2 cups rolled organic oats
1 cup dessicated coconut
1 cup organic plain (cake) flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup organic butter
1 1/2 Tablespoons golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
In a pot slowly melt the butter and sugar
Add the bicarb and the syrup and stir ’til incorporated
Mix the dry ingredients
Pour the butter mix into the oats and mix [...]

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Any tart is only as good as the pastry you put it in. I’ve done a quick step-by-step of my mom’s tried and tested shortcrust pastry that works every time:

Sift 2 cups of organic plain flour
Dice 150g of chilled organic butter and add to flour
Working with just your fingertips (so you don’t overheat the butter [...]

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Salads are often best served in an unvarnished wooden bowl. The bowl becomes impregnated with the olive oil of numerous dressings, adding a certain seasoning to everything served in it. You can also rub the bowl with a garlic clove before putting your salad in it

rinse & dry some young beetroot leaves
rinse & dry some [...]

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