Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes Serves:8 (with a few slices leftover for Sunday tea) Ingredients 125g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing, at room temperature200g shelled pistachios60g Greek yogurt250g light brown sugar200g polenta1 tsp baking powder½ tsp salt1 lemon, zest and juice3 eggs100g strawberries, hulled and finely sliced1 nectarine, […]

Preparation time: 10 minutes, plus resting Cooking time: 0 minutes Total time: 10 minutes, plus resting Serves:4 as a main course Ingredients 300g super fine 00 grade pasta flour 3 large eggs  Method 1. Put the flour and eggs in a food processor with a pinch of salt. Whizz until it forms a coarse crumb. Take a little of the […]

Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes Total time: 40 minutes Ingredients 175g slightly salted butter, softened and cut into cubes175g caster sugar3 large Waitrose Columbian Blacktail Free Range Eggs, beaten175g essential Waitrose Self Raising White Flour100g clotted cream or whipping cream, whipped150g fresh raspberries, washedIcing sugar, for dusting Method 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. […]

Preparation time: 35 minutes plus chilling Cooking time: 45 minutes Total time: 1 hour 20 minutes plus chilling Makes:12 Ingredients BANANA CUSTARD 2 very ripe bananas, sliced 1 tsp vanilla bean paste½ lemon, juice 50g light brown soft sugar 250ml whole milk1 large egg 2 large egg yolks 50g golden caster sugar 30g cornflour PASTRY 200g plain flour, plus extra […]

Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 6 minutes Total time: 16 minutes Serves:6 Ingredients 500g bag spring greens40g butter4 shallots, finely sliced1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped2 tbsp clear honey Method 1. Cut away the thick stalks from the spring greens. Roll up the leaves a few at a time nd shred thinly with a knife. 2. Melt the […]