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Baking | DARING BAKERS DO A DOBOSTORTA…
“Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.” Winston ChurchillThe August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. To quote our hosts… The Dobos Torta is a five-layer sponge cake, filled with a rich chocolate buttercream and topped with thin wedges of caramel. (You may come across recipes which have anywhere between six and 12 layers of cake; there are numerous family variations!) It was invented in 1885 by…
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Stone Fruit Strudel … getting stoned on strudel!
“I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietitian will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel contains four times the vitamins of a bushel of beans.” S.J. Perelman The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague by Rick Rodgers. These are exciting times for the Daring Bakers. I’ve reached a stage where the next challenge seems more exciting than the one gone by. Month after month, one keeps wondering what the next challenge is…
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HOT HOUSE & A TAG! EGGCITING TIMES!
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.”Mark Twain “Did you get any comments on the Hot-house Mama?”, asked the boy Sunday morning. Ooooops! Red-faced, I confessed that I hadn’t posted it. It’s like both the kids want a piece of pie, & own a personal corner of my blog. That morning he hopped out of bed, barely had a glass of milk, & the doorbell began to ring. Off he raced to play soccer. Came back unrecognisable, covered in mud, because the park is full of dewy grass with winter around the corner … looked like a naughty…
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CHOCOLATE CREME CARAMEL CUSTARD…Twist to the classic!
“Life without chocolate is life lacking something important.” Marcia Colman Morton & Frederic Morton Was virtually flipping through my posts the other day & realised that desserts had, of late, deserted my blog. It’s been a while since I posted a chocolaty dessert, so here we are. The story goes like this. We were visiting my Mom the other day, & she told the kids that she had made some caramel custard, & had added some chocolate to it, since she knew they were coming. The kids whooped with joy…but her idea of chocolate & their idea of chocolate were poles apart! They still ate the caramel custard, which used…
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TOASTING THE TIKKA WITH A SHERBET…COTTAGE CHEESE, CHICKEN & POMEGRANATE!!
“The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure” Michel De Montaigne Strange bedfellows one might say…cottage cheese, chicken & pomegranates. Common ground surprisingly exists in the form of Indian cuisine. The sun is blazing hot again & summer doesn’t want to go away. Grilling or barbequing food makes for lighter fare in this weather; is a big hit always. This is going to be part 1 of the post as my menu ran too long. I marinated cottage cheese / paneer cubes in 2 different marinades, boneless chicken bits in a creamy marinade. Decided to make some more leavened Indian bread (the third…
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DARED INTO BAKING CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS…Culinary Liberty For All
“Culinary Liberty For All” Tony Tahhan & Meeta K Another delightful month goes by, & finally the day is here…where well over a 1000 Daring Bakers wait to post their culinary challenge for the month. Some eagerly, some not quite so…but all with tales to tell! The challenge for August 2008 was hosted by Tony Tahhan & MeetaK. What did they choose for all us ‘eager Daring Bakers’ this month? A recipe from ‘my darling sugar daddy’ (in Meeta’s words) Pierre Hermé, from a cookbook written by Dorie Greenspan: Chocolate Desserts By Pierre Hermé. Chocolate Éclairs by Pierre Hermé Éclairs consist of 3 elements :- Pâte à Choux, also known…
