Showing posts with label puddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puddings. Show all posts
Monday, 12 April 2010

Shortbread

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Shortbread was simpler than i thought it would be.  They were slightly overdone, but that wasn't my fault - i had left tara to take the...
Monday, 5 April 2010

Baked caramel apples

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A simple pudding for tara and i to have while watching Mad Men. - Core 2 cooking apples, and stuff with 40g butter and 40g sugar. - Put ...
Sunday, 4 April 2010

Pavlova

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This was much more successful, although still not perfect.  I hadn't realised quite how simple it was to make pavlova - just whisk eggs...
Friday, 2 April 2010

Pistachio crescents

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100 recipes left to go!  Shame the pistachio crescents were not more of a highlight - they were dry, crumbly and just a bit tasteless.  Ni...
Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Banana custard

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Yet another custard, and yet another method.  This method always seemed in danger of curdling despite lots of stirring on a very gentle hea...
Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Zabaione

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Another one of nigella's creamy puddings that she loves.  A lot of them are disappointing, but this one was great. Tara had cooked some...
Sunday, 21 March 2010

Apple and walnut crumble

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Here's charlie serving up the apple and walnut crumble, which we had with the tokai, pictured, given to us by emily and andrew.  Seeing...
Sunday, 28 February 2010

Lemon ice-cream

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I made this yesterday and we had most of it last night with fiona and j, together with an apple and orange cake that tara made for tea.  Th...

Poire belle helene

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Not the greatest photo ever, but the light was difficult and my food styling needs some work.  In fact, i think with better food styling, t...
Sunday, 21 February 2010

White tiramisu

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Rhubarb ice-cream

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Wow - delicious!  Once again it proves the rule that anything tasty can be even tastier by just putting it in an ice-cream maker.  The mixt...

Rhubarb and muscat jelly

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Tara took this picture, in one of our newly purchased, antique champagne glasses from chapel market in islington.  It tasted great with the...
Thursday, 18 February 2010

Almond and Orange Blossom Cake

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It was Marni's 5 month birthday and it was fern's birthday week, so of course, a birthday cake!  And as you can see, i also put my...
Sunday, 20 December 2009

Hazelnut cake

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Clare and some friends of hers came round to the house for tea before going off to Matt, Dan and Ginny's xmas party, so i made this haz...
Thursday, 17 December 2009

Quick custard

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Nigella has 2 recipes for custard and this is the quick foolproof custard.  Although actually i found the previous method nigella used easie...

Bakewell tart

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This is the first bakewell tart i've ever made, and it won't be the last.  Having been to Bakewell only a couple of days before - w...
Friday, 11 December 2009

Real custard

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I've never made custard the proper way before, and this was so easy, i don't why we use packet custard.  There's no more to it...
Thursday, 26 November 2009

Clementine Cake

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Having accidentally made Queen of Puddings instead of this clementine cake a few weeks ago, i thought i'd make this now for Marni's ...

Seven Minute Steamed Chocolate Pudding

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Easily the worst thing i've cooked so far.  It's cooked in a microwave, which rang alarm bells immediately, and seeing as we don...
Sunday, 22 November 2009

Quinces Poached in Muscat

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Quinces aren't around outside november/december, so i had to grab my chance this year to cook with them and am i glad i did - they wer...