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{No Bake} OTTOLENGHI'S PRESERVED LIMES ... Preserve the Bounty

posted August 09, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

This August, I signed up for the Preserve the Bounty Challenge hosted at Nourished Kitchen which is an intensive 5-week challenge designed to teach you how to preserve the bounty of summer without... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web (read full article)

Yotam Ottolenghi’s aubergine cheesecake

posted June 23, 2010 in The Eton Mess

Like all good cheesecakes, tucking into this is so effortless and soothing that it’s easy to forget yourself and just gobble up more and more. And, like a sweet cheesecake, it’s also a bit of a no-brainer that yields very impressive results. Cut (read full article)

ottolenghi’s baked eggs with yoghurt + chilli

posted June 01, 2010 in gourmet traveller

I reviewed Ottolenghi’s ‘Plenty’ a few days ago and from the comments it seems everyone possessing the volume (and a few who don’t!) treasures it as much as I do. I thought I’d share another recipe from its pages – (read full article)

ottolenghi’s leek fritters + ‘plenty’ reviewed

posted May 26, 2010 in gourmet traveller

Up till a couple of years ago meals in our household were largely carnivorous affairs with vegetables taking the form of hastily-thrown together salads and unimaginative steamed or roasted sides. Ottolenghi single-handedly changed all that through t (read full article)

COFFEE & VANILLA BEAN MACARONS ... Mac Summers Night Dream

posted May 10, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"We mac-a-holics are like cats, we will ALWAYS land on our feet, especially when we have each other 4 support!" Julia @ Always Room For Dessert on twitter My childhood whizzed by in careless abandon. All her time went in telling me to read more book (read full article)

Individual Cherry & Plum Clafoutis ... & a chance to win a Kitchen Aid Mixer

posted May 04, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, what Am I Doing in the Pits?"Erma BombeckYIKES I did it again!! Yes, it was back to the Ottolenghi cookbook for the nth time. Well I had cherries, neatly pitted in a bowl, all thanks to a cherry pitter that Purple Food (read full article)

CHICKEN PAILLARDS FRIED IN CUMIN BUTTER ... MOORISH is the word!!

posted April 21, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"We are shameless! We want to seduce you,to stimulate your imagination, invigorate your senses, and tempt you to try the wonderful flavours of Moorish food!"Greg and Lucy Malouf... from the book, Moorish  'Moorish: Flavours from Mecca to Marrake (read full article)

OTTOLENGHI'S CARROT WALNUT CAKE ... with mascarpone frosting

posted March 24, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” Jim Davis That Ottolenghi cookbook has me completely smitten! I think it follows me around, planting itself on a table near me, calling me softly. It (read full article)

SPRING MACARONS with FRUITY FROZEN YOGURT FILLING...Mac Attack 5

posted March 14, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

Love your macaronsDelicious treat but reallyIt's a foot fetish.Haiku in comments @ Leave Room For Dessert It's time for Mac Attack 5 at our other blog Mac Tweets, and for me the roller coaster ride was on once again. It's time to find those evasive (read full article)

Lemon Polenta Whoopie Pies With Chocolate Ganache

posted March 08, 2010 in Mowielicious

Baking after midnight always has such a calming effect on me. Ever since January, I've been inundated by emails and texts from readers and friends asking me one thing: when am I going to make Whoopie Pies. The first time I'd received this r (read full article)

Lemon Polenta Whoopie Pies With Chocolate Ganache

posted March 08, 2010 in Mowielicious

Baking after midnight always has such a calming effect on me. Ever since January, I've been inundated by emails and texts from readers and friends asking me one thing: when am I going to make Whoopie Pies. The first time I'd received this r (read full article)

Vanilla & Ginger Pavlova + A Chocolate Giveaway

posted January 25, 2010 in Mowielicious

I remember my first visit to Australia. I was staying with my best friend, and we were invited to dinner at her parents house. When dinner was over, her mother brought out dessert - and I remember thinking it was the most amazing thing I'd eve (read full article)

Vanilla & Ginger Pavlova + A Chocolate Giveaway

posted January 25, 2010 in Mowielicious

I remember my first visit to Australia. I was staying with my best friend, and we were invited to dinner at her parents house. When dinner was over, her mother brought out dessert - and I remember thinking it was the most amazing thing I'd eve (read full article)

Gâteau à l'Orange ... Orange you glad I made this?

posted January 21, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"Orange is the happiest color." Frank Sinatra Tweeting always has sweet surprises on the deck! The wonderful and talented SaffronBerry girl, found this orange cake when the Persian in her became obesessed about finding an orange cake recipe. As she (read full article)

Ottolenghi's DRIED CRANBERRY & WALNUT BREAD for BBD, with Roasted Bell Pepper Pasta

posted January 17, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"Bread is the warmest, kindest of all words. Write it always with a capital letter, like your own name." ...from a café sign Bread Baking Day #26, Bread For a Birthday Party Yay...finally managed to bake bread. No mean task these days. We live in (read full article)

MILLED NUT FLOUR MACARONS WITH DARK CHOCOLATE GANACHE

posted January 11, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"Memphis: Whatcha doin' there, boy?Baby Mumble: [tap dancing] I'm happy, Pa!Memphis: Whatcha doin' with your feet?Baby Mumble: [looks down] They're happy, too!"Happy Feet, the movieTime to ring in the new year, and what better way to ring it in than (read full article)

CHARGRILLED BROCCOLI with CHILLI & GARLIC ... from Ottolenghi

posted January 09, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"And When You Least Expect It, You Will See the Mountain Move..." ... lines from my little red book All through my university days, and even while I worked, I had this little red book with a checked Scottish cover, in which I penned down quotes a (read full article)

Mushroom Soup, Fougasse, Char-grilled Broccoli Salad... & Holiday Gift Ideas!

posted December 15, 2009 in Passionate About Baking

“I live on good soup, not on fine words"MoliereIt's time for a savoury break... short & crisp recipe as most of my family has been bitten by the flu bug. We have a house full of sniffles & coughs, and this soup is the call of today. This is (read full article)

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