Tag: Italian

• Italian Galette

  

  Last weekend I was at home alone. Mr SmartCookieSam was out at a motor racing event, my eldest is at uni and my youngest was at work. When I’m at home on my own usually I can’t be bothered to cook for myself. But I thought I’d better make the effort in case Mr SmartCookieSam […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 31, 2019

  Tarts and Pastries

  cheese, galette, herbs, Italian, Mary Berry, olives, Parma ham, puff pastry, savoury baking, summer cooking, sun dried tomatoes, tomatoes

• Panforte- The Great British Bake Off Christmas.

  

  Friday 22nd December 2017. Panforte is a traditional Italian delicacy which is usually eaten with coffee after a meal. It is full of dried fruit, nuts and spices and baked in the oven on rice paper. A little piece goes a long way as it is very rich. I had tried some Panforte one Christmas […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  December 31, 2017

  Classic and Traditional Cakes, Seasonal and Celebration Cakes

  after dinner treat, almonds, baking, Christmas, coffee, dried fruit, foodie gifts, honey, Italian, Italy, nuts, panforte, rice paper, spices, traditional

• Pistachio, White Chocolate, Cranberry and Lemon Biscotti inspired by the Great British Bake Off.

  This is a blogpost I’ve been meaning to write for ages now. Before I went away on holiday for a week I enjoyed watching the second week of The Great British Bake Off, which was biscuit week.  For the contestants’ Signature Bake they were asked to bake biscotti.  This is not easy, to get delicious […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  September 7, 2015

  Biscuits and Cookies

  baking, biscotti, biscuits, coffee, cranberries, foodie present, Italian, lemon, pistachio nuts, The Great British Bake Off, white chocolate

• Cooking The Books February 2014- Italian Biscuits from How To Be A Domestic Goddess.

  Last week I baked for a tea party at the school where I work as a teaching assistant.  My friend and work colleague was retiring from her post and we held a special party for her in the afternoon.  The children had made sandwiches and decorated cupcakes and I decided to bake some biscuits along […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  February 23, 2014

  Biscuits and Cookies

  biscuits, butter, buttery, cherries, How To Be A Domestic Goddess, Italian, Italy, lemon, Nigella Lawson

• Chocolate Amaretto Cake from The Clandestine Cake Club Cookbook

  Last Monday was the Harrogate Clandestine Cake Club event which was held at The Mitre Inn in Knaresborough.  I had chosen the theme of Boozy Cakes as we were going to be in a pub in the middle of Knaresborough next to the station.  This, funnily enough didn’t bode well with my Sober For October […]

  Smart Cookie Sam

  October 17, 2013

  Chocolate Treats, Knaresborough and Ripon Clandestine Cake Club, Large and Celebration Cakes, The Clandestine Cake Club, The Clandestine Cake Club Cookbook

  alcoholic cakes, amaretti biscuits, amaretto, chocolate, Italian, teatime, The Clandestine Cake Club, The Clandestine Cake Club Cookbook