Sunday, April 01, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Just another day? Give yourself a love bite!

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Monday, January 16, 2012
Middle fish- new thai temptation near Melbourne University

We also tried the Green Curry and Tom Yum soup with rice on a different occasion, both delicious and very tasty. The only drawback is because it's a new, hip place-the lunch rush leaves you waiting awhile for your food, so best ot check it out before noon or after two.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Sydney seafood school- BBQ seafood lesson
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Tiramisu
If you look through the archives of this blog, you'll find a more summery take on the traditional tiramisu. This version is taken from Italian Food Safari but there are many more .... and a lot of those are more straightforward than this one!! I found the timing can get a bit tricky, especially when it comes to making the meringue, so have a think about the logistics before embarking on this step. I also tried this using my handheld mixer, and must admit that I really did think that my flimsy whisk attachment was going to break at one point. So if you have anything like a stand mixer (I wanted a KitchenAid before, but now I really want one!) then by all means use it!! That said, this did turn out really well.
3 egg yolks
60g castor sugar
500g mascarpone (but Philadelphia cream cheese works fine)
70ml Kahlua
1 packet savoiardi biscuits
80g dark chocolate, ground
hot espresso coffee
For meringue
100ml cold water
250g castor sugar
125ml egg whites
Whisk egg yolks and castor sugar on high speed, until fluffy and pale in colour. Add the mascarpone/cream cheese and whisk until mixture thickens. Once it has thickened, add Kahlua and keep mixing until just combined. Do not overmix. Set aside.
Add water to a clean saucepan. Slowly add castor sugar such that all grains get wet and there aren't any on the walls of the saucepan. On a medium heat, bring to soft ball stage. What this means is that if you take a spoonful of the sugar mixture and drop it into a cup of cold water, the sugar mixture should form a small ball.
Whisk egg whites until fluffy and forming peaks. At this stage, start adding the hot sugar mix. When all sugar added, keep whisking until cooled.
Fold the meringue into the mascarpone/cream cheese mix.
Briefly dip the biscuits in hot coffee (don't want them soggy). Line a baking tray with the biscuits alongside each other.
Add a layer of the mascarpone/cream cheese mix, then sprinkle generously with ground chocolate. Cover this with biscuits and repeat the layering of the cheese and chocolate.
Keep in fridge at least 2 hours before serving.
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Saturday, October 01, 2011
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Ottolenghi- Pear and Cranberry upside down cake

The recipe can be found here on the Ottolenghi website along with a much more foodperve worthy photo of the cake. My only note would be to ditch the caramel step and just sprinkle same amount of sugar on the bottom of cake tin and then add small knobs of butter before adding the fruit. Also if you feel the mixture is too wet add a bit more almond meal, if you think it's too dry add a few teaspoons of the poaching syrup.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Fanouropita- Greek vegan spiced raisin cake

What you need
- 4 cups of plain flour
- 1 ½ cups of sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of mixed spice
- 1 cup of golden raisins (or currants, dried cranberries soaked in hot water and drained well)
- 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts
- 1 cup of light olive oil
- 1 ½ cups orange juice
- ½ cup brandy
- fine zest of 2 oranges
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
What to do:
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Line a 23cm square cake tin
3. Dry ingredients: Mix flour, baking powder, and spices in a bowl
4. Wet ingredients: In another bowl combine orange juice, oil, brandy with sugar and orange zest and whisk until sugar is dissolved
5. Dust fruit with flour so as not to stick to the bottom.
6. Pour wet ingredients into flour mixture. Add raisins and walnuts, mix well – will be a wet mixture.
7. Pour into cake tin and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
8. Bake at 180C for 45min to 1 hour (test to make sure inserter comes out clean).
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Monday, August 08, 2011
Mister Carsisi, Kyneton
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Stroopwaffles- Dutch for delicious!?

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