Author: Chef M

These were one of my favorite hand-held treats when I was little. With my kids I use fun cookie cutters to make little treats, and I munch on the end pieces! You can replace the oil with sunflower butter for a heartier snack.

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Yup, this is a homemade version of Magic Shell: that chocolate sauce that magically hardens as soon as it hits cold temperatures. It’s one of my favorites and I make no excuse especially since I’ve learned that the stuff in the bottle is strangely wholesome. Except for the soy lecithin, it’s not that far off from homemade. So then, why make it? Besides the fact that making this magical sauce at home is just plain fun (kitchen project!), you can make it with higher-quality chocolate, which means higher-quality taste. You can also add flavors using pure, all-natural flavor extracts, which…

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Some dishes taste better outdoors, and this is one of them – the perfect light summer supper for an evening in the garden. This recipe is a homage to the cooking of one woman in Roy’s home town, Tel Aviv. She runs a restaurant though it’s so simple it barely merits the name – on the beach. She opens when she feels like it and closes when she doesn’t and, despite the stripped-back surroundings, everything she touches in her kitchen turns to gold. Her sardine sandwiches are works of art, and they’re what Roy had in mind when creating this…

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This is an American-style cheesecake – luscious, rich, creamy and smooth. Instead of the usual crushed digestive biscuit base, we make our own biscuit: it’s designed to mimic the flavour of the classic American Graham cracker base, which is the best possible foil for the cheesecake above. If you want to save time, you can use 250g shop-bought biscuits: ginger nuts would be particularly good. This is best made the day before serving, and will take over your oven for hours, so make sure you don’t need it for anything else in the meantime.

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Dinner Rolls can fancy up any kind of supper. When you pull them out, fresh and warm, it’s impossible not to be tempted by the buttery, fluffy goodness. Another amazing bread recipe that can be done so easily in the slow cooker, making fresh homemade bread doable!

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Pizza Pull-Apart Bread is a movie night must-have. Whenever I lay out a spread of appetizers, this dish is always the first to go. Feel free to sprinkle some Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes over the top and forget the frozen pizza routine this will be your new favorite way to indulge in Pizza 2.0.

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Chiffon cakes were all the rage in the 1950s. Harry Baker, a California insurance agent, is credited with inventing the original chiffon cake, which becomes so light and airy because of the separation of the egg whites from the yolks and the use of vegetable oil rather than butter or shortening. It’s an ideal dessert recipe for spring and summer.

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