This recipe is cobbled together from a few different ones as but the result was pretty good. We had friends coming over for dinner and I wanted a quick dessert I could make the day before but would look impressive. I also wanted to use some of the raspberries from our allotment as they have been very good this year.
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And now for something completely different
Pick yourself up dust yourself off – it’s a bit more complicated than that! Firstly let me say I’m not perfect. I woke up to the referendum result this morning and cried, then swore, hugged Dan hard, then went on to blame the elderly, the ignorant and the racist for making what I think is […]
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Cook Book Challenge 3: Nigella Express
Title: Nigella Express Author: Nigella Lawson Stats: paperback, pages 390 Blurb: “The domestic goddess is back and this time it’s instant”, “Once you’ve seen what Nigella can do for you in 20 minutes, you’ll never want anything else”. Cooked from it before? Yes, fewer than 5 times. Recipe: Lazy Loaf. This is Nigella’s first appearance […]
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Cook Book Challenge 2: Russian Polish and German Cooking
Title: Russian German and Polish Cooking Author: various contributing editor Lesley Chamberlain Stats: paperback, 256 pages Blurb: “The first full-colour, truly comprehensive collection of Eastern European recipes”. Cooked from it before? No Recipe: Hungarian Goulash I’ll be honest I’m not sure why I bought this book! It was a random purchase from a garden centre. […]
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Cook Book Challenge 1: The Italian Cookery Course
Title: The Italian Cookery Course Author: Katie Caldesi Stats: hardback, 511 pages. Blurb “the definitive guide to discovering and cooking Italy’s many gastronomic treasures” Cooked from it before? Yes but fewer than 5 times. Recipe: Ragu alla Bolognese I picked this off the shelf because the first response I got from a friend on facebook […]
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The 85 Cookbook Challenge
The Man and I have a lot of cookery books, I knew this. I just didn’t quite realise the scale of our collection. Every New Year I like to have a sort out and a tidy up, it helps me deal with the passing of the old year and helps me start the new one […]