A lovely warming, filling dessert, so save room for it.
Nuts
Apricot Kernels
The actual seed at the very middle of an apricot looks a fair bit like an Almond. The Chinese not only often use Apricot Kernels and Almonds interchangeably in their cooking, they also use the same word for both. If you are in China and are having an Almond dessert, chances are that you are…
Baked Cheeseballs Recipe
Dead easy cheeseballs to make, with surprise fruit-and-nut centres that give them a bit of sophistication.
Bakewell Pudding Recipe
A classic English dessert.
Barbados Banana Bread Recipe
This banana bread is so tropical, you’ll almost be tempted to serve it with a paper umbrella sticking out of each slice.
Boston Cookies Recipe
A classic North American drop cookie recipe. Recipe from: Fannie Merritt Farmer.
Bourbon Pecan Pie Recipe
A classic pecan pie recipe.
Broccoli with Orange and Hazelnuts
Looks as great as it tastes.
Butter Brickle and Chocolate Nut Pieces
A very easy candy to make at home.
Cabbage & Nut Pie Recipe
This recipe has a high futz factor. But it is such a good vegetarian dish, the meat-eaters at the table will ignore the roast and dig into the vegetarians’ dinner!
Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Bacon & Walnuts
A hearty, tasty rendition of Brussels Sprouts.
Cheese and Walnut Pâté
A quick and easy spread for crackers at a party.
Chestnut Patties with Cranberry Sauce
You can make these patties a day ahead and refrigerate, or even make ahead and freeze. Nice served with a salad made with watercress or rocket / arugula.
Chestnut Soup
A rich soup, nice in small portions as a starter
Coconut Cake Recipe
This recipe requires a food processor, but on the upside, a food processor makes it lightning fast.
Cranberry Mince Pie Recipe
This is a real mid-Atlantic dish: British mincemeat meets North American cranberries, pecans and corn syrup. And it is really good.
Devil’s Nutting Day
The 21st of September is Devil’s Nutting Day. It was traditionally the day during autumn nut harvesting season that you did not want to go “nutting” because the devil would be out in the woods doing the same that day.
Florentines Recipe
These look gorgeous and people will think you slaved for hours, but they are dead easy.
Gorgonzola Stuffed Pears Recipe
This is an easy, very different dessert, yet still a very classic finish to a meal, combining cheese and fresh fruit.
Greens with Chestnuts and Bacon Recipe
You can use any kind of greens you like: mustard, beet, chard, etc. Good as a side to meat or pork.
Guinness Cake Recipe
The upside of this cake is that it’s a make-ahead cake. That’s also the downside — don’t plan on serving it a few hours from now.
Hermit Cookies Recipe
These are classic North American drop cookies.
Marzipan Recipe
A classic Marzipan recipe.
Nut Day
The 22nd of October is Nut Day. It’s a day to celebrate nuts, and the people who grow and pick them for us.