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Victoria Sponge Cake with Blackberries and Lavender Cream
To complete our spring meal that included burrata and pea crostini and Mediterranean short ribs with polenta, I decided on a Victoria Sponge Cake with Blackberries and Lavender Cream. This was of course an homage to The Great British Baking Show, but I added an Australian twist! More on that in a bit.
Roast Pea and Tarragon Soup
This is a great spring soup and the combination of pea and tarragons is a revelation. Peas and mint are a common pairing but tarragon and peas work so well together and worth trying. I used fresh peas and while fun to do at the height of pea season, I’ll be making this recipe with…
Strawberry and Pomegranate Compote with Crème Fraîche
Strawberries don’t need much when they’re at their height and we’re making the most of their season. Of course we bought too many and they’re ripening faster than we can eat them, so I decided to make a simple strawberry compote. Compote is a fancy term for cooking fruit in syrup. For my syrup I used…
