Ingredients;
5 oz butter, chopped into chunks
5 Mars bars, chopped into roughly 1cm slices
5 mugs of Rice Krispies
500g Chocolate (mix of dark & milk)

Line a large baking tin with overlapping pieces of clingfilm, ensuring that all parts of the interior are covered.
Place the butter and sliced Mars bars in a large Pyrex (glass) bowl and place [...]

Ingredients;
625g Tipo 00 Flour
1 rounded tsp baking soda
2 rounded tsp cream of tartar
1 teaspoon salt (if using salted butter use 1/2 a teaspoon)
100g chilled butter cubed
1 egg beaten
300ml milk
25g castor sugar

Hard to believe it’s nearly 3 weeks since I wrote this post about Roma’s excellent Tipo 00 flour, time sure is flying. Why do I [...]

Ingredients;
150g dried pasta (the smaller the pieces the better)
40g butter
2 cloves of garlic finely diced
1 tablespoon of fresh thyme, chopped
Juice of half a lime
Handful of grated parmesan
Serves 2

Begin by preparing the pasta as per the packaging. Then when you drain the pasta get your pan back onto a high heat and add the butter to [...]

Ingredients;
2 foot-long bread sticks
Large handful grated cheese (strong cheddar or goats cheese)
30g butter, brought to room temperature
Teaspoon dried thyme
Teaspoon dried basil
1 clove garlic, crushed to a paste (or substitute with 10 twists of dried garlic grater).

Heat your oven to 180C.
Mix the butter, thyme, basil & garlic together. Make 1-inch thick slices into the bread, but [...]

Ingredients;
For the sponge:
170g softened butter
170g caster sugar
2 eggs
170g self-raising flour
For the icing:
Freshly-grated rind of 1 lemon
Freshly-squeezed juice of 1-2 lemons (I used the juice of one and a half lemons, so add the juice of one and then taste)
110g caster sugar

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Put the butter, sugar, flour and eggs into a [...]