Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged Butterscotch, Dessert, Pudding on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Serves 8
Ingredients
180g dates, pitted and roughly chopped
1¼ cups (310ml) water
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
¾ cup (165g) firmly packed brown sugar
60g butter, softened chopped
2 eggs
1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
Almond praline
½ cup (110g) caster sugar
¼ cup (35g) slivered almonds
Butterscotch sauce
50g butter
1 cup (220g) brown sugar
1 cup (250ml) cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 180˚C (160˚C fan-forced). [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged Chocolate, Dessert, French, Souffle on May 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ingredients
150g Plaistowe Dark Cooking chocolate
Softened butter to coat ramekins
1/3 Cup Caster sugar (about 85 grams)
4 eggs separated
Extra caster sugar for dusting ramekins
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.
Thoroughly brush ramekins with softened butter. Brush up the sides to create a “path” for the soufflé to rise. Then coat inside of ramekins with caster sugar. Together [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged Italian, Pasta, Ricotta, Tortellini on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Serves 2 (or 4 as an entree)
RICOTTA FILLING
300g Ricotta
Half a beaten egg – reserve the other half for the egg wash to seal tortellini
Zest of 1 lemon
2 sprigs of lemon thyme
Sea salt
Strain ricotta in a sieve over a bowl in the fridge covered in cling wrap.
Combine ricotta, lemon zest, lemon thyme leaves, sea salt [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged Italian, Seafood, Squid on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ingredients
2 whole squid
2 anchovy fillets
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 eshallots, finely chopped
1/2 cup fresh ciabatta or sourdough breadcrumbs
1 tsp finely grated lemon rind, plus 1 tbs juice
1-2 tbs coarsely chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
¼ cup olive oil, plus extra oil to drizzle
100g green beans, blanched and refreshed in cold water
1 vine-ripened tomato, blanched, peeled, [...]
Posted in Cooking, tagged Soup on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Home made Chicken and Noodle soup with asian greens.
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged Bacon, Brunch, Croutons, Egg, Tomato on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients
Tomato Tea
Vine ripen tomatoes and stems
Basil
Garlic (thick slice)
Wedge of red onion
Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco (alternatively use chilli)
Salt
Ripe tomatoes
2 Eggs
Bread
Thyme (2 sprigs)
Bacon
Slice of lemon peel (without pith)
Garlic (thick slice)
Baby Celery leaves
To make the Tomato Tea:
Quarter tomatoes, removing the cores (which are bitter) and place into a food processor along with red onion, handful of basil leaves, garlic, splash [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged Almond, Cake, Dessert, Orange on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ingredients
2 Australian oranges (eg. Valencia)
6 eggs
250g caster sugar
250g almond meal
1tsp baking powder
Extra caster sugar for dusting before baking
Icing sugar
Wash oranges and place unpeeled in a pot of boiling water for 2 hours. Drain the water and allow the oranges to cool. This can be done ahead of time.
Preheat oven to 190°C.
Break 6 eggs into a [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged Fig, Pancetta, Radicchio, Rice, Risotto on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carnaroli Italian rice
Radicchio
Pancetta (we used a nice smoky speck instead this time)
Figs
Home made chicken stock
Parmesan
White wine
Garlic, butter, olive oil, salt, pepper, parsley
