I made some pasta by hand in my kitchen recently, it was fun & easier than I thought it would be. The results of my hand-made effort tasted really good. I don’t know why I had not done this earlier, I think buying pasta off a supermarket shelf is just too easy. One thing I [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Macaroon
This is what I got upto this weekend. I made my first batch of macaroons ever, they tasted good. Never having made macaroons before, this was a fun bumbling experience. Will make some more next weekend, hopefully the next batch will grow some cute macaroon feet. Watch out Pierre Herme lol! I want to give [...]
Pineapple Chop à la Thomas Keller
Great title! This pineapple chop dessert is made up of oven roasted pineapple, fried pastry cream, caramel sauce & whipped creme fraiche. The twist in this dessert is in the way the pineapple is cut. It is cut to look like a meat chop. Chefs have a sense of humour…. In a previous post I [...]
Chilled Sweet Corn Soup, Lime Mascarpone & Cheddar Tuile
Second sweet corn post, my previous one was the Sweet Corn & Thyme Risotto , this week I am cooking vegetarian food. This is not new to me, I once as a result of a dare, tried to live as a vegan for two weeks, it was tough initially but I got to appreciate the [...]
Sweet Corn & Thyme Risotto
The picture above looks like some extreme risotto porn, I got carried away & zoomed in a bit too close… Anyway it looks great, doesn’t it? The risotto you are looking at is sweet, creamy & also quite sinful. I enriched with mascarpone & butter. It is pseudo vegetarian since I used dairy products, I [...]
Fish & Chips My Way
Last weekend I was at the Sarit Centre to check out the Egyptian & Middle east expo, the expo was heavily promoted on TV & curiosity on my part led me to check it out. What a waste of time it was, the stuff on sale was lots of kitschy junk in my opinion. I [...]
Simplicity: Banana Bread
Just wanted to share this amazing banana bread I made today. I got the recipe,from joyofbaking.com, this is my favourite banana bread recipe. Try it out, its great.
