Nuts

Whether whole, chopped or ground, nuts are a versatile ingredient which can be used for main dishes, desserts and snacks,

Main dishes

I have different nut roast recipes including lentil and quinoa nut roast, apricot nut roast and mini nut roasts cooked in a muffin tin. You may also like to try some apricot and nut sausages or these ever popular nut cutlets.

Desserts using nuts

Ground almonds are one of my favourite baking ingredients. I use it for frangipane based cakes and tarts including almond slices, iced Bakewell tarts, cherry and almond traybake and lemon drizzle cake. Add chopped walnuts to shortbread biscuits, make a chocolate salami as a gift or make this beautifully coloured pistachio frangipane.