I came across this recipe on David Lebovitz’s website, his blog is amazing & I have been lurking there for ages. Cooking something for the first time following a recipe can be nerve wracking but kudos to David for a really easy to follow recipe with pictures. I made this ice cream by hand, because [...]
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Petit Pain au Chocolat
What is there not to love about this buttery & chocolaty pastry, when warm & served with coffee it is pure bliss. That said, if you keep buying this stuff all the time you will left broke & overweight but on the flip-side your baker’s bank stash will be ample. So it was for purely [...]
Crazy About Lemon Thyme
I love the citrusy fragrance lemon thyme imparts on to your fingers when you gently squeeze its leaves. I have not cooked with lemon thyme until now in Nairobi because the veggie store where I do most of my herb shopping does not stock it, recently in serendiptious circumstances I found myself foraging through the [...]
Coffee Panna Cotta & Lime Syrup
I cannot say no to a lovely, creamy, wobbly panna cotta. I made some for my brother & I, the flavour inspiration was a cup of coffee. In this panna cotta is instant coffee, cream, milk, vanilla extract & sugar. The lime syrup idea was from the Flavor Bible, according to the book coffee & [...]
Best Cauliflower Soup Ever
Yet another puree soup, I love them. I bought some great cauliflower from my veggie guy, I was not planning to get some but he managed to convince me to buy some. What to do with it? I rummaged my cookbooks for inspiration. This recipe is adapted from the Cauliflower vichyssoise recipe in the French [...]
Quick & Easy Vegetable Stock Recipe
This is the stock I use when making most of my soups & it is also great for risotto. This recipe makes 3 litres, if you are not going to use the stock immediately, freeze it. Vegetable stocks lose their flavour quickly. 400 grams leeks, coarsely chopped. 400 grams carrots, coarsely chopped. 400 grams onion, [...]
Toasted Focaccia with Avocado & Tomato
Do you sometimes stare into your fridge when hungry, look at all the food inside whilst dreaming up all the great meals possible. Then the grim prospect of spending a long time prepping the food, stops you right there. You might then activate plan b, which is foraging around for quick junk loaded with sugar, [...]
Rosemary & Spanish Olive Focaccia
Focaccia is a pizza-esque Italian bread enriched with extra virgin olive oil and usually herb flavoured. With focaccia you can experiment with lots of flavours, stuffing & toppings. When I was thinking about baking this bread, I intended to do a plain rosemary focaccia, but then I caught sight of some leftover olives in the [...]
Hand-Made Pappardelle & Pomodoro Sauce
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 [...]
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 [...]
