal measure of fresh/filtered water. Take before eating anything.

Breakfast: A ripe tomato, a slice of red onion. Fry in a tbsp of olive oil, add a handful of chopped parsley leaves and then stir in 2 large free range eggs to scramble.

Lunch: 3 Bean and White Chard. From last nights dinner 🙂

Dinner: 3 Chick Pea & Sweet Potato Bake. 2 large sweet potatoes (well scrubbed), boiled then mashed. Set the oven to 200˚C or Gas4. Heat a spoon of olive oil and add a diced onion in to soften, then add a clove of garlic, stir, 4 big handfuls of spinach and stir over the heat until they wilt. Add in a large can of chick peas and crush all together slightly. Pop into a oven dish. Top with the mash and bake for 20 minutes.

You are now good to go for the rest of the year 🙂

Come see me on Bermondsey Market in London on a Saturday.

Linseed Crackers No Added Fat No Added Sugar Gluten Free Wheat Free Dairy Free Soya Free No Nut Vegan Egg Free

This is a kind of mercy blog. I have had lots of people coming to buy various RAW! products from me, and they like the taste and quality but they find them expensive – which is fair enough, in a world of 2:4:1 offers in the supermarkets and their ability to crush producers down to minuscule margins then all RAW! products will feel more expensive.

In defence of RAW! foods it is really helpful to remember that because the foods are nutritionally dense there is not the need to eat to excess in the way that is normal with more conventional foods (better not even start on some of those terrible diet plans, where you pay to attend, are told you are not eating enough, routinely overeat, increase your tolerance of those quantities and when you are no longer on the diet you overeat on the calorific foods you were used to and suddenly you are 10% heavier than ever you started!) Also RAW! foods are very satisfying and you will have a spring in your step 🙂

Well, this is a recipe for a basic Linseed cracker, follow the recipe and you will have crisp, tasty crackers that will not get stuck in your throat or cause you a belly ache.

It is not exactly the recipe I use (as that would be telling) but you can add in various herbs and spices as you like – you will then have your own unique cracker. I have scaled back the recipe size to make 1 standard tray to fit either a Sedona or Excalibur dehydrator. This recipe will not work in an oven (really sorry – but it just won’t) or if you have your own sun-drier then spread it out to 1-2 linseeds thick.

A word about the dehydrator. I have a Sedona 9 tray. In the manual it says that it will function for 36 hours continuous use. I have had mine running continuously for 2 weeks and never had a single problem with it. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

I do not have any photos of the process -as I say this is being posted because there is a need for a good recipe.

I recommend you eat these with a fresh dip but as an emergency pack in your bag for those moments when all there is on offer is deep fried or covered in cheap chocolate – then these are worth their weight in gold.

Enjoy!!

😀

Linseed Crackers
No Added Fat No Added Sugar Gluten Free Wheat Free Dairy Free Soya Free No Nut Vegan Egg Free

500g golden Linseed
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 tsp dried parsley

Soak the Linseeds in 1 Lt water for a minimum of 4 hours but no more than 12 hours.
Place mixture in a large bowl.
Add other ingredients and mix until well-combined.
Spread dough over the dehydrator tray.
Dehydrate at 54°C for approximately 24 hours.

These are photos of my RAW! Sweet & Spicy Pepper Crackers – they’re very nice too.

RAW! Blueberry Caramel Layer Cake

This is another of my RAW! Fresh Cakes that I sell on the market. It is devised to be able to withstand not having to be served straight from the freezer. My stomach does not like anything straight from the freezer (even my ices have to be almost at room temperature otherwise I get a terrible belly ache). And this way the flavours have a chance to be bright and beautiful instead of muted under glacial temperatures.

Again this is one that has been asked ofr – but I still have no camera – really sorry but I just don’t have the spare cash and I don’t want to stop blogging – so I hope you will bare with me.

I am very grateful to those of you that have stuck with me through this ‘no camera/strapped for cash’ period. One day I shall reward you with a slice-o-cake 🙂

RAW! Blueberry Caramel Layer Cake
No Added processed Sugar, Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Soya Free, Vegan, Egg Free.

