Eggs 'Mehalah'

The Tartist's Eggs 'Mehalah

 

The artist's mum Pixie had a visit from his brother, the lovely Will Weaver to celebrate Mother's day at the weekend and they came round for some of our granddaughter Amelia's 2nd birthday cake at Holly & Martyn's house.

It's always nice to see Will and have a catch up but it was made extra special this time by his praise for our own latest invention at the Artcafé  - Eggs 'Mehalah'.

Blanching local samphire

I'd actually forgotten how much time we spent trialing this dish and what a pain making Hollandaise was before our new recipe. And yes, homemade Hollandaise really does make all the difference!

Not as long I might add as Raymond Blanc takes - his dishes sometimes take 6 months of effort, but this does result in fabulous things like his chocolate cup and saucer filled with coffee sponge and mousse, I wish I had one of those to eat now!

Maggie's Soda Bread

Now that the kerfuffle of our refit has died down and nearly everything is done my mind has turned to bread making. 
We have been asked so many times for a yeast free bread and a brown soda bread seems like a jolly good idea. I’ve been making it, and eating far too much, for the last few weeks, and thought I’d put some samples out for everyone to try. So today, (Friday 15th March) and tomorrow we will have samples in the Artcafe and in The Cakehole.
Come and try a bit and let me know what you think.
Soda bread doesn’t have the long shelf life of many breads but my most recent one at home is now three days old and still lovely. If it does go dry its very nice toasted and eaten with butter and honey. Although I haven’t tried this yet  I’m sure you could slice it, freeze it and have a slice whenever you like.

 

Here's one I made earlier!