I love Jane Dunn’s recipes, her books are great, her website / blog is great and her recipes are so lovely. This book is her fourth one, Jane’s Patisserie Easy Favourites. I’ve started cooking from this one in Lent, so I’ve made a couple of savoury recipes and one sweet. If it wasn’t Lent, there would definitely be something chocolate-y like chocolate orange cookie dough desserts, mint chocolate brownies or banana bread Blondies. There is also a beautiful sticky ginger loaf cake, speculoos fudge and banoffee trifle that all look divine - to mention but a few.
Like her previous book, this one is well laid out, beautifully pictured with easy to follow recipes. As well as the usual sweet chapters, there are a couple of savoury ones too. Which I like to see, as a) I’m nosey and like to see what bakers cook and b) supper always needs to be made and inspiration is welcome.
The things I’ve made are Baked Gnocchi, which was lovely, sort of like a Caprese salad except hot for winter and bolstered with gnocchi. Definitely doable on an exhausted night.
Cheesy Ham and Leek bake, this is a bit like a pie filling but instead of mash or pastry on top there is cubed Brie! Another quick and easy supper. My hubby was thrilled with there being lots of leeks, one of his favourite vegetables.
Finally on the sweet side, I made Berry Crumble Pots.
I doubled the recipe so used a small pink baking dish (a new fave I recently bought from Anthropologie!) instead of pots or ramekins.
I really like a berry crumble and this blueberry raspberry one was very good. I know blueberries are good for us, but I really struggle with them raw, cooked however they are delicious.
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