A Lemon Trilogy Part 3: Lemon Macarons

After the success of my Raspberry Macarons I decided to complete the ‘Lemon Trilogy’ by making Lemon Macarons for this month’s ‘Easter’ Mactweets theme.  The recipe for the shells are adapted from the Rose Macaron shells I made previously.  I omitted the red food colouring and added 2 tsp of pure lemon oil to the ground [...]

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Posted on April 12, 2010 at 4:40 pm by Marv Woodhouse · Permalink · 9 Comments
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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 [...]

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Posted on March 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm by Marv Woodhouse · Permalink · 12 Comments
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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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A Special Weekend In The Snow

Just getting round to posting about last weekend. It was a biggie. The plan was for all Mrs W’s friends and family to secretly gather together for a relaxed, fun, weekend to celebrate her 30th. I started conspiring some 10 months in advance and arranged to hire Roaches Hall, a large country house in the [...]

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Posted on January 17, 2010 at 7:31 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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