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Panallets – traditional Christmas bites
These little morsels of delight, are called panallets (pronounced pan-ah-jets). Although a customary dessert for all saints day in Catalonia and Andorra, they are traditionally made during the Christmas period on the Rock of Gibraltar where I hail from. These little guys are so easy to make, are gluten free, look impressive on your table and taste […]
Bread pudding
This is one of those iconic recipes, that every family in Gibraltar has and each one has a special twist to make it special. Some persons add a packet of flan powder, some add fruit, whichever you use, I’m sure it’s a little something passed down generation to generation- the way grandmother made it. This […]
Almond Cherry Biscuit
These are a typical Christmas biscuits, well…my grandmother made them during Christmas time, but they are so good that they are without a doubt, bake any time biscuit. With roots based on the famous Italian “ Pasta di Mandorle” these tiny Almond morsels are a delicious crunchy outside/chewy inside biscuit which are very difficult to […]
Honey and Oil biscuits
This recipe is an extremely old one, as my grandmother’s recipe book states it’s her mother’s biscuit recipe. With roots which I believe are from traditional Italian biscuit recipes, there is no way that you can go wrong with a biscuit base made with oil and honey. Having made these biscuits a couple of times, I […]
Lemon shortbread
Lemon shortbread is synonymous to summer time tea. After all what is a proper afternoon tea if it doesn’t contain at least one type of shortbread (and scones, afternoon tea needs to have scones for sure). Like the majority of recipes in the blog, this one hails from my grandmother’s repertoire, although she called them […]
Creamy Apple tart
This is another simple but delicious recipe. Easy to make -foolproof I would say- creamy and delicious. With Autumn only a month away, and Apples coming into season, now is the perfect time to try your hand baking with them. You can have them in Apple Pies, Tarts, crumbles, even in Jams and of course […]
Banana Bread
Banana Bread is the perfect afternoon tea bread- whether its at the pool, beachside, or simply at your kitchen table, you can’t go wrong with this delicious and moist loaf.
Oat Chocolate Biscuits
This is a really old recipe, one of the firsts I found in my grandmother’s note books. I’m assuming that rolled oats were a staple in her kitchen as I found a number of recipes in which she used this, and not just for porridge. However, hers were simply plain biscuits which I have no doubt were […]
LEMON BASIL BISCUITS
This was not one of my grandmother’s recipes, but rather a mention in one of my Victorian regency novels. The fact that Victorian ladies sat have lemon basil biscuits for their tea in my romance book fascinated me, so I delved into historical recipe books on line, and adapted the original recipe to my own […]
Lemonade Scones
Perfect scones recipe, ideal for afternoon teas (at the beach).