Tommy Collison

Today’s recipe is salad of figs encased in a sweet and crusty pastry, and was prepared by Dad and myself.

This is well tried and tested recipe in our house and never fails to impress. What’s really great about it is that its easy to prepare and keeps well without even being refrigerated.

As with making anything, the key is good fresh ingredients. Here’s Dad in the store:

Making doubly sure they’re the best money can buy:

Yes, they seem to pass our rigorous inspections:

As regular readers of Lily’s blog will know, presentation is key, so as we carefully prepared our fig rolls, we also made ready the ornaments that would create the backdrop of our pictures:

A quasi-guest post by Denis Collison