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food hits and misses: Tres leches with a twist
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Tres leches with a twist. Saturday, May 10, 2014. Pastel de tres leches is right up there as one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten. Which is why I'm somewhat perplexed that it isn't more popular in Australia. In fact, the only place I have visited which has this most divine of desserts on the menu is Spice Temple. Great place for food, but a little on the expensive side if you're just looking for a slice of cake. Pastel de tres leches.
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food hits and misses: February 2013
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Sunday, February 17, 2013. It's been a long time between posts, and even though I've been home full time for two months, I have to confess to not doing a lot of cooking recently. Mostly I've been busy with projects around the house, but it's also been pretty consistently hot this summer, and not at all conducive to baking. Instead of baking, Ive been freezing using my new Quick Pop Maker. 2 bananas, mashed. 1/2 tsp vanilla essence. 1/4 cup orange juice.
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food hits and misses: July 2013
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Sunday, July 21, 2013. Confession time. I sign up for loyalty programs. All of them. I know they're just a way to track spending by precisely targeted demographics, but I just can't resist the lure of a discount voucher, even when it only adds up to around 1% discount. Any discount's ok, right? Recipe based on that supplied with the Mastrad Mini Cannele Pan). 20 ml vanilla bean paste. 250 g caster sugar. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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food hits and misses: June 2011
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Saturday, June 04, 2011. Finding a new cake flavour can be a bit of a challenge. I bake a lot so have loads of favourites. My standard cake if someone is coming over at short notice is a butter cake, but obviously that gets a bit boring after a while. Adding honey to the mix seemed like a good solution. The smell in the kitchen while it was cooking was worth the effort on its own. 1/4 cup brown sugar. 1 tspn vanilla bean paste. 2 eggs, lightly beaten.
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food hits and misses: Cookbooks
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Tuesday, January 29, 2013. I've been cooking for a long time now; long enough to create my own recipes, or tweak something found on the web to suit the way we like to eat. But no matter how many dishes I create, I still love cookbooks. Needless to say, my kitchen library is enormous. These are the ones I keep coming back to. Click the cover images to read summaries and reviews. This one also classifies as an essential reference at our house. We ha...
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food hits and misses: May 2011
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Sunday, May 29, 2011. Makes 12 regular or 24 mini cupcakes. 2 large lemons, juiced and zested. 5 tbspn unsalted butter. 1/2 cup caster sugar. 1 lemon, juiced. 1 1/2 cups self raising flour. 1/2 cup caster sugar. NOTE: It is not essential to cook the meringue mix before whipping, but it reduces the risk of salmonella. Sunday, May 15, 2011. In an effort to go back to a more seasonal diet, I've recently stopped ordering specific fruit and veg, choosing a...
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food hits and misses: January 2011
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Monday, January 31, 2011. November in Australia is not really synonymous with pies. Unless you're talking about fruit mince pies well in advance of Christmas, that is. But since I have a couple of friends from the US, and the biggest dining table of all of us, last November I was responsible for Thanksgiving dinner. And if there's one thing you have to have at Thanksgiving dinner, other than turkey, of course, it's pie. 1 1/2 cups flour. Rub together ...
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food hits and misses: April 2011
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Saturday, April 16, 2011. A paw paw arrived in the fruit box this week. Sad to say, I am not a fan. But when life hands me fruit, I just make jam. And the finished product is pretty fine, even if I do say so myself. Being completely unsure of whether or not paw paw has enough acid and pectin to set successfully, I used a sachet of Jamsetta. I know it's cheating, but it guarantees a great set and reduces the amount of time you check for it. After a few...
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food hits and misses: July 2012
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. I've finally got these right, and let me assure you, they're well worth the effort. Breakfast of champions, photography of someone who hasn't charged the camera batteries. The recipe is that followed by Julia Childs, and makes 12 rather dainty croissants. 1/4 cup warm water. 1 tspn dried yeast. 2 cups plain flour. 1/2 cup warm milk. 1/4 cup vegetable oil. Combine the water, sugar and yeast in a bowl and set aside until foamy.
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food hits and misses: July 2011
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Food hits and misses. Recipes, cookbooks and gadgets. Apple and butterscotch pudding. Saturday, July 16, 2011. Mr Cake O'Clock has signed up to run a half marathon tomorrow. Madness, I know. But on the positive side, running that far requires carbo loading. And carbo loading means pudding. I have no excuse for eating it, but am not going to let that stop me. Apple and butterscotch pudding. 4 medium apples, peeled, cored and chopped. 1/4 cup brown sugar. 1 1/4 cups flour. 1 tspn baking powder. One of the ...
