Jan 12
Today I have been feeling a little miserable because last week one of my teeth randomly broke. I wasn’t even eating when it broke. I mean what’s with that? Anyway I finally managed to get into the dentist to have it fixed but my jaw has been paying the price all day. Feeling the way …
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Jan 12
Makes about 1 ½ cups Ingredients 4 egg yolks ½ tablespoons Dijon Mustard 2 tablespoons cider vinegar, thyme vinegar or wine vinegar 3 tablespoons lemon Juice 1 tablespoon water 2 tablespoons sugar 1½ cups canola oil ½ tsp salt Freshly ground black pepper Method Place the egg yolks, mustard, lemon juice, vinegar, water and sugar …
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Jan 11
It was such a busy weekend for cooking in other ways that I realised I had nothing in the baking tins for hungry tummies, so I thought that it was the perfect opportunity to make the chocolate cake recipe on page 49. One thing that puts me off some recipes when I’m not really in …
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Jan 11
Serves 10 Ingredients: 125g butter, softened 3 eggs 2 cups Sugar 2 cup flour ¾ cup sifted cocoa 2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup sour cream ¼ tsp salt 1 cup strong black coffee (I make my cup with 2 tsps of good instant coffee eg: Maccona) Before you begin, preheat …
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Jan 11
Ingredients: ½ cup cream 200g Dark chocolate, chopped *Double the recipe if you want to do some piping work. Method: Place the cream in a small saucepan. Slowly bring to the boil. Remove the cream from the heat, cool slightly. Add the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate has melted and is smooth. Leave until …
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Jan 10
Right, so here we go. Friday’s dinner was a bit special as it was for a birthday. So I really wanted to make something I don’t usually make to mix it up a little. The birthday boy requested steak (he is the quintessential cave man – meat ugh!) So it was time to tackle a …
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