Tip the flour into the bowl of pistachios and add a pinch of fine salt. In a jug, lightly beat the eggs with the vanilla extract. In a second bowl, use an electric whisk or stand mixer to beat the butter and sugar together for 8-10 minutes, or until the mixture is very pale and fluffy; almost mousse-like. This jam is wonderfully intense in cherry flavour. Even my mother-in-law, who is eternally fussy about spice, didn’t realise the anise was in there, because it doesn’t sing its own melody so much as harmonise with that of the cherry. You’ll need a sterilised jam jar. A baking sheet Cake release spray (available on the baking aisle), or a piece of kitchen roll with sunflower oil on it A 3inch circle cookie cutter Heat the oven to 170°C fan/gas 5 and grease and line the bases of the sandwich tins with butter and baking paper. Put the pistachios in a food processor and whizz to a fine crumb (don’t overwork otherwise they may start to release their oils and become buttery). Tip 260g of the whizzed nuts into a large mixing bowl and set the rest aside for later. Whaite said he has suffered from depression. [38] He also said he has experienced bulimia in the past. [39]

John, Whaite (3 February 2018). "Food to soothe the soul from John Whaite's 'Comfort' cookbook". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. My parents had several jobs: with three children to bring up and a mortgage to pay, they worked their arses off to survive. If I wasn’t serving people in their chip shop, I’d be in the van with my dad dropping things off for his courier service late into the night. He was also a musician, so I’d be his little roadie. It was an exciting, varied life, and no two days were the same. Toss through the sugar and salt, then beat the eggs and add to the dry mixture and stir through until everything is evenly dispersed, though the mixture should be quite clumpy now. Whaite has appeared as a resident chef on the ITV breakfast programme Lorraine, hosted by Lorraine Kelly. [10] [11] He has also appeared on This Morning, What's Cooking?, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Sunday Brunch as a guest chef. [12]

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Whaite, John (2019). "John Whaite's life-changing trip to Canada—and the recipes he brought home". Sainsbury's Magazine . Retrieved 5 August 2021. Concluding his lengthy post, John quipped: ‘Maybe it’s time to start selling photos of my bare arse on OnlyFans, again…’

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For the base, put the biscuits, fennel seeds and butter in a food processor and blitz to a damp, sandy consistency. (If you don’t have a food processor, simply bash the biscuits to fine crumbs, add the other ingredients and mix.) Tip into a 20cm loose-bottomed fluted tart tin, then press the biscuit crumbs evenly on to the base and up the sides. Refrigerate while you make the custard. Put the cherries, now worse for wear, into a medium saucepan with the sherry and star anise. On a high heat, bring to a boil, then take off the heat and leave to infuse for an hour – make sure the anise remains fully submerged. John Whaite: Baking is self-care to me says former Bake Off winner". Irish News. 19 October 2019 . Retrieved 17 April 2021. The show will continue broadcasting on Channel 4 until December 2023, when the current contract expires. Put the butter in a saucepan on a medium heat and leave to melt. Increase the heat, bring up to a bubble then swirl the pan occasionally, until the butter smells gloriously nutty and has a fine, cappuccino-like foam on top. Take off the heat, pour into a bowl and leave to cool.