Mushroom Risotto

A typical dark night in winter and the kitchen window is rattling from the wind and the rain. Mrs W. is out herding brownies so we will be having dinner late. I decide to make what I believe to be her very favourite thing for supper …risotto. It’s such a handy dish for hoovering up [...]

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Posted on January 21, 2010 at 10:31 pm by Marv Woodhouse · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Chocolate Covered Salted Caramels

This made up one component of my Christmas chocolate gift bags.  I used Dan Lepard’s recipe to make a soft caramel sauce.  I tempered 72% dark chocolate (green and blacks cooking grade) using a microwave and my fabulously useful  ikea cooking thermometer a bargain at £7 and good for the Christmas turkey too. The tempering [...]

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Posted on January 17, 2010 at 2:15 pm by Marv Woodhouse · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Christmas and New Year Treats

Here is a pic of the Christmas treats I made for the lovely ladies in my life:  chocolate truffles, chocolate salted caramels, chocolate peanut butter caramels, chocolate and caramel popcorn and honeycomb. Went down very well…none left now!

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Posted on January 15, 2010 at 5:15 pm by Marv Woodhouse · Permalink · Leave a comment
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