Pray you, love, remember...

My 20-year old Rosemary bush has taken over a corner of the garden and needs to be heavily pruned in the next few days. At the moment, it’s on a reprieve, as it’s covered in emerging Ladybirds.

Therefore, I’m looking for all things rosemary-related on the net. I made a delicious batch of shortbread the other day, so am trying a batch of ROSEMARY SHORTBREAD BISCUITS this afternoon.

I play loose with recipes and exact quantities, and invariably tweak those I find online. This has Lorraine Pascale’s BBC recipe as a base and then a few extra things thrown in according to this Waitrose recipe. However, I went with the 50g/100g/150g split of sugar/butter/flours. It’s just easier to remember!

I pressed the mix between two small loaf tins and chilled in the fridge. I was going for fingers, but if anything, it came out a little too thick and I had to increase cooking time. Flavour-wise, I think it could take a lot more rosemary and zest. One for the chef, and the rest to be packaged with a sprig of sugared rosemary and taken to friends mid-week.