A Cornish Food Blog | Jam and Clotted Cream

These chewy chocolate orange cookies are perfect for an after school snack for kids. Great with a glass of cold milk. A quick and easy Friday treat for the kids (and adults!) for when they get home from school. The recipe takes 10 minutes to make and 10 minutes to bake, then you just have to resist tucking in until the kids get home. They taste like a Terry's Chocolate Orange, which can only be a good thing in my book.  I hope everyone enjoys the weekend despite the weather - I think plenty of cooking and baking will be on the cards. print recipe Chewy Chocolate Orange Cookies by Beth Sachs June-15-2012 Perfect with a glass of cold milk Ingredients 125g Butter, melted 75g Dark Muscavado Sugar 100g Golden Caster Sugar 1 Egg, beaten Zest of Half an Orange 150g Plain Flour 1/2 TSP Baking Powder Pinch of Sea Salt 120g Dark Chocolate Chips Instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 190c and line two baking trays with baking ...

I thought I would create a Cornish Honey Cake and submit it as my entry for the Best of British Blogger Challenge Cornwall edition. The blogger challenge is sponsored by The Face of New World Appliances and the host of the Cornish round is fellow Cornish dweller Choclette. A slice of this, without question, would be best enjoyed warm out of the oven with a big dollop of Cornish Clotted Cream Ice Cream. print recipe Cornish Honey Cake by Beth Sachs June-13-2012 A lovely moist cake, serve with clotted cream icecream Ingredients 250g Clear Honey 225g Butter, cubed 100g Dark Muscavado Sugar 3 Eggs, beaten 300g Self Raising Flour, sifted and put into large mixing bowl 1 TSP Ground Ginger Instructions Step 1: Grease and line a 20cm springform tin and preheat the oven to 160c. Step 2: In a large pan melt the honey, butter and sugar. Once liquid, increase the heat and boil for 1 minute stirring continuously. Take off the heat and cool f...

@EthelTheGoat of Capricorn Goats Cheese fame kindly invited me to take part in the #CapricornChallenge on Twitter. I obviously said yes and an amazing hamper filled to the brim with ingredients, including Capricorn Goats Cheese from Somerset, landed on my doorstep this morning. I was given strict instructions by @EthelTheGoat to devise a lip smacking recipe to post on my blog.....and this Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto is what I came up with - I hope Ethel approves.  print recipe Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto by Beth Sachs June-12-2012 Serve with extra Parmesan Ingredients 30g Butter 1 Onion, chopped 2 Smoked Bacon Rashers, chopped 1 TSP Fresh Thyme Leaves 300g Arborio Rice Splash of White Wine 1 Litre Hot Vegetable Stock Handful Frozen Peas 100g Capricorn Goats Cheese, rind removed and chopped Handful Parmesan, grated Seasoning Instructions Step 1: Melt the butter in a large pan, and fry the onion, bacon...

Half term has finished and it's back to reality. I hope all those that braved the Royal Cornwall Show didn't get too wet. We decided to give it a miss this year, mainly due to the weather. Its not much fun walking miles in the wind and rain with 2 reluctant children. Instead, we did some gardening (when it wasn't raining), put up the children's trampoline, cleaned the house in preparation for a viewing today (not holding out much hope), baked some banana and chocolate chip bars (a Mary Berry recipe) and went for a couple of nice walks. I also did lots of cooking, one of the recipes being this Spanish Style Rice. I picked up some paella rice recently - you wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find in these parts of Cornwall - and decided to create something summery in the hope that Summer may actually arrive soon. The rice is flavoured with a pinch of saffron and the salty chorizo and sweet king prawns complement each other well. All in ...

An easy banana and coconut flapjack recipe, which makes a tasty and filling after-school snack for kids.

Baked Camembert with asparagus soldier make a great addition to any sharing platter.

Apologies for my absence over the last couple of months, things have been a bit hectic (read 'stressful') but normality is finally returning (for now anyway!). The camera is being charged as I type, I have a stack of new cookbooks on my counter for inspiration and I'm looking forward to a long hot summer full of picnics, BBQ's and parties This is a lovely light pasta dish for a summers day, perfect with a glass of white wine. If you don't like capers then just omit them. Some chopped crispy bacon on top would make a nice addition too. Enjoy! print recipe Creamy Tomato and Caper Spaghetti by Beth Sachs May-11-2012 Perfect for a warm summer evening Ingredients Glug of Oil 4 Spring Onions, chopped 2 Garlic Cloves, chopped 1 Green Chilli, deseeded and chopped 10 Cherry Tomatoes, halved 5 Sun Dried Tomatoes, chopped 2 TSP Capers, rinsed Splash of Red WIne Vinegar 2 TBSP Creme Fraiche 2 Handfuls Grated Parmes...

Well, we are back from a lovely week in Egypt (barring the flight home in which 2 year old was a nightmare) and I'm itching to get back into the kitchen having been fed and watered by other people for the last 7 days. Just before I went away I was lucky enough to be sent some local Cornish ales from award winning Driftwood Spars Micro Brewery in St Agnes. Landlady Louise Treseder is passionate about real ales and tries to encourage women to enjoy beer as a natural product with interesting flavours - no encouragement needed from this end! Not content with just drinking the ales I set about making some beer bread rolls using the Badlands Bitter. The recipe I used was from Jac's blog Tinned Tomatoes , although I made a few tweeks. They turned out lovely and malty, perfect with my Sweet Potato, Carrot and Coconut Soup . print recipe Cheddar and Beer Bread Rolls by Beth Sachs February-23-2012 Lovely with soup Ingredients 3 cups Plain Flour 1 TBSP...

My kids favourite meal from the Chinese takeaway is in their own words 'Chicken Balls and Sauce' aka Sweet and Sour Chicken. So, I thought I'd try and recreate a version at home, without all the additives, preservatives, excess salt and MSG that you find in proper takeaway versions. Despite my house smelling a bit 'deep fried' for a few hours it was most definitely worth it. The chicken turned out crispy and crunchy and the sauce was as good as any from a takeaway. print recipe Sweet and Sour Chicken by Beth Sachs February-10-2012 Better than any takeaway Ingredients 100ml Soda Water, chilled 100ml Cold Water 140g Self Raising Flour 1 TSP Salt 25g Cornflour, to coat chicken 4 Skinless Chicken breasts, cut into large pieces 2 Spring Onions, to serve For the sauce 1 Red Pepper, chopped 1 Red Chilli, chopped 400g Tin Pineapple Chunks, including juice 50g Tamarind paste 100g Caster Sugar 100ml Rice Win...