The writer and cook Rose Prince, author of the excellent Kitchenella (Fourth Estate, £26), has for the past few years been baking bread for friends each weekend. Starting on a Friday afternoon, the ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A farl in Gaelic means one-fourth, and here refers to a quarter of a flatbread made from mashed ...

'The farl,’ writes Nigel Slater in his latest essential cookbook, Tender (Fourth Estate, £30), 'a slim scone of flour, butter and mashed potato, is rarely seen nowadays and somehow all the more of a ...

To make a quick mash, peel and cube the potatoes. In a medium saucepan, boil the potatoes in water, reducing the heat to a simmer for the last 8-10 minutes. The potatoes should be fork tender. Drain ...