John Torode and Lisa Faulkner servd up tasty cheat’s blinis with tapenade and pickled cucumber on John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen.

The ingredients for the Cheat’s Blinis are: 250g self-raising flour, 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 10g caster sugar, 1 egg, 280ml milk and 30g butter, melted.

For the Cream cheese and smoked salmon, 1 tub of cream cheese, 1 bunch of chives, chopped, Smoked salmon, Salt and pepper.

For the tapenade: 250g pitted black olives, drained, 40g large salted capers, drained, 1 clove of garlic, sliced, 1 tbsp olive oil, 30g anchovies, 1 tbsp brandy and 1 handful of parsley, chopped.

For the Pickled cucumber: 3 tbsp white wine vinegar, 3 tbsp of caster sugar, 1 tsp of sea salt, 1/2 cucumber, peeled in alternating strips and slice on an angle, 2 red chillies, finely chopped, 1 garlic clove, sliced, 1 banana shallot, finely sliced and Peppered cream cheese, to serve.

See recipes by Lisa in her book titled: The Way I Cook… available from Amazon now.