Mini Panettone Cooked in Flower Pots
Cook with the steam vent closed. Ingredients 300g strong white bread flour 100ml milk 1
Recipes - food inspiration for every ESSE
Our recipes section is your new best friend; think of it as the cookbook that updates itself when you're not looking so that whenever you come back you'll find something new to try. Whether you are a brave beginner or an ESSE expert, there is something for everyone to cook in or on their ESSE.
Once you've chosen the clip you'd like to see, just click it to play. You can even cook along in real time with some of the videos.
With the help of master chefs from River Cottage, Humble by Nature, Bluebell Farmhouse Kitchen and many more cookery experiences from across the country, we have put together not just an online recipe resource for ESSE owners - all with an emphasis on regional British ingredients - but also pots of useful tips and advice too on how to use your ESSE, whether you prefer cooking on gas, oil, electricity or with a woodburner.
The only thing we can't help with is the washing up!
Christmas Pudding With Citrus Notes
This is a lighter pudding and it doesn’t need maturing. Philippa Vine made it from
Choux buns with white chocolate ganache, raspberry and salted pistachio
Crackling for choux Baking tip: The secret to these sumptuous choux buns is the crunchy
Eccles Cake
Eccles cake filling 150g muscovado sugar 150g light brown sugar 600g currants 300g sultanas 5g
Vegan Coconut Cookies
Serves Makes 20 cookies Ingredients 115g vegan margarine 200g caster sugar or coconut sugar 5g
Vegan Chocolate Cookies
Serves Makes 20 cookies Ingredients 115g vegan margarine 100g caster sugar 100g light brown sugar
Tart Chiboust with Summer Fruits
TECHNICAL but still within the realms of the domestic cook. You will need a 22cm
Almond cake with strawberries (gluten free and fat free)
Ingredients 5 eggs 8 oz caster sugar 1 tbsp self-raising flour / gluten free 4
Lemon soufflé
Serves Makes 4 individual Ingredients 2 lemons, grated zest and juice 110ml milk 15g cornflour
Chocolate Fondants
Little chocolate ‘fondants’ – oozy-middled chocolate puddings – are divine, if somewhat ubiquitous these days.
Iced Chocolate Parfait
Serves about 10 Ingredients 225g dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids 2 teaspoons coffee 30g butter
Baked Alaska
Ingredients 1 recipe of vanilla ice cream/ chosen flavour 1 recipe of chocolate or plain
Oaty Drop-Scones with Honey
Ingredients 100g organic oats, soaked in just enough water to cover for 10 – 15
Rhubarb and Orange Cranachan
This is a traditional Scottish dessert that we make frequently at River cottage. It’s usually
Pancake recipe by Philippa Vine, Bluebell Farmhouse Kitchen
Ingredients 100g plain flour 2 eggs 300ml milk 25g butter, melted Method Sift the flour
