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2 of the best reasons to grow mint

Posted in Recipe requests on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Mint Ice Cream (adapted from a recipe by Sue Lawrence) 25g mint 1/2 pint creamy milk 1/4 pint double cream 3 egg yolks 4oz caster sugar Place mint, with milk & cream, in large saucepan and bring slowly to the boil. As soon as you see the bubbles, remove from the heat and stir well, [...]

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Dried Cranberry Flapjacks

Posted in Recipe requests, tagged cake o'clock, flapjack, food for walkers, Fraoch Lodge, mountain innovations, recipe, tea cake on June 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

175g butter 200g soft brown sugar 2 tbsp golden syrup 400g rolled oats 75g dried cranberries Preheat oven to 160oC. Line a 18 x 28cm tin. Melt butter, sugar & syrup until sugar is dissolved. Stir in oats etc and press into tin. Bake for 25 – 35 min until set. Cool in tin and [...]

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Rhubarb Crumble Cake

Posted in Recipe requests, tagged dessert, Fraoch Lodge, rhubarb recipe, Scottish recipe; scottish cuisine, spring menu, sweet cicely on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Cake 8oz plain flour 2 tsp baking powder pinch salt 2 oz butter 4 oz caster sugar 1 large egg 4 floz milk Filling 1lb rhubarb 2 oz sugar 2 tbl sweet cicely Topping 1 oz plain flour 1 oz oats 2 oz demerera sugar 2 oz butter Mix wet ingredients together for cake. Add [...]

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Strawberry tart

Posted in Recipe requests, tagged dessert, desserts for walkers, Fraoch Lodge, Fraoch Lodge menu, Highlands of Scotland, mountain innovations, recipes, scotland, Scottish cuisine, strawberries on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

You will need: puff pastry jam strawberries caster sugar Roll out puff pastry until you have approx danish pastry sized piece for each person you are serving. Heat jam in a pan (enough to lightly cover your pastry, leaving a gap around the edge for a border). Spread jam over pastry. Slice enough strawberries to [...]

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Malteser Cake

Posted in Recipe requests, tagged chocolate, Fraoch Lodge, hiking, hiking food, holidays, mountain innovations, scotland, walking, walking holiday, walking in Scotland on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

MALTESER CAKE 9oz cooking chocolate 4oz butter 3 tbl syrup 8oz maltesers (crushed) 8 oz digestive biscuits (crushed) 5 oz white chocolate In a saucepan over a steady heat, melt butter, syrup & cooking chocolate. add crushed maltesers & crushed biscuits. Melt white choc in a bowl over a saucepan of heated water. Place base [...]

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March’s cake recipe request

Posted in Recipe requests on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Requested by Aine Dillon after a winter walking holiday with Mountain Innovations in the Cairngorms National Park Lemon & Pistachio loaf Prep: 15 mins Bake: 55mins 425ml plain flour 1tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 lemon 1 cup chopped pistachios 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla [...]

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