Long Weekend Cooking – Caramel Parfait Glace with Salted Peanut Caramel and Milk Chocolate Mousse
How good was the long weekend. Five consecutive days off should happen more often. As promised over the break I got into a little cooking. It was rather convenient as the weather was pretty poor. Ever since it aired on TV last year I have been wanting to cook the Caramel Parfait Glace. This was...
The 24 Hour Bug – Chocolate, Pandan and Coconut Tiramisu
Why is it that when you plan something, get excited, make preparations, get more excited and then go to bed you always wake up the next day sick. Somehow the 24 hour bug knows when to strike. It must be written into the damn virus’ genetic code. It sits dormant in your body until expectation...
It’s Not Lupus! – Quince and Almond Tarts
I like cooking and eating sweet things as much (or maybe even a little more) as the next person. A little morsel of un-adulterated sin in ones mouth will cheer you up no matter what the mood. Unfortunately I have one issue. I have no finesse in the field of baking. It’s as if a...
International Incident Party – Butterscotch Apple Dumplings
This is a quick post as I don’t have much time during the week to write a story. When I heard of the dumpling challenge my mind started racing. As I ordinarily cook very European foods or on the BBQ I would be out of my comfort zone. I love dumplings. Going to Yum Cha...
Borrowing a Winner – Vanilla Pannacotta
Read descriptions such as ravioli of octopus with rice and tomato, cured goose breast with chicken liver parfait, poached rhubarb, black pepper and ginger bread or Low temperature cooked hapuka fillet with braised leeks and baby onions, clam beignets, curry and crème fraiche and you can’t help but be impressed. These dishes all sound amazing...
Easy as Pie – Key Lime Pie
I am a massive Dexter fan. The show is superb, the books are not that great. In season three (episode seven “Easy as Pie”) Dexter’s confidant Camilla Figg is hospitalised with terminal cancer so Dexter the very empathetic serial killer agrees to find her the perfect Key Lime Pie before she passes. I have never...
