Month: March 2021

The Bishops’ Kitchen – Mar 21

Two recipes for children to make for Mothering Sunday on 14th March.

APPLE & CINNAMON MUFFINS

2 eating apples, 250g spelt flour or plain flour, 2tsp baking powder, 2tsp ground cinnamon, 125g light brown flour sugar plus 4tsp for sprinkling, 125ml honey, 60ml runny natural yogurt,  125ml vegetable oil, 2 eggs, 75g unblanched almonds, 1 muffin tray lined with papers.

Method:

Peel & core 2 apples & chop into small dice. Place flour baking powder & 1tsp cinnamon into bowl. Whisk together sugar, honey, yogurt, oil & eggs in another bowl. Chop almonds roughly & add half into flour mixture.  Put the rest into a small bowl with the second 1tsp cinnamon & the extra 4tsp brown sugar & mix this is for the topping for the muffins. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry, add the chopped apple & stir in the apple but do not over mix. Spoon the mixture into the muffin papers then sprinkle with the topping mixture. Bake for about 20 mins @ 200c/gas mark 6. They should have risen & become golden. Remove & leave to stand for 5 mins before carefully placing on wire rack to cool.

COCONUT & CHERRY BANANA BREAD

125g unsalted butter, 4 med bananas approx. 500g with skin on, 150g sugar, 2 eggs, 175g plain flour, 2tsp baking powder ,½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, 100g dried cherries, 100g desiccated coconut, 1x 900g loaf tin with liner & grease the sides.

Method:

Melt the butter in a saucepan & take off heat. In another bowl peel & mash bananas. Beat the sugar into the cooled melted butter in a bowl and add the bananas & eggs. Fold in the flour, baking powder & bicarb then add cherries & coconut. When everything is well mixed pour & scrape everything into the loaf tin & smooth on top. Bake for about 50 mins. When ready the bread will be coming from the sides & feel quite bouncy on top. Remove from oven & leave in tin for 10mins then place on rack to cool.

All recipes are from village resident, Richard Childs.Scroll#Broadwindsor,#Dorset,#TheBishopsKitchen,#WestDorset,#Dorset,#RichardChilds,#Cooking,#Baking,#KidsInTheKitchen,#Recipe,#MothersDay,#Muffins,#BananaBread,#Steak,#Apple,#Cinnamon,#Cherry#Delicious,#BeKind,#BeSafe,#StaySafe

Happy St. David’s Day

St.David WindowThe only Welsh saint to be canonized by the Western Catholic Church, the feast of St. David is celebrated on 1st March each year.  Born on the Pembrokeshire cliffs into an aristocratic family, during a fierce storm approximately 1,500 yars ago, his date of birth is unknown but he died on 1st March 589 AD at 90-100 yrs old. He became a monk at a young age and is said to have founded a monastery close to where he was born. This area is now known as St Davids. Two pilgrimages to St David’s Cathedral are said to be akin to one pilgrimage to Rome. Allegedly, his last words were “Gwnewch y pethau bychain” – Do the little things.

The Feast of St. David is an opportunity to celebrate their traditional foods:

  • Welsh Rarebit – a hot cheese-based sauce served over slices of toasted bread.
  • Taffies – gingerbread shaped like a Welshman on a goat!
  • Cawl – an undefined soup usually containing lamb and leeks.
  • Welsh cakes – flatbreads sweetened with sugar & dried fruit, baked on a griddle.  Sometimes seen on sale in Broadwindsor Community Stores too!
  • Welsh lamb.
  • Bara Brith – a rich fruit tea loaf.

It used to be that the children of Wales were given a half day holiday on St David’s Day. It’s not a national holiday in the UK and in 2007, former PM Tony Blair rejected calls for it to become a public holiday.

DaffodilsThe wild daffodil is thought to have been a symbol of Wales since the 19th century. as a replacement for the humble leek which was introduced by the Romans during their invasion. It is interesting that the Welsh word for Leek (Cennin) and Daffodil (Cennin Pedr) are very similar.  A symbol of spring and symbolising new beginnings and rebirth, daffodils are a positive, life-affirming symbol, with a bright and joyful yellow colour. Daffodils are strong, resilient flowers that pop up year after year.

Welsh flag - DragonThe dragon appeared on the battle flags of various British soldiers on their way to Rome in the 4th century. It was later adopted by 5th century Welsh kings who were keen to show their authority following the Roman withdrawal.

Welsh Flag - St. DavidThe Flag of Saint David has been used as a flag representing Wales (as an alternative to the Red Dragon flag), in the same sense that the crosses of Saint George, Saint Andrewand Saint Patrick are used to represent England, Scotland and Ireland (of which they are respectively patron saints). It is also similar to the arms of the Diocese of St David’s.

There will be extra celebrations this year as Wales won the Triple Crown with victory over England in a dramatic Six Nations rugby match at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday afternoon.#Broadwindsor,#Burstock,#Blackdown,#Drimpton,#Hursey,#Kittwhistle,#Seaborough,#WestDorset,#Village,#StDavidsDay,#Wales,#Tradition,#Daffodil,#Leek,#Food,#TripleCrown,#BroadwindsorCommunityStores,#Flags,#2021,#BeSafe,#StaySafe