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What Can I Bring launch events!
UPCOMING EVENTS! With my new book almost out in the world, I’ve been working on a bunch of events around its launch, starting with the below. More in the pipeline, will add as details are confirmed. And in the meantime, if you would like to pre-order my book please click here or call your local…
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I’m so glad you found me. This page is home to my blog, podcast, recipe archive, event news and more. Please take a look around and get in touch if you have any ideas for fun things you’d like to collaborate on! And for latest updates and news, please sign up to my weekly newsletter,…
Nectarine and blackberry pie
Nectarine and blackberry pie Serves 8–10Prep time: 20 minsCook time: 40 mins I feel very lucky to be able to share this recipe here. It comes via my friend Amber, whose husband Derek took the mantle of making it for every family gathering soon after joining her family. The original version of this recipe appears…
Morning buns with peach and honey butter
Morning peach buns with amaretto glaze This is the sort of glorious, delicious breakfast I dream of making on those slow, hazy mornings between Christmas and New Year, when you forget what day it is, when the house is quiet again and there’s time to potter in the kitchen. Have these ready to go overnight…
A Spring lunch menu for a sunny day soon!
This would be a lovely menu for a light lunch on a bright Spring day. I created it for a cooking demonstration at Narrabri’s annual Nosh Food & Wine festival. There’s lots of flavour, texture and love in these recipes, I hope you try them soon. Sophie x Yogurt flatbread stuffed with chorizo, feta and…
Gingerbread and fig cake
This is a gorgeous, deep, dark, spiced gingerbread confection topped with figs and praline. I’ve also made the recipe recently without the icing, just as a good solid plain cake spread with a little butter and quince jam, which was excellent too. And you could easily leave out the figs or top the cake with…
Overnight focaccia (instant yeast version)
Overnight Focaccia (instant yeast version) This recipe borrows heavily from my sourdough focaccia recipe, except of course, we’re using instant yeast, not sourdough which is super handy. The long, cold fermentation time builds a beautiful chewy, sour flavour I love. It’s not like that sweet, almost cakey focaccia that the nineties threw at us for…
Sweet cardamom wreath with fresh cherries
Sweet cardamom wreath with fresh cherries Prep time 40 mins (plus resting time) Cook time 30 mins Serves 6-8 For the dough 4 cups (600g) plain flour 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar 3 tsp dried yeast 1/2 tsp ground cardamom a pinch of salt 1 cup (250 ml) lukewarm milk 175g butter, at room temperature…
Peaches and Cream Sponge Cake
Finally, the weather is warming up. Finally, we’re getting some sunny days for picnics and sponge cakes by the creek. Here’s a recipe I recently shot as part of a collaboration with Basil Bangs, makers of the most beautiful, bright and hardworking umbrellas and gear for beach, picnic, and home. Peaches and cream sponge cake…
Orange and Rosemary Loaf Cake
If this constant rain and low grey skies (assuming you’re getting the weather we are!) are getting to you… then may I suggest stealing an hour away to make this orange rosemary cake? Starting with the aromatherapeutic process of rubbing orange zest and rosemary stalks into sugar through to the mood-boosting aroma (simultaneously bright and…
Chocolate, hazlenut meringue cake
Chocolate, hazelnut meringue stack This is birthday cake territory. It’s wow-factor territory. It’s a crowd-pleaser, and even though there are a few steps in making this, they’re not tricky and can all be done well in advance. I wrote this recipe for a paid collaboration with the Kenwood Titanium Chef Baker. My older mixer had…
Around the Kitchen Table Launch Events
Around The Kitchen Table is an invitation to pause our busy lives – even for half an hour – and cook, create or make something good every day. Written by me, food writer Sophie Hansen and my mum, art teacher Annie Herron, it celebrates the joy and sense of satisfaction that comes with preparing a simple…