I posted this almost 2 years ago (wow, can’t believe I’ve been blogging for that long). Anyway I dug it out of the backwaters of this blog for Meeta’s Monthly mingle “Coffee & Tea”. Take a look at her site for this great tea and coffee inspired recipes.

Here are some other tea inspired recipes on this blog:

Green tea & raspberry ice cream sandwich

A nice cup of tea & biscuit

Scones & clotted cream

Post from November 2006:

So I thought it was just the English who are crazy about tea. Pas vrai! This week I went to ‘Le festival du Thé’. Tons of tea, non of your cheap stuff. Lot more upmarket, hand picked in moonlight…Well you get my gist. Anyway in honour of all the free tea bags I got. I thought I’ld make something more than a cup of tea. I tried doing this with a fancy green tea but the flavours didn’t work so well. Go with your bog standard English ‘black’ tea, even PG tips will do. The tea flavour complements the creaminess of this dessert well.

Thé crème brûlée

2 x tea bags
2 x tbsp caster sugar
400ml double cream
4 x egg yolks
caster sugar for topping

Set oven at 170°c. Boil some hot water enough for the ‘bain-mairie’.
Bring cream to boil, switch off heat. Add tea bags, brew for 5 – 8 minutes, depending on how strong you liike your tea. Meanwhile ‘blanche’ = whisk yolks with sugar. Add hot tea/cream mixture to yolks. Whisk at the same time otherwise you’re get scrambled eggs.
Pour mixture into 4 ramekins or 4 small tea cups. Place in tin and pop it into the oven for 10 minutes. Chill overnight. Before serving sprinkle even layer (about 5mm thick) of sugar and set under grill on the highest heat. Watch carefully. Turn ramekins if the caramel isn’t browning evenly. Wait for caramel to set before serving.

Tags: tea

“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going!” Everyone has some phrase or another for times which are trying. I’ve been hearing a lot of them recently. And I think the saying above is great way of handling things. So I went on a bit of a mission this weekend. Sleeping was definetly not on the menu. Discovering new things, places and lots of dancing (I love dancing = instant happiness for me). On Saturday I came across a new blog which described an exhibition in Paris I just had to go to. I instantly rang to make a reservation, crossing my fingers they would have some spaces free.

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Tags: café ephermere, DMBLGIT award, E is for excellent award, gallery

Remember back in October my fifth time lucky muffins? Well, this week the book came out for which we (La Cocotte and I) wrote the recipe for. The delivery guy hardly made it through the bookshop’s door this Tuesday I was so excited. Like a kid on Christmas day I ripped open the box and flicked through the book to find my recipe. Very very happy with the result (I’m even in the picture, well half of me is ) and the book has lots of other amazingly delicious recipes too (Rhubarb & strawberry, sticky toffee…the list goes on). Taking a leaf out of the book, my mum and I decided to invent our own muffin recipe. Currently at my parents this weekend, with the weather being snowy one minute, sunshiny the other, the best bet is to stay inside.

If you’re in Paris on the 29th March we’ll be having a “Muffin” booklaunch at La Cocotte. So do pop by if you’re around. There’ll be lots of tasty muffins to eat.

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Tags: Bob's juice bar, muffins, Paris

Last weekend I had Mr Soul & City and Mr Bump for dinner. My friend, Mr Bump is exactly like the Roger Hargreaves’s character, always falling over/down, bumping into, tripping up…A good week for him is to have only 3 bruises. Mr B and I both have a malay/chinese food fetish and often drool over Rasa Malaysia’s delicious posts.
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Tags: Pandan, soufflé

Things this Sunday are quite blissful in the world of R khooks. No rushing off to a big food festival, no lying in bed with an awful flu…The sun is shining and I’ve had time to get my groceries from the local market, have a cup of tea and listen to my favourite radio show. There’s a pot bubbling on the stove with an experiment (I’ll be testing it out on my local guinea pigs later today and if it’s good, you’re be hearing about it too). So in all in all quite perfect =) Keep reading…

Tags: Griessnockerl, parsley, soup