Biscuits
And the winner is…»
So the winner for the first Stop the Traffik chocolate competition is Stephanie from Whisk & Spoon with her very delicious White chocolate & almond tartufi (you can invite me over for dinner anytime A little fairtrade chocolate goodie bag will be winging her way soon.
Bread
Pumpkin & Olive bread»
I’m currently munching my way through a selection of English biscuits (all the Christmas biscuits were eaten a long time ago!) with the obligatory cup of tea to dunk them into. I haven’t stopped eating since I arrived yesterday. It began when I stepped off the Eurostar at Waterloo station. I headed off to the [...]
Savoury
Cuppa soup à la carotte with spiced cumin soldiers»
Last weekend I tasted the most delicious carrot soup I’ve ever had at my friend’s Grandma’s house. She told me it was a recipe from JoËl Robuchon. I decided to attempt on recreating it myself for a dinner. The spiced cumin bread soldiers are my touch. Soldiers is an English term for strips of [...]
Dessert
Petits pots à la confiture de lait»
For some reason the custard set in different ‘caramel’ shades, don’t ask me why.
Don’t you hate those recipes which only need either egg yolks or egg whites? Well I had this problem with the marshmallows. So I had to come up with something which used the egg yolks. A dessert with a crème anglaise/custard [...]
Dulce de leche
Fifth time lucky muffins»
The days have been zooming past extremely quickly. Falling like the leaves on the trees at the mo. They’ve been filled up with plenty of delicious (very exciting) things. I was busy making plenty of Christmas food for a Elle à table (hitting French newstands in November), working on Christmas biscuits for La Cocotte, writing [...]
