‘Vollkorn’ is German for ‘whole grain’. This bread is not a whole grain bread. It’s an approximation of such that’s lighter and not quite as dense as a full whole grain loaf. It’s not really ‘vollkorn’, but it’s very good indeed. Germany would not be happy, but might eventually get over it. All that said, [...]

There’s something satisfying about chucking a few ingredients into a big pan, heating it all up slowly for a few hours, and emerging with a sublime casserole or stew with the absolute minimum of effort, and this particular tagine is a fine example of that form of (dare I say) lazy, one-pot, slow-cooking. The key [...]

I made this for Christmas Day because, pretend as we do, nobody in this family really likes Christmas pudding. There’s no point persevering with the lie anymore, so we did something different, and it was a vast improvement on the traditional bowl of stodge. This is our new Christmas pudding. The absence of flour makes [...]

Here’s a turn up for the books. Instead of bubbling away on the hob for a couple of hours to cook, this curry goes in the oven. That’s right … in the oven! Can you imagine that! It’s baked instead of braised. Unbelievable. Your world is never going to be quite the same again, I [...]