The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Breakfast, Christmas, Cooking basics, Dessert on Mar 22nd, 2008
If we are actually going to be home in an actual house for Easter rather than waking up in our tent like we usually do, I suppose it would be nice to make a special breakfast. We had breakfast at Apte a few weeks ago and they served a dish similar to this. I’ve been [...]
Posted in Cooking basics, thermomix on Mar 20th, 2008
I adapted my old tried and true short crust pastry recipe to suit the thermomix. So if you don’t have a thermomix, just manually crumb the dry ingredients and butter together and then slowly mix in the wet and knead lightly. Shortcrust Pastry 2 cups plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 125g butter just over [...]
Posted in Cooking basics on Mar 5th, 2008
This recipe is from Nourishing Traditions. It’s nice and basic. I’ve converted to metric. This tends to be a little thinner than commercial yoghurt. You will need a candy thermometer. Stove Top Yoghurt 1 litre full cream milk 1/2 cup good quality yoghurt (when you get it going, save the last half cup of each [...]
Posted in Cooking basics on Mar 5th, 2008
I just found a truly fascinating article on stock making via a link on forty dollar gourmet. Well worth a read if you mke your own stock and have any interest in food science.
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The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
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