Makes 18 slices

Base
120g / 4 oz hazelnuts
240g / 8 oz cashew nuts
120g / 4 oz walnuts
4 tsp Maca root powder (if you cannot find this no matter -but it adds a lovely flavour and is super good for you too)
1 tsp vanilla extract
240g / 8 oz Medjol dates
1 tsp sea salt

Blueberry Layer
240g / 8 oz raw cashews, ground
120g / 4 oz macadamia nuts
240g / 8 oz Medjol dates
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp Lucuma powder
480g / 1 lb fresh blueberries (washed and picked over)
sprinkle sea salt

Caramel Topping
2 tsp vanilla extract
240g / 8 oz Medjol dates
240g / 8 oz ground cashew
1/2 cup agave nectar
2 tbsp melted coconut oil

Line an 9″ x 9″ cake tray with cling film
If you have a dehydrator and suffer from digestive disorders then please – Soak the walnuts and cashew nuts over night. In the morning drain and dehydrate for 16- 24 hours until thoroughly desiccated.
All the nuts need to be processed to a fine flour. I use a coffee grinder for this.

For the base:
Add the dates to the bowl of the food processor with the blade fitted.
Start to process the dates. You will need to open the bowl and scrape it down several times.
Add remaining ingredients and really allow it to process until you have a stiffish dough that balls up. You may need to add a little water to get the right consistency.
Spoon into tray and press down.
Set to one side.

For the Filling:
Add all the ingredients to the bowl of the food processor with the blade fitted. Then blend together until very smooth and soft like a cream cheese.
Pour on top of the base and level off.

For the Topping:
Add all the ingredients to the bowl of the food processor with the blade fitted. Then blend together until very smooth and light and soft like a yogurt.
Just taste it now to make sure the ‘caramel’ is sweet as you like it – I don’t want it too sweet, I like the sour of the fruit to compete with the sweetness of the nuts 🙂
Pour onto the filling and spread evenly again.
Cover with cling film and store in the freezer.

This can be kept in the ice box for 3 months or in the deep freeze for a year.

Before you want to eat it move it to the fridge and allow it to soften for about 4 hours – or you can leave it covered, in a cool spot in the kitchen for about 45 minutes if you prefer.

Utterly guilt free and feels like a total indulgence.

I defy you to eat it and not only love it but feel amazingly well about an hour afterwards

It’s fine, it’s okay, it’s just what I do 🙂 

RAW! Apple & Mango Soft Bread

This is another fantastic, delicious RAW! recipe.
I use a Sedona Dehydrator http://www.tribest.co.uk/Dehydrating-and-Humidifying/Sedona-Dehydrator?gclid=CJ6G6qfZ2LQCFW_KtAodjX4Ahw
but if you do not have one then an oven can work OK.
These are another flatbread, great for snacks, for pack lunches and children will love them, I have to stop my children scoffing them all as they come out warm from the dehydrator (the RAW! Spring Greens are by far the most popular – recipe another day)
So once again an absolute treat with no worries about feel bad or even getting a headache from too much caffeine or a bit sick from too much sugar .. these have none, go on – you will be converted
(There is an option for adding Agave nectar, but these really don’t need it, but if you are wanting to convert children then perhaps you will find it helpful)
😀

RAW! Apple & Mango Soft Bread

1/4 cup psyllium husk
30 g / 1 oz Chia seeds
1/4 cup goji berries
1/4 cup Matcha powder (or 1 cup miracle matcha)
1/2 teaspoon celtic sea salt
60 g / 2 oz ground almonds
120g / 1 lb linseeds
60 g / 2 oz sunflower seeds
120g / 4 oz grated carrot
240g / 8 oz grated apple
60 g / 2 oz Mango Chopped (dried)
60 g / 2 oz dried Papaya
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 clementines zested and juiced
1 lime zested and juiced
125 ml water
1 tbsp Agave Nectar (optional)

Line the trays with parchment paper.

In a large mixing bowl stir together the psyllium husk, chia seeds, Matcha powder and goji berries (or the Miracle Matcha if you have it) and sea salt

Process nuts, sunflower seeds, linseeds, in a coffee grinder, to a fine meal.

