But, you can make these with any cheese you have to hand, as I have mentioned above in the Original Recipe and Variations on Cranks Cheese Scones section. Cranks didn’t change with them, and it closed in 2001 – but I think they just didn’t wait long enough. There are some recipes that its good to go back to time and time again and this Carrot and Onion Pie adapted from the Cranks cookbook which is definietely a winner!

Cheese Baps: Cranking up the Memories | Tin and Thyme Cheese Baps: Cranking up the Memories | Tin and Thyme

Never mind American Whole Foods which most of us all know now; Cranks was way ahead of them, and were promoting the concept of whole foods, vegetarianism and even veganism way back in the 1960’s.

That sound's great and I might well give it a try I'm going away for the weekend and OH would probably like that in the fridge. Today’s recipe is a slightly adapted version of the Cranks cheese roll: I remember both eating these at the restaurant and cooking them from the book, stuffed with cress, which added a welcome, fresh, light-green aspect. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. In fact, their Cheese Bap Sandwich, which was filled with mustard and cress, was awarded the accolade of best sandwich in London by the Evening Standard. Cranks Cheese Scones: We love these very cheesy scones, and I often bake them to accompany soups, stews and casseroles in place of bread.

The Cranks Bible: A Timeless Collection of Vegetarian Recipes

Some are healthy recipes, others a little more indulgent, but all utterly delicious for you to try for yourself at home. I keep telling myself that I will come out of the other end of this lockdown a stone lighter, owing to not eating cakes, hot cross buns, easter eggs or drinking wine. I think this recipe is best made with wholemeal pastry too, or at least half white and half wholemeal pastry. Wholemeal pastry has a more robust texture and nuttier flavour which all contrasts well with the sweet carrot and onion filling.The Cranks restaurant has now moved from London's Carnaby Street to the calmer surroundings of The Cider Press Centre near Totnes in Devon. The Cranks Recipe Book I still have my copy from the 1980s although it is certainly looking well worn and pages can fall out if I am not careful. Surface stain mark to front lower edge of board, central section of pages has been used extensively and has some food-related staining to inside edge of pages, some rippling to outer edge of a few pages with some marks and annotation to some of these pages, otherwise tidy and tight binding. Nutrition information is an approximate calculation based on the ingredients listed and it can vary according to portion sizes and when different ingredients are used.