Mille Feuille. Is there anything more dreamy? Generous amounts of creamy, vanilla-flecked crème pâtissière, sandwiched between layers of crispy, flaky, buttery puff pastry. Traditional versions are topped with a layer of icing or fondant, but I want nothing to get in the way of the crème-and-pastry magic.Mille Feuille was my weekend baking project, to take to my friend...
Of late, I have been super busy and tired with work, and ashamedly resorting to take-away and freezer meals, even on weekends. No more!Mushroom Steak SandwichI've made this at least twice before, (in '05 and '07), and was reminded of it when I saw cheap Portobello mushrooms at Colonial Food Market in Doncaster Shoppo. I picked up some...
Nigella's chocolate espresso cake is one of the dreamiest, most delicious chocolate cakes I've ever made. I don't make it that often (most recently in '05 and '07), but that's only because I'm always on the lookout for new cake recipes. I whipped this one up for my Mum's birthday last week, after coming home from work and...
"The best part of the duck"Quan Jude299 Queen StMelbourne VIC 3000(03) 9670-0091WebsiteQuan Jude - Peking Duck specialist since 1864 - is currently having a winter special - $60 for a Peking Duck. Score! After I read reviews here and here, and my dad heard some good recommendations from his friends, we decided to try Quan Jude for my...
Cheesecake brownies (the original, gorgeous recipe is here)A conversation between myself and my friend Alistair at Karaoke a few weeks back...Al: Sarah, are you guys coming up to my holiday house in July?Me: Yeah, of course! Maybe I'll bring...Al: CHEESE STARS?!Me: ...I was going to say Family Guy DVD's, but I guess I could...Al: CHEESE STARS!!My friend Allstar...
Check it out peoples! Flaky flaky flaky puff pastry, woo-hoo!A short time ago my Dad surprised me with a copy of Snowflakes and Schnapps, an absolutely gorgeous new cookbook from Jane Lawson. Thank-you to Dad! The book is Winter-themed, and features recipes from the cold-climate countries of Europe - Germany, Austria, Russia, Scandinavia and so on. Right up...
Those of you who follow my Twitter will know that I spent the greater part of my Saturday evening making puff pastry. I had a few spare hours, and quite a bit of that French butter that needed using. The aim, by the end of the evening, was to have a batch of delicate butterfly-shaped palmiers to snack...
15-June-2019: Hi everybody! Almost ten years after I published this post, I've published a new and improved Marmorkuchen / marble cake post, including a recipe! If this post inspires you to want to bake a marble cake, please click through to my marble cake recipe! My second attempt from the Dr. Oetker Backen Macht Freude book was a classic...
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