Recipe | Homemade Croissants

Ingredients 500g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting 2 tsp salt 50g sugar 2 x 7g sachets fast-action dried yeast oil, for greasing 300g  salted butter, at room temperature (I use Kerrygold) 1 egg, beaten Method Put the flour, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl, and make a well. Measure 300ml cold water into a jug, add the yeast, stir and pour in the liquid. … Continue reading Recipe | Homemade Croissants

Recipe | Super Easy Salmon En Croute – With White Wine Sauce & Spinach Filling

Ingredients Spinach – your own preference/enough to fill each parcel Ready-made puff pastry, rolled out to ½cm/¼in thickness Salmon fillets salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 free-range egg, lightly whisked For the sauce 25g/1oz butter 25g/1oz plain flour 600ml/1 pint milk Salt and white pepper – To season 150ml White wine Method Preheat the oven at 200°C, fan 180°C. For the Sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in the flour … Continue reading Recipe | Super Easy Salmon En Croute – With White Wine Sauce & Spinach Filling

Pain Au Chocolat

Ingredients 1 block puff pastry 100 (31/2oz) chocolate, finely chopped – whatever type you prefer 1 medium egg, lightly beaten Method Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Lightly dust a work surface with icing sugar and roll out the pastry to a rough rectangle. Cut the pastry into three equal strips length ways, then cut each strip into four equal pieces to make smaller rectangles. … Continue reading Pain Au Chocolat

Cinnamon Swirls

Ingredients Plain flour, for dusting 1 Roll of Puff pastry, or homemade if you have time! 🙂 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup golden caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 medium free-range egg, beaten with 2 tbsp milk For Icing 2 tbsp Icing Sugar Few drops of Warm Water Method Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. On a floured surface, roll … Continue reading Cinnamon Swirls