Scones recipe

This is a really lovely scones recipe, it makes ten light and moist scones - not crumbly.  If you want to make more just increase the ingredients, for example just double if you want 20.

First turn on your oven to 220 degrees C so it's ready, the scones are very quick to make (which is another reason they're one of my favourites) and grease a baking tray.


You will need the following:
8oz Self raising flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1oz sugar
2 tablespoons currants or sultanas
1 egg and enough milt to make up to 1/4 pint

1. Mix flour and salt in a mixing bowl and rub in margarine (hands are best for this)
2. Mix in sugar and fruit
3. Beat egg and milk together, add to flour to make a soft dough (save a teaspoonful)
4. Turn on to a floured surface, roll out to around 1/2 an inch thickness and cut into circles (around 2 1/2 inch)
5. Place on the greased baking sheet, brush over the tops with the beaten egg or milk

Bake in the oven for around 10 minutes (possibly slightly more for non fan assisted ovens but check at around the 10 minute mark - if they're a nice golden colour then they're ready).

Lovely served almost straight from the oven while still warm...

Pork Rissoles!

Author: Kate McCarthy of byITsizePro.co.uk - York based wedsite design and development


There was pork leftover from yesterdays Sunday roast and I couldn't decide what to do with it - fancied trying something different.

If I have beef leftover I like to make rissoles with it - absolutely delicious, so I wondered what they'd be like using pork instead.  Here's what I did (i am deliberately leaving out the amounts partly because I never really measure anything unless it's a cake and partly because anyone reading this will have different amounts of leftovers):

Put some potatoes on to boil, meanwhile grind up the leftover pork - ideally in a food processor - with some onion plus any leftover carrots, add an apple, once everything is finely ground add some black pepper, a bit of hot sauce (I use Jamaican hot sauce), and then mash the potatoes and mix in.

Sprinkle some flour onto a work surface and then make patties with the mixture.  Fry for a few minutes until golden on each side and serve with fresh vegetables and gravy.

Turned out really nice - so next time you have some pork leftover, give these rissoles a try, really easy to make and very tasty.  The apple really added something - I would possible put a few  more herbs in next time.