Fool-proof and crowd pleasing, everyone needs a good scone recipe up their sleeve. Keep some of these in the freezer to quickly defrost when soup’s on the menu for lunch (try spreading them with Marmite). Ingredients 220g plain flour 2 level teaspoons baking powder 130g grated cheese (cheddar, gouda, whatever you have in the fridge…
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Chickpea and broad bean falafel
Falafel is a star food: cheap, healthy, easy to make and good for snacks, a starter, finger food for babies, a quick lunch or as part of a salad for dinner. Goes excellently with tzatziki of course: de-seed and grate cucumber, squeeze out the water, then mix with plain yoghurt, a little crushed garlic, a squeeze…
Flawless Flour Tortillas and Tortilla Pizza
Tortillas (makes 8) • 200g plain white or wholemeal flour • ½ teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 2 tbsp butter, melted (or ideally lard) • 100ml hot water Note before we start: if you’re going to use all the tortillas as pizza bases, you don’t need to be as precious about kneading or resting the…
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