The Old Kitchen Handles

Replacing them couldn’t have been simpler (after I’d found the ones I liked and made sure the screw holes matched up..!) and after an hour (I had 18 to do) I felt as though I rejuvenated my kitchen!

My New Look Kitchen

If you’re wondering what I did with the old handles, well as you know Milk and Honey are keen to recycle so they’re up for auction on our ebay shop.

Here is an idea for a tasty yet easy made up from scratch dinner on a spring day’s evening!

For the Shortcrust pastry, I personally use my Magimix food processor:

Preparation: 5 min

Ingredients for 400g of pastry
 250 g plain flour
 125 g softened butter
 1 pinches salt
 50 ml water

Place the flour, salt and diced butter in the bowl with the dough hook. Switch the machine on and add the water via the feed tube.Continue blending and switch the machine off as soon as the dough forms a ball.Leave in a cool place for 1 hr.

For the Base Flan, here is my own recipe:

Preparation : 40 min Rising : 1 hrCooking : 40 min

Ingredients(for 4 serves)
 400 g shortcrust pastry
 3 eggs
 200 ml crème fraîche
 40 g grated Gruyère cheese
 salt, pepper & grated Nutmeg

For the main Ingredient of honour:
· 130g of French goat cheese (available in any supermarkets in the UK)

Line a quiche tin with the pastry. Prick the base with a fork and cover with a circle of baking parchment covered with beans (or rice). Bake for 10 min.Put the cream, eggs, salt, pepper & grated nutmeg in the bowl and whisk it until all blended.

Take the pastry case out of the oven, remove the parchment and beans. Arrange the chunks of Goat cheese on the bottom, then cover with the egg and cream mixture.Scatter with grated cheese and bake for 30 min.Serve piping hot.

All ready for you, serve with a fresh green salad drizzled with vinaigrette absolute Heaven!