Monthly Archives: July 2008
Zucchini and Chickpea Flour pancakes
Zucchini and Chickpea (Besan) flour pancakes are delightful. Especially with gently spicy green peas. I am in dire need of a holiday, and trying not to think about anything today (except for planning my next holiday). I have taken today off to go and farewell my mum (she is moving to Vietnam, today!) and am [...]
Maldon Smoked Sea Salt
We all know about Maldon sea salt, clean, crunchy ultra-salty flakes. I love this sea salt, on anything and everything (except boiled eggs. On boiled eggs such flaked salt is too similar in texture to egg shell, and makes me feel as though I am crunching through the egg in its entirety). Regular Maldon sea [...]
Mushroom, Eggplant, Ricotta and Thyme Tarts
Success! I would like to take this opportunity to extend an apology to those who politely forced down my partly cooked tart offering last night. I am terribly sorry. I was so embarrassed by the tart disaster that I went shopping this morning for more flour and eggs. I needed to try again. I felt [...]
dis-tart-ser
When will I learn? My. Oven. Doesn’t. Work. There, I said it, again. Hopefully my experience yesterday will make it sink in. For some reason I wanted to make a tart. The mood just overtook me all of a sudden. I imagined a roasted vegetable tart with ricotta, crispy edges, tasty warming center, but I [...]
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Shanghai Night
Schallot Pancake I’ve been itching to get to Shanghai Night in Ashfield ever since I got back from China, so that I could revisit these amazing dumplings. (I really have to stop looking at that blog, I just want to pack up and move to China). These weren’t the same as those lovelies from Shanghai, [...]
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