Bristol Living Oct - Nov 2023
The Pre-Christmas edition is here - as the weather cools, the events calendar heats up, with lots of fun for all the family. We've also got some lovely recipes to welcome in the autumn and home and garden inspiration if you're planning on welcoming guests over the festive season. The Pre-Christmas edition is here - as the weather cools, the events calendar heats up, with lots of fun for all the family. We've also got some lovely recipes to welcome in the autumn and home and garden inspiration if you're planning on welcoming guests over the festive season.
BEAUTIFUL Baking We sample some delicious recipes from the new Two Magpies Bakery recipe book, written by the bakery’s founder, Rebecca Bishop. The book aims to teach how to make all your favourite breads, pastries and pizzas, as well as recipes for celebrations cakes, bakes, bars and savoury dishes BERRY FRIANDS Fruity little almond cakes with a dollop of jam in the centre – a great afternoon pick-me-up and a longstanding favourite. Choose seasonal fruit such as sharp summer berries, juicy plums or autumnal figs and blackberries. This recipe also works well with gluten-free flour. Make the friand mix a couple of hours ahead (or even the day before) to allow the ground almonds to absorb the liquid egg white and melted butter – the firm batter will rise more evenly. Makes: 10 INGREDIENTS 130g unsalted butter 160g caster sugar 80g ground almonds 50g plain (or gluten-free) flour 130g egg whites 150g seasonal berries (or stone fruits, figs, rhubarb, chopped) 100g Raspberry Vanilla Jam 50g apricot jam, sieved 50g pistachios, chopped Brown the butter by bringing it to the boil in a pan. Allow it to bubble fiercely for 5–8 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan with a spatula regularly. When the butter starts to smell sweet and nutty and the boiling foam rises up in the pan, pour the hot liquid (including the brown flecks and scrapings from the bottom of the pan) into a heatproof bowl. Allow the butter to cool, stirring occasionally as it firms up. fan/gas 4. Grease your mini cake moulds or muffin tin. Place half the fruit at the bottom of the moulds, then pipe or scoop your friand mix to come a third of the way up the sides. Use a small spoon to place the jam into the middle of each cake before topping with a dollop of the remaining batter. Your moulds will be about two-thirds full. Decorate with more fruit on top. Bake for 20–25 minutes, turning the moulds or tin after 15 minutes. Use a skewer to check the cakes – it should come out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from the moulds/tin and cooling on a rack. Warm the sieved apricot jam and brush over the top of each cake, then sprinkle with the chopped pistachio nuts. CARDOMOM KNOTS Makes: 12 INGREDIENTS Cardamom dough 450g strong white bread flour 80g icing sugar 12g ground cardamom 8g fine sea salt 75g cold unsalted butter, cubed 260g full-fat milk 7g active dried yeast Cardamom butter 100g soft unsalted butter 80g caster sugar 10g ground cardamom 10g lemon juice ½ tsp fine sea salt Try and source black cardamom seeds for this, grinding them fresh for every bake. The intense, astringent Weigh the sugar, almonds and flour into a bowl and whisk until combined. Still using the whisk, gradually add the egg whites, then the cooled browned butter in three stages until absorbed and no longer oily-looking. Cover the mix and leave to rest for a couple of hours or in the fridge overnight. Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C Two Magpies Bakery is published by Headline Home and is available from all good bookshops and online 14 | www.minervamagazines.co.uk
- The - Enchanted Forest Christmas Fayre Discover the perfect marketplace for your unique products this festive season at our much-awaited Christmas Fayre! Join us to spread holiday cheer and boost your business success! Secure your spot at the Christmas Fayre today to maximise exposure and sales potential. Want to be one of the exhibitors? Please choose the best entry price to suit exhibit: Date: Thursday 23rd November 2023 Time: Between 6pm and 9pm. £10.00 per 4ft table display £15.00 per 6ft table display Additional £5.00 charge if power is required. Contact our Cadbury Christmas Elves on 01934 834 343 – Option 1 or christmas@cadburyhouse.com. DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House, Frost Hill, Bristol, BS49 5AD @cadburyhouse | @CadburyHouse | dtcadburyhouse
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Enchanted Forest<br />
Christmas Fayre<br />
Discover the perfect marketplace for your unique products this festive<br />
season at our much-awaited Christmas Fayre! Join us to spread holiday<br />
cheer and boost your business success! Secure your spot at the Christmas<br />
Fayre today to maximise exposure and sales potential.<br />
Want to be one of the exhibitors?<br />
Please choose the best entry price to suit exhibit:<br />
Date: Thursday 23rd <strong>Nov</strong>ember <strong>2023</strong><br />
Time: Between 6pm and 9pm.<br />
£10.00 per 4ft table display<br />
£15.00 per 6ft table display<br />
Additional £5.00 charge if power is required.<br />
Contact our Cadbury Christmas Elves on 01934 834 343 – Option 1 or<br />
christmas@cadburyhouse.com.<br />
DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House, Frost Hill, <strong>Bristol</strong>, BS49 5AD<br />
@cadburyhouse | @CadburyHouse | dtcadburyhouse
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