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Gooseberries are really the poor relations of the summer berries, tart, slightly tough, and hidden behind thorns that are spiky enough to make you wonder why you bother. However what you do get [...]

I often make cranachan, the most celebrated of Scots desserts. However this pannacotta gives a slightly different interpretation on the marriage of whisky, honey and raspberry. The oatmeal is [...]

It’s autumn, and the fruit trees and bushes are beginning to settle down for a long sleepy winter. Some apples and pears still hang heavy, brambles adorn the hedgerows and gardens alike, and the [...]

There’s something very satisfying about getting a girdle scone took through perfectly. A throwback to the days before ovens were commonplace and ‘baking’ would’ve been done on a hotplate over the [...]

This is a throwback to the days of rationing from my Gran’s 1940s cookbook. I’ve adapted it to bake in the oven like a traditional rice pudding, rather than cooking on the hob, and added the [...]

Crowdie is the ideal cheese for a cheesecake, it has a wonderful tang and slightly crumbly texture. The topping is a juxtaposition of the dark fruits of spring and summer as blackcurrant give way [...]

Another dessert I’d tend to make on weekends due to the chilling time. You can omit the chilli for a classic chocolate mousse or add your own flavours. Serve with thick cream or change to milk [...]

‘What’s tablet?’. It’s a question that probably every Scot has heard at some point in their lives. It’s a kind of Scottish fudge type thing, but isn’t. [...]

I rarely find myself writing on here these days, weeks seem to pass, recipes pile up and nothing appears. However having found a glut of wild raspberries by Loch Maree today I felt I had to mark [...]

Trifle is one of my abiding memories of the 1980s, originally from the Birds packets and then homemade with fresh fruit and I think possibly swiss roll as well. And while for many it’s probably a [...]