†10 April, 2012

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A perfect pairing: hot, greasy, sugar-laden churros and tangy margaritas. Take me back to summer before tedious research essays stole my happiness.

A perfect pairing: hot, greasy, sugar-laden churros and tangy margaritas. Take me back to summer before tedious research essays stole my happiness.

‡24 December, 2011

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†17 January, 2011

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The Great 9:15pm Supermarket Dash1. Charlie’s Orange Juice. The best. Arano is a fond favourite too, their pulpy grapefruit juice is a winner.2. Mammoth Supply Co. Yoghurt. For men. Nuts, seeds, and a layer of blueberry goodness on top. I felt like a real hero eating this.3. Green & Blacks Dark Chocolate with orange and spices. Not as great in terms of texture as Lindt tablets, though delightfully dark and well flavoured.4. Pain au Chocolat from the bakery. 20 seconds in the microwave. This followed a generous meal of steamed mussels in a creamy white wine, tomato and garlic broth. The exact meal from a week prior in fact, and just as satisfying. Minus the baby crab I found inside one of the bivalve mollusks. Not the most pleasant thing to bite into. Oh food, how I love you so.

The Great 9:15pm Supermarket Dash
1. Charlie’s Orange Juice. The best. Arano is a fond favourite too, their pulpy grapefruit juice is a winner.
2. Mammoth Supply Co. Yoghurt. For men. Nuts, seeds, and a layer of blueberry goodness on top. I felt like a real hero eating this.
3. Green & Blacks Dark Chocolate with orange and spices. Not as great in terms of texture as Lindt tablets, though delightfully dark and well flavoured.
4. Pain au Chocolat from the bakery. 20 seconds in the microwave.

This followed a generous meal of steamed mussels in a creamy white wine, tomato and garlic broth. The exact meal from a week prior in fact, and just as satisfying. Minus the baby crab I found inside one of the bivalve mollusks. Not the most pleasant thing to bite into.

Oh food, how I love you so.

24 December, 2010

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Bittersweet

As much as I love trifle, this Christmas is calling for something a little less custard and peach and a little more devilish. The result was a trifle/tiramisu hybrid that sits patiently in the fridge to be devoured tomorrow. As a novel approach, here are the ingredients in their respective layers as they would appear in the dish, as it’s really a matter of assembly over anything else. Plus I’m crap at taking photos.
Green & Blacks 70% dark chocolate melts excellently. A store-bought sponge holds its shape and slices well (the bottom layer of sponge should be about 2cm thick).

melted dark chocolate, drizzled

blueberries, whole

combination of: crumbled coffee soaked sponge & melted dark chocolate

blueberries, gently crushed

marscapone flavoured with vanilla essence and ground cinnamon

dark chocolate, grated

coffee soaked sponge, whole

†8 August, 2010

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Latest vice. It’s really quite good.

Latest vice. It’s really quite good.

17 June, 2010

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Rice pud

Soy milk, cinnamon quill and short grain rice gently simmered for 30 minutes-ish whilst softening currants and apple juice (heck, plus another cinnamon quill) in a separate pot over a timid heat. When currants are a soft mess blossoming on your tongue (you must taste several times, see) add them to the rice, a sprinkle of cinnamon, a teaspoon or more of caster sugar for those sweet-tooths out there and break over as much Lindt ginger dark chocolate as your heart can take.

Divine. Credit to Sophie Dahl for the inspiration and rice-to-milk ratio however I did adapt it myself with use of soy; omitted the cardamon seeds (unavailable at supermarket, mon dieu)… plus playing cupid with the currants (as opposed to raisins) and apple juice was my own thought… this brain works when it wants to.

Curl up with this in a mug and your evening becomes ever so sweet.