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Book Review | Adieu 2012 … ending the year with ‘The Pondicherry Kitchen’ book review
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’…” Alfred Tennyson Wrapping up a season is hard enough, wrapping up a year seems unreal. How time has flown. 2012 certainly passed in a heartbeat. I’m still trying to catch my breath. I blogged lots. About things I enjoyed. Food. Travel. Events. People. Lots of colour too. Lots of food events that were so worth the while. So much happened in 2012. On top of the list was the Delhi Bloggers Table, loads of fun at Olive with Saby, events, the Aussie Masterchefs, reviews, some great, some not so … but a wonderful learning experience. Then again,…
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Dark Chocolate Cherry Mousse Cake #lovestonefruit
A dark, rich chocolate cake layered with deep balsamic fresh cherries and satiny smooth dark chocolate mousse. A chocolate celebration dressed up in a lace chocolate collar, more cherries, dark chocolate flakes and slivered pistachios.
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Savoury Tartlets … a flavour explosion of cherry tomatoes & caramelised onion
The flavours were outstanding. Sweet caramelised onions, tart sweet cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, sea salt, the kick of vinegar...and of course garlic! Crisp out of then oven, but pretty darned good cold too.
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Baking| Cherry Phyllo Pie … sweet cherry pie, with home made phyllo.
I am still amazed at why I didn't get to making phyllo at home earlier. This is a summer pastry for a country like ours. Light, crisp, versatile, delightful ... ah-mazing stuff! The success of home made phyllo won me over when I made Baklava from scratch last month, and soon enough I