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A rich and indulgent Pickle for the Christmas pantry. With dried vine fruits, cranberries and figs, some fresh pear for sweetness and dark muscovado sugar that gives this a lovely depth of flavour. Serve with cold meats and cheeses at Christmas time.

These are delicious for breakfast as well as during the day. (Make the batter the night before and chill, ready to use in the morning.) If you don’t have a Madeleine tray, use a shallow muffin tray. Success lies in a gentle folding technique, to capture the air that has been introduced.

Here’s a quick-ish lunch suggestion that we originally included in our book Good Food For Your Table that we’ve now slightly updated, as we turned to it again in Lockdown whilst we were looking for easy lunch options. Take a tin of tuna, a tin of salmon, add some anchovies and some fluffy mashed potato and you’ve got a very taste dish.

The next in our series of simple toppings to pimp your daily (sourdough) loaf. For Brunch, lunch or evening snack. This week we’re whipping up some salty feta and adding some end of summer sweet, oregano roasted tomatoes.