Into a sturdy liquidizer (or food processor) add in chopped mango, carrot, apples, clementine and lime zest and juice, vanilla and water and process again until well mixed and pourable. (If you are using the Agave nectar or another liquid sweetener add it now)

Add ground nut and seed mix into the large bowl of husks etc and I’d use a balloon whisk to mix it all well.

Pour in the liquidized fruity mix in now and again give it a good mix with the whisk, work quickly as it will thicken quickly.

Once it is combined well spread it evenly across the trays.
Use a knife now to score the breads into the sizes you will want to eat them 🙂 (Nearly there now)
Set the oven to its lowest setting 225˚F 110˚C Gas 1/4. And allow them to dry for 4 hours.
If you have a Dehydrator then dehydrate at 68ºC for an hour. Reduce to 58ºC for about 8 hours or done but moist and soft still.
Half way through turn the trays around and flip the breads over so the top is on the bottom.
Stores in a cool place for 3 weeks
If you added any sweetener then store in the refrigerator for 7 days.

Come and see me on Saturdays’ at Bermondsey Square Farmers Market in Southwark. It’s just off Tower Bridge Road, a short walk from The White Cube, Southbank and Borough Market.
All new customers will get a lovely washable cotton shopper as a ‘Thank you and please come again next week’ (Whie stocks last!)

Every Friday at about 6 pm GMT I publish photos of the items I have cooked for market. Have a look at the Facebook page.

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RAW! Superfood Spiced Onion Softbread

As you may already know, I am on a detox diet at the moment and as part of that I am munching away on selected RAW! foods.
It is not the happiest thing to embark on as so often the diets are misery making. (I have done lots of weight loss diets and really want to get off that roundabout!) I really like RAW! foods and as you must now be starting to realise, I just like really well made, carefully thought about and carefully prepared food, I will eat Vegan, Gluten Free, any of it as long as it is good, (but I do have a problem with Fast food take aways – I hate them and don’t use them, feeding that stuff to children makes me shudder – OK OK rant over!).
So I thought I’d share a cheeky recipe or two with you.
When I was at the programme recording the other day one of the other chefs mentioned using the microwave to dehydrate food.
Just so you know – If you buy RAW! foods from me I will never have used a microwave, don’t own one, won’t use them. So if you want to use one for this then I am sorry but I cannot advise you, but I am giving instructions for using a normal oven like most of us have in our homes.
Also I have given this as cup measures to try and help anyone without scales, a cup measure does have a standard but in your own home use a cup like the one you would give to a special visitor, not a massive mug but a tea cup size and stick with that wherever I mention a cup 🙂
Eat these and you will feel like Spiderman when his spide-y sense start to tingle … wooohooo!

RAW! Superfood Spiced Onion Softbread.
1/2 cups ground almonds
1/4 cup psyllium husk
1/4 cup ground linseeds
1 cups linseeds
1 tbsp Chia seeds
1 tsp Korma curry powder
1/2 tsp Dried sage
1/2 tsp dried mint
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp coriander leaves
1/2 tsp Caraway seeds
1/2 tsp Fennel Seed
1/2 tsp Aniseed
1/2 tsp Spirulina
1/2 tsp wheatgrass
1/2 teaspoons salt
4 (1 lb) grated medium sized white onions
8 (1lb) grated large carrots
6 cloves garlic
1 teaspoons lemon juice
1 cup water
(1/2 cup cold pressed olive oil- this makes a lovely tasting tender bread but is optional, I don’t often add it).

Line the 2 baking trays (for an oven) or 1 dehydrator tray with parchment paper.

Mix together psyllium husk, ground linseeds, linseeds, almonds, Chia seeds, Korma curry powder, sage, mint, thyme, coriander leaves, Caraway seeds, Fennel Seed, Aniseed, Spirulina, Wheatgrass and salt.

Process nuts, sunflower seeds, linseeds, in a coffee grinder, to a fine meal.

Into a sturdy liquidizer (or food processor) add in grated, carrot, onions, garlic, lemon juice and water (add the oil now if you are using it) and process again until well mixed and pourable.

