detailing my explorations of the gastronomic universe
It is one of my biggest regrets at this point of my life that I didn’t copy down the cannelet recipe that a German guy posted on a forum in the early noughties, because now it’s gone. So I will have to attempt to recreate it from memory and other people’s recipes. I go through [...]
Two days ago I had a slice of the most amazing lemon & almond cake – moist, delicious, so here begins my search to recreate it. Luckily there were a lot of great recipes on the web, my main source was: http://lucullian.blogspot.com/2006/02/almond-and-ricotta-cake-gluten-free.html 2 duck eggs (or 3 chooken eggs) 2/3 cup sugar 100 g almonds [...]
1 cup rolled oats 1 cup flour 3/4 cup desiccated coconut 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 – 1/2 cup chopped cashew nuts (optional) ——————————————– 1/2 tsp bicarb dissolved in 2tbs boiling water 125g butter, melted 2 tbs golden syrup Preheat oven to 160 deg. Combine first section of ingredients, then mix in the wet ingredients. Place [...]
The UK is different to Melbourne in that it doesn’t have many Italian migrants, which means that there is not much coffee culture. In my current job I get out and about quite a bit and people often give me coffees. These are some of the best and worst, judged of course on 1 single [...]
I’ve been meaning to test the recipe for curing salmon in Charcuterie by MIchael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn for ages but as with all ideas I thought it might take too long. Well we went to Billingsgate fish market with friends recently & I cured it in 5 minutes whilst chatting to them. It tasted [...]
This is a traditional German thing. Take one massive earthenware pot with lid. As berries come into season, spread them in the pot, removing ones that are bruised or damaged. Cover each new layer with a layer of sugar and then enough high percentage rum to cover. Leave for at least year, then eat on [...]
Whilst I’m on the subject of spirits, this is something I believe most of us do not do enough of! It’s quite simple to make very nice liqueurs which can then be drunk straight with tonic water or maybe with a couple of drops of orange bitters. A general recipe: use lots of passata and [...]
This is pretty amazing stuff. If you think of grappa as being something akin to an anti-biotic mouthwash, you have to try this. It’s made from Moscatel grapes (the only wine grape which is officially described as having a ‘grapey’ aroma) and on the nose and in the mouth it does have the wonderful floral [...]
My line of work takes me around quite a few cocktail bars, and I was recently glancing through the drinks list at Lab (Old Compton St, Soho, London) and came across their ‘Dutchy’ which reminded me that I’d always wanted to try an Aviator. Given Julian’s almost got his private pilot’s licence it seemed strangely [...]
I’ve been struggling with the recipe from my PWMU cookbook, so I was happy to find this one works well! (Makes a lot) 50g (1 ½ oz) butter 1 cup castor sugar finely grated rind of 2 lemons 4 eggs, separated 1/3 cup self-raising flour, sifted juice of 3 lemons 1 ½ cups milk Method: [...]