Langton Herring - Dorset, England

Langton Herring is a small village in west Dorset, which connects to the South West Coastal Path on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site; with a plethora of spectacular views a few minutes away on the Fleet Lagoon.

My darling....

Brian Frederick Connolly 04.04.1941 - 19.04.2019
After a long illness during which he was lovingly nursed by me at home and in the Poole and Bournemouth hospitals....

Pancakes.

My recipe
35g Self-rising flour
1 egg
125ml warm milk
30g butter
Pinch salt
1/2 tsp sugar

Method.
Put the egg, salt and warm milk in a bowl whisk until frothy, add the flour a bit at a time
with the sugar and salt beat well.
Set aside for 30 mins.
Melt the butter.
Heat a frying pan with a little butter and cook the pancakes until golden. Turn out onto a plate
brush lightly with melted butter,sugar,lemon or creme Fraiche.

Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake

- Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake: "BUTTERMILK-BLUEBERRY BREAKFAST CAKE"

Ingredients
1/2 cup (8 tablespoons/113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
zest from 1 large lemon
1 cup (214 g) sugar (set aside 1 tablespoon for sprinkling)
1 egg, room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour (set aside 1/4 cup of this to toss with the blueberries)
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt (I like 1.25 tsp)
2 cups fresh blueberries, picked over
1/2 cup buttermilk, see note below
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C/350ºF.
Using a stand mixer or hand-held mixer, cream the butter with the lemon zest and the 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon of sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
Meanwhile, toss the blueberries with 1/4 cup of flour, then whisk together the remaining flour, baking powder and salt.
Add half of the flour mixture to the batter, and stir with spatula to incorporate.
Add all of the buttermilk. Stir.
Add remaining flour, and stir until flour is absorbed.
Fold in the blueberries. (Leave excess flour from the blueberry bowl behind.)
Grease an 20-23cm/8-9-inch square baking pan (or something similar—I prefer an 8-inch pan because I like the thicker pieces) with butter or coat with non-stick spray.
If you have parchment paper on hand, line the pan with parchment on top of the butter.
Spread the batter into the pan.
Sprinkle the batter with the remaining tablespoon of sugar.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes — a 9-inch pan will be done in closer to 35 minutes; an 8-inch pan usually needs 40 to 45 minutes.
Check with a toothpick for doneness.
If necessary, return pan to oven for a couple of more minutes. (Note: Baking for as long as 10 minutes more might be necessary, especially if you're using a smaller pan such as an 8x8-inch.)
Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.

Note
What if I don't have buttermilk?
Use 2% or whole milk or make your own buttermilk: place 2 teaspoons of vinegar or lemon juice in a liquid measuring cup.
Fill cup with milk until it reaches the 1/2-cup line.
Let stand for five minutes.
Use as directed.
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Sunset.

Swanage Dorset, England.

Our honeyberry.

- Why honeyberries could be the next soft fruit to conquer the produce aisle:
The “honeyberry guru of the world” Lidia Delafield, of US-based Berries Unlimited, has developed many new honeyberry varieties, including the cultivars:
Happy Giant, Blue Moose, Blue Palm and Strawberry Sensation, which has a hint of strawberry flavour.

Stewart Arbuckle, one of the first British growers to plant honeyberry trees in the UK:
Happily, honeyberries grow best in temperate climates like the UK, which is why Arbuckle is keen for other domestic growers to invest in the variety - a new 'superberry' from Siberia and Japan.
Honeyberries are harvested around 10 to 14 days earlier than local native (outdoor-grown) strawberries.

In our kitchen.

Strawberry Apricot Jam. (recipe!)
Strawberry from our allotment!


Ricotta cake.
Recipe!


Meatballs!
Very best recipe for meatballs.

Savory bread pudding with wild mushrooms & bacon.

Crumpets.

Crumpets recipe: From David Lebovitz.

A crumpet is a griddle cake made from flour and yeast.
An early reference to them comes from English Bible translator John Wycliffe in 1382 when he mentions the "crompid cake".

Their shape comes from being restrained in the pan/griddle by a shallow ring.

They have a characteristic flat top with many small pores and a chewy and spongy texture.

English crumpets are generally circular, roughly 8 centimetres (3 in) in diameter and 2 centimetres (3⁄4 in) thick.
OR:
- Crumpets Recipe | King Arthur Flour:

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Apricot Cornmeal and Buttermilk Clafoutis.

Savory bread pudding with wild mushrooms & bacon.