Pour in the liquidized wet mix in with the dry ingredients and give it a really good mix with the whisk, work quickly as it will thicken quickly.

Once it is combined well spread it evenly across the trays.
Use a knife now to score the breads into the sizes you will want to eat them 🙂 (Nearly there now)
Set the oven to its lowest setting 225˚F 110˚C Gas 1/4. And allow them to dry for 4 hours.
If you have a Dehydrator then dehydrate at 68ºC for an hour. Reduce to 58ºC for about 8 hours or done but moist and soft still.
Half way through turn the trays around and flip the breads over so the top is on the bottom.
Stores in a cool place for 3 weeks.
If you added olive oil then this is reduced to storage in the fridge for 7 days.

Come and see me on Saturdays’ at Bermondsey Square Farmers Market in Southwark. It’s just off Tower Bridge Road, a short walk from The White Cube, Southbank and Borough Market.
All new customers will get a lovely washable cotton shopper as a ‘Thank you and please come again next week’ (Whie stocks last!)

Every Friday at about 6 pm GMT I publish photos of the items I have cooked for market. Have a look at the Facebook page.

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Roasted Hazelnut & Browned Butter Cake

I am such a fan of Hazelnuts and this cake is made all the nuttier because of the browned butter. Plus it has Muscavado sugar and it’s Gluten and Wheat Free. This has to be tried with a small strong coffee (you chose the origin of the style), just give yourself those 5 minutes to enjoy it and all memories of nasty, stale nuts in and on cakes will waft away on the perfumed breeze of your joyous exhalations  … no really, it’s true 🙂

Roasted Hazelnut & Browned Butter Cake

210 g / 7 oz hazelnuts

240 g / 8 oz butter

2 tsp vanilla extract

180 g / 6 oz Muscavado sugar

120 g /4 oz Gluten & Wheat Free SR flour

8 egg whites

3 tablespoons granulated sugar

Preheat your oven to 350˚F, 180˚C or Gas 4.

Grease enough parchment paper to line a 29 cm /12″ round cake pan. Parchment paper is best as this cake sometimes sticks.

Spread the hazelnuts onto a tray and pop them into the oven for 5 – 10 minutes, stay alert as son as you smell them they are done (the more you do this the more confident you’ll become in trusting your sensesas you cook).

Put them on the side to cool.

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Now put the butter into a medium sized saucepan and set to melt over a moderate heat. Once it is melted, stand by the cooker, turn the heat up and watch it as the butter rises and you start to notice the foam in the centre change colour from yellow, to amber to a deeper brown. It’s done! Take it off the heat and allow it to settle and cool for 10 minutes.

Now put the nuts into the food processor and milled to a fine crumb, or chop on a board, it will take a little longer but is perfectly fine.

Stir together the nuts, flour and sugar (squeeze any lumps of sugar between your fingers and they will break down.

Whisk the egg whites. Add the granulated sugar and whisk until very stiff peaks.  Transfer the whites to the large mixing bowl with the sugary, floury nuts.

Pour the butter into the bowl too and make sure to tip in the browned sediment, I have photographed it so you can clearly see it. This is all the lovely flavour. Now add the vanilla too.

Fold together the dry ingredients, the brown butter, vanilla and egg whites.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, and bake for 50 minutes.

Cool on a rack 30 minutes.

Now lift the cake out and remove the paper and set the cake onto a plate.

Chocolate Ganache 

120 g /4 oz 70 % Cocoa solids Chocolate, chopped
60 ml / 2 fl oz double cream

Put the cream into a small saucepan and over a medium heat just bring it to simmering point (where you can see a few bubbles forming at the edge.

Turn off the heat and add the chocolate in one go and stir quickly until it has melted, thickened and glossed up, beautiful.

Pour it over the cooled cake. I like to cress it with a few chocolate dipped coffee beans 😉

 This cake is available to order from me (UK Mainland) for £26  + £8 P&POther countries then please contact me for more information :)http://www.facebook.com/ScarletRosita

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All new customers will get a lovely washable cotton shopper as a ‘Thank you and please come again next week’ (Whie stocks last!)

