BUCKWHEAT CAKES RECIPES

Steps:

• Buckwheat Galettes Melt the butter. Put the flour into a large bowl, add the salt and stir to combine. Break the egg into the bowl, add 150ml of milk and beat to a smooth paste. Stir in the remaining 150ml of milk to make a thin batter. You can use the batter immediately or refrigerate for up to 12 hours if you wish. Lightly oil a frying pan so that the oil just covers the surface and get the pan nice and hot. Stir the melted butter into the batter. Pour or spoon some batter into the hot pan and roll it out to the edges. Cook the pancake on a medium heat for 2-3 minutes, loosening the edges, until the base is golden. Turn the pancake over and cook the other side for 1-2 minutes. Transfer the galette onto a plate. Repeat until the batter is used. Spinach and Egg Filling Pre-heat the oven. Rub some butter around the inside of an oven tray. Wash and drain the spinach and put it into a saucepan over a medium heat. As it starts to wilt, stir in the cream, season with salt and pepper and remove from the heat. Lay out the galette(s) on a clean work surface. Rub a little softened butter in the middle of each galette. Arrange the spinach in a 10cm/4” circle in the middle of the galette. Finely grate the Comté and sprinkle it over the spinach. Break an egg into the centre of the cheesy spinach circle. Fold the edges of the galette over to cover the egg white and form a square. Transfer the square galette onto the prepared oven tray. Bake for 5-12 minutes or until the egg is set. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Lemon Cake Pre-heat the oven. Rub some butter around the inside of a 1kg/2lb loaf tin or insert a baking liner. Sieve the flour and baking powder into a bowl, stir to combine and set aside. Chop the butter into small cubes. Put the butter cubes into a mixing bowl, add the sugar and beat together until light and fluffy. Finely grate the lemon rind, add it to the bowl and beat it in. Beat the eggs one at a time, into the mixing bowl ensuring each is well incorporated before adding the next. Sieve the prepared flour to the mixing bowl followed by the milk and stir to combine. Tip the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and smooth the top. Bake for 40-45 minutes until cooked. Leave the cake in its tin. Lemon Syrup Squeeze the lemon juice into a jug, add more lemon or water, if necessary, to make 75ml liquid. Pour this into a saucepan, add the sugar and bring to the boil shaking the pan occasionally. Simmer gently for 2 minutes to make a syrup. Prick all over the surface of the warm cake with a BBQ stick or skewer, pressing right through to the base of the cake. Pour the syrup slowly all over the surface of the cake and leave to cool in the tin. Lemon Drizzle Icing Place a chopping board over the cold cake tin and invert it onto the board. Using a zester, peel some strands of zest from the lemon and set these aside. Squeeze the lemon juice. Measure the sugar into a bowl, add the lemon juice and stir to make the drizzle. Pour the drizzle over the top of the cake and spread it around the sides of the cake with a knife. Scatter the prepared strands of lemon zest over the cake. Leave to set before serving.