Do it Yourself

Self-rising or self-raising flour is flour that is sold premixed with chemical leavening agents.

Make your own self-raising flour

To one cup of plane flour add two teaspoons of baking powder.

If you don’t have any baking powder, you can make your own by mixing :

2 parts cream of tartar and 1 part bicarbonate of soda.

Make self raising flour

Did you know that Bouquet Garni is only a mix of bay leaf, thyme and parsley?

It is much cheaper to make your own because you may have these herbs in your cupboard, or possibly even in your garden.

Use 1 bay leaf, 1 sprig thyme and 1 sprig parsley, or adjust to your taste.

Some recipes require buttermilk as an ingredient, which not all supermarkets stock.

You can make your own by mixing some lemon juice into fresh milk to curdle.