• matthew_2f5qwu on February 27, 2026

  The pastilla recipe “sausages” keep almost forever in the refrigerator wrapped in parchment and foil. When served with a salty cheese like a blue, it is a divine appetizer.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Sophie's orange cake

  • Melanie on March 29, 2016

    Smells amazing when baking but found that thick orange icing was required to give the orange flavour once baked. Great cake for morning / afternoon tea.

• Nice's date slice

  • e_ballad on December 06, 2020

    Really really sweet, a little too much for our liking.

• Ginger cake

  • cookgoalie on March 11, 2016

    Stunning looking cake. Made with pears and walnuts. I feel like oil leaves it a liitle lacking in flavour to match the look, although this may just be personal taste. I am not a fan of oil in cakes. Definitely worth another make so will try a) butter b) oil with pinch salt and/ or c) some ginger in syrup

• Israeli couscous soup

  • Melanie on October 18, 2014

    Simple and tasty week night dish, easy to prepare while doing other things too. Good mix of flavours although I found that the tomato was stronger than anticipated. Reheated well for second night.

  • e_ballad on July 15, 2017

    Very easy & incredibly quick to put together, but nothing too exciting.

• Carrot cake

  • Melanie on June 14, 2015

    Great cake, I loved the flavour and the texture of both the cake and icing. A huge cake that definitely feeds an army.

  • e_ballad on February 09, 2021

    An excellent carrot cake, however, Ruth Pretty’s recipe remains the gold standard.

• Turmeric-roasted potatoes

  • e_ballad on November 28, 2021

    Ridiculously simple but incredibly tasty.

• Myrtle's dahl

  • Melanie on March 29, 2016

    Tasty and very easy to have bubbling on the stove. Made 1.5 x batch which was enough for 5 decent lunch serves. Used tinned tomato as a substitute for the tomato paste and fresh tomatoes.

• Beetroot and chickpea salad

  • e_ballad on May 01, 2019

    This recipe serves 16, with difficulty adapting to a smaller quantity due to the components of the dressing. Overall, we found this salad to be too sweet, resulting from the aforementioned dressing. There are much tastier beetroot salad recipes available.

• Chicken and barley soup

  • Melanie on March 25, 2016

    Made using homemade stock. Also started by browning chicken thighs in the pan before cooking through as part of the soup. Tasty enough and healthy.

  • e_ballad on March 08, 2021

    This is wholly dependent on the quality of the stock. I didn’t use the suggested recipe from the book. Very hearty.

• Kugelhopf

  • debkellie on July 12, 2013

    Really easy and delicious. The chocolate layer ends up being a bit "heavy" in texture, and would maybe benefit from lightening up with a couple of additional egg whites so the texture matches across the cake.. but the contrast in textures is OK.