The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Baking, Carnivorous, Dessert, Salads & Vegetables, Starters & Snacks, thermomix on Nov 20th, 2008
It was apt that I started my cook book challenge with Women’s Weekly Dinner Party Cook Book No. 3 as we had dinner guests last night. As it was a mid-week affair, I forwent the full degustation catastrophe and settled for appetisers, sorbet, main meal and dessert. The main meal was the featured cook book [...]
Posted in Baking on Nov 20th, 2008
The Jaywalker over at Belgian Waffling has issue a challenge. The challenge is to write a post on a topic assigned to me by gmail. How to sculpt babies. See the relevance? Neither did Jaywalker and I must admit I’m struggling with it myself. But it did occur to me that responding to the challenge [...]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Vegetarian, thermomix on Nov 16th, 2008
Today is a day of absolutely no originality at Chez KP. It has however, been a day of delicious food. Sunday is my sleep in day which leaves the Bread Winner on morning duty. So the less said about breakfast the better. Or in my case, I could simply say ‘what breakfast?’.
By lunchtime, things have [...]
I really need a more comprehensive bread book. In the meantime, I did a quick library dash yesterday and grabbed a few to tide me over until I decide which one I want. One of them I read form cover to cover last night. It’s a great book for anyone who wants to try making [...]
Posted in Baking, Garden, Light Meals, Salads & Vegetables, Seafood, Vegetarian on Sep 27th, 2008
Today in Melbourne it was 28 degrees. That’s my perfect. Warm enough for scanty clothing, cool anough to run. It’s the best of all possible worlds. Pure bliss. Between running and gardening and cooking, I lived life to the full today. I’m too weary too talk about it so here’s a pictorial representation of all [...]
The pay offs for getting it right are soooo darn good.
ciabatta dough proving for the second time.
ciabatta loaves proving prior to baking
two freshly baked ciabtta loaves
nothing beats fresh bread
except maybe a blue cheese and salad sandwich on freshly baked bread
Ciabatta
from World Breads by Paul Gayler
For the Biga Starter
350g bread flour
10g yeast
200ml warm water
For the Dough
15g [...]
Posted in Baking, Budget, Carnivorous on Aug 16th, 2008
However you like to spell it, I love the stuff. You can pretty much shove anything inside a bit of filo and it tastes fantastic and looks good.
What else could you do with 300g mince, one serve leftover kale risotto, 1 small bunch kale, 6 Brussel sprouts, starting to look spotty, 1 small carrot, 1 [...]
Posted in Ankle Biter Cooking, Baking on May 4th, 2008
Plain cracker style biscuits get eaten at a very rapid rate in our house. Making them ourselves is good on so many levels. It’s cheap, they’re free of additives and best of all, it keeps the kids amused for ages. Their jobs are cutting and glazing and they’re getting pretty good at it.
Plain Biscuits
500g plain [...]
Posted in Baking on Jan 1st, 2008
Sometimes, it’s just nice to whip up a quick loaf…
Posted in Baking on Nov 29th, 2007
This is a slight variation on the Florentine recipe in World Breads. As usual, it’s a thermomix adaptation. It made lovely rustic, cheesy batons that will be a lovely lunch tomorrow.
Parmesan, Spelt and Wheat Bread
250g wheat grain
250g spelt grain
100g grana padano
7g dried yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
3 tablespoon olive oil
200ml warm water
Put grain and cheese [...]
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