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Crumpets

At last, a recipe and flour for making gluten free crumpets! These quantities will make about 20 crumpets, but they freeze well (though they are a little tedious to cook).

Orange sandwich creams

You could adapt this recipe to make custard creams by using custard powder instead of orange zest (in biscuit and filling).

Shortbread Swirls

Numerous variations exist from simply forgetting the swirling and making them one flavor, to substituting ginger or cinnamon for the cocoa, or orange rind for the lemon rind. Alternatively add 2oz of nuts instead of 2oz of flour, or 2oz of oats or oatmeal instead of 2oz of flour.

Mom’s Peanut Brittle

This is Derek’s Mum’s recipe and is a tradition for us on Christmas Eve. The quantities are substantial and unless you’re feeling brave with boiling caramel, I’d recommend you halve them for your first few attempts.

Candied orange peel

These are best made with Seville (bitter) oranges, but it might also be good to mix these with some sweet oranges for a bit of variety. The finished peel can be dipped into chocolate if you are after something more special.

Freezer Cookies

This does make a good oatmeal / raisin cookie or chocolate chip cookie.

Lamb barbacoa with chickpea puree

Yahir Gonzalez, Zapote, London I ate at Zapote recently and the Lamb Barbacoa was fantastic – well everything was in fact. Highly recommended. This recipe