These little delights certainly tested my skills and also resulted in a huge thumbs up from my harshest critic, the beloved-whose-palate-must-be-pleased-and-thrilled. They are a delicious confection from Adriano Zumbo (more on him later) consisting of 10 elements based around blackcurrants which certainly tested my skills and used ingredients I have not come across before. The…
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Raspberry and Vanilla Buche – leftovers can be fun
The beloved and I have a constant battle over the freezer (actually make that freezers). Our wartime-born mothers taught us that waste is a sin, so all left overs go in the freezer. The problem is they have a tendency never to re-emerge from them. A recent audit revealed some most suspect unlabelled objects that…
Honey Custard, Raspberry and White Chocolate Mousse Entremet
I have definitely gone slightly entremet mad since Christmas, and whilst I am also trying to be good and avoid too much sugar, we do still have a social life and we still like to entertain friends. I made this for a garden party we hosted last week for the participants in the biennial Open…
Rhubarb and Custard Buche
Now I have to confess to be slightly late in posting this one, so apologies and please store it up for when Rhubarb is in the shops again. That being said Rhubarb and Custard is an absolute English classic and frankly cannot be beaten as a flavour combination, be it in a Crumble (a personal…
The Cottage Loaf 