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Scarlet Rosita’s Dukkah

That’s it! It’s December, we have erected the tree (it’s a real tree, so No.1 Daughter has agreed to come home) and all the focus is on Christmasy stuff (which I love by the way, and I shall love far more once I have a small child to indulge again).

Dukkah all bagged and ready to go!

And I am sure it was the same for you too, but it was at Christmas that we would suddenly have vast quantities of nuts in the house, in a way that was totally out of the ordinary to all the other times, events and seasons. When I was a child they were novel, I can remember my sister, some friends (Adrian and Kerry) and I trying to eat embryonic sweet chestnuts (hairy and yuck) and I am sure that most Christmas’ I attempted to eat my own body weight in Chocolate Brazils, but mostly I felt pretty ‘meh’ about them (apart from the Hazelnut biscotti incident, more about that another day). But now I am older I can appreciate and enjoy nuts in a way that feels very grown up, after all they are very good for you too.

So, much of what I cook now has additions of fruit, seeds, herbs, spices and nuts. I love their aromatic quality and their texture and the flavours too and I wanted to make something new to me that was savoury and nutty (lots of sweet, nutty stuff around and I just didn’t want plain old salted or dry roasted). Well, I was a-leafing through some old cook books and I came across an Egyptian snack food of roasted seeds and nuts, eaten by dipping bread into oil and then the said roasted mix. Well, I was away, I had it!

Of course it is offering itself to be crusted onto the side of pork or lamb, or topping a fish or vegetable dish (just for those last 5 minutes in the oven) but I have to say that I think it is perfect for just spooning into the palm of your hand and knocking back, preferably with a small glass of something suitably strong (your choice here) but I love a Marsala.

This is super easy to make, just needs a little patience and focus whilst they are in the oven, no distractions allowed, you have been warned.

And, of course, if you feel like adding some of your favourite flavours then give it a go, most herbs and spices go well and if you like you could even add a little sugar for a ‘Sweet & Salt’ vibe.

Scarlet Rosita’s Dukkah

120 g/4 oz Hazelnuts
120 g/4 oz Peanuts
120 g/4 oz Cashews
120 g/4 oz Almonds
60 g/2 oz Pinenuts
60 g/2 oz Pistachios (shelled)
60 g/2 oz Sunflower Seeds
60 g/2 oz Pumpkin Seeds
15g/0.5 oz Coloured Peppercorns
30g/1 oz Coriander Seeds
30g/1 oz Caraway
15g/0.5 oz Fennel
15g/0.5 oz Aniseed
1/2 tsp Cloves
60 g/2 oz Sesame seeds
1/2 tsp Ground Turmeric
1 heaped tsp Ground Cumin
1 heaped tsp Thyme
1 heaped tsp Mint
1 heaped tsp Sea salt

Preheat the oven to Gas 4 150ºC.
Shell any nuts that need to be and then spread them onto a baking sheet.

Keep similar sized items together, so the Pine nuts and Pistachios’ can go on the same tray and the Hazelnuts and Almonds can be roasted together,

as can the Sunflower seeds and Pumpkins seeds

Allow each item to become toasty and fragrant

that will be the best indicator of their readiness …

…when you can smell them

Repeat with each of the seeds and the peppercorns.

Allow each of them to cool completely. Pulse in a food processor to a coarse consistency.

Place into a bowl and add the final herbs, spices and salt and mix well (with a spoon is sufficient).

That’s it … bag it up and give it as a gift for Christmas but make sure to keep some for yourself so you can sprinkle it on the Spiced Parsnip Soup

Dukkah all bagged and ready to go!

Well as it is fairly chilly here in Blighty I needed to make something warm and comforting but not anything too heavy today. And the parsnips looked beautiful … and Spiced Parsnip Soups is one of my favourites … and it is really easy to do … and I could top it with the Dukkah … it was all looking like it was meant to be.

The Spiced Parsnip Soup now has a post in its own right. (Just discovered how to add categories and tags so finding recipes is easier – just an editors amendment)

PS I’m the editor too 🙂

If you are in London then why not come and see me Bermondsey Square Farmers Market in Southwark. It’s just off Tower Bridge Road, a short walk from The White Cube, Southbank and Borough Market.

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