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A Lemon Trilogy Part 2: Flourless Whole Lemon and Almond Cannelles
This a a great cake, adapted from a Gary Rhodes recipe. Mrs W. first made them when she was dieting as they have no butter or flour. They are sublime served warm with custard. Using whole lemons sounds mad but gives a real depth of flavour. I split the mix between mini cannelle moulds (pictured) [...]
In: desserts and puddings, recipes, vegetarian · Tagged with: dessert, lemon
A Lemon Trilogy Part 1: Lemon and Pecorino Linguine
Mrs W. and I are expecting our second child in early August. She is about 22 weeks into the pregnancy right now and has taken a notion for lemons and all things lemony tasting. Fortunately I had somewhat of a glut of said citrus in the fridge right now so before we head off to Portugal on our [...]
In: recipes, suppers, vegetarian · Tagged with: baby, garden, lemon, pasta, supper
Raspberry Macarons
I have been wanting to bake macarons for a while and inspired by the wonderful creations by Edward Kimber, Aran Goyoaga and Helene Dujardin I decided to have a crack at making my own. Pierre Herme is the undisputed master of this elegant confection and the recipe for the rose shells are from his book [...]
In: desserts and puddings, recipes, treats and gifts, vegetarian · Tagged with: birthday, blogs, dessert, gift
Underground Restaurant ‘pops up’ in Brixton Village Project
Two projects that have captured my interest recently happened to cross paths. Spacemakers takes empty units and ‘slack spaces’ and breathes life back into recession hit areas by creating pop up shops and cafes. They have started a with a a 1930s market arcade in Brixton, joining forces with London & Associated Properties PLC and [...]
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Fast food …choc and vanilla cheesecakes
Not all convenience food is bad. Gü desserts are quality products. We ate one of these each with a couple of scoops of Cloon Farm goats milk ice cream.
In: desserts and puddings, vegetarian · Tagged with: chocolate, dessert, ice cream, vanilla