Recipe Blog

The shared morning teas and evening snacks of ASP’s weekly classes are the stuff of legend within our community.

Class members come together to have a chat, strengthening their relationships to one another over delicious treats and sharing their pottery knowledge.

“Near the kitchen is a very large old wooden table polished by decades of elbows leaning on it. To me the table is the centre of my community. A place to pause to have a drink of tea, read a book or meet friends.”
Jo-anne Raill, ASP tutor and member

Here is a selection of recipes from our membership. For potters who love to cook or cooks who love to pot. We hope you enjoy making and eating them as much as we do!

ALMOND COOKIES

This recipe was provided by Jacqueline Kampen, long-standing ASP member and student in the Tuesday morning class.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups ground almonds
1/4 cup caster sugar
pinch of sea salt
Zest of 1 orange, finely grated
1/4 cup finely chopped pistachio nuts or finely chopped apricots
2 egg whites
1/3 cup icing sugar

Method:
Heat oven to 160°C
Line a tray with baking paper
In a medium bowl put almond, caster sugar, salt and zest
Using finger tips, rub zest into mixture to infuse oil
Stir in nuts or apricots
Whisk egg whites to soft peak
Add to almond mix and stir to make soft dough
Scoop small spoonful of dough and roll into ball in palm of your hand
The mixture should make about 20 balls
Roll balls in icing sugar and place on tray and flatten slightly with finger tips
Sprinkle with extra icing sugar if needed
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a light golden colour
Place on rack to cool
Enjoy.