Category: recipe
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Winter Warmers, comfort food for a cold night: soups, chilli and crumble…
Think of this as a showcase of some of my favourite winter recipes. Now the southern Hemisphere summer is officially over, I am pulling out the perfect winter recipes that comfort me when it is cold, raining and windy outside. Some of these you’ve seen before, but the highlight of this post is the Tunisian…
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Middle Eastern orange cake with spiced syrup (gluten and dairy free)
We’ve all had a moment when we need to create something sweet for our gluten and/or dairy free guests…. and sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start? Well here is your answer. I always receive great feedback on my Flourless Chocolate Orange cake at parties (it is also dairy free!)… so I thought it…
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Babies, Persian love cakes, rosewater and macaroons…
Although I was up to my neck in dirty nappies and baby vomit (I had a week alone with the two kids whilst my husband traveled interstate for work), I couldn’t let the day come and go without making a bit of a fuss of Heidi. So we had a small family afternoon tea, and…
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Mastering desserts – cheats chocolate fondant
Cheats chocolate fondant was my first attempt to master desserts in 2012 (as I proudly announced to be my New Years resolution a few moths ago)… I would hardly label this attempt as mastering. As the recipe title suggests [cheats], if you get it wrong it will still come out right! Brilliant. I needed something…
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Heidi’s first birthday party…(any excuse to sip on sparkling and eat honey joys!)
We made it…. our (not so little) Heidi is now one! The photo below was taken before all her buddies arrived for her party last weekend. Whilst I love this photo, I prefer the ‘behind the scenes’ shots that show you her true personality… Wow this is fun sitting on an adults chair… I…
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Rose water meringues
It’s recently come to my attention that I’m quite confident when it comes to savoury cooking, but I have lost my way with the sweet stuff. Back in my Hotel Management days (when I spent a third of my studies in the kitchen, mastering the finer culinary techniques) I was capable of turning out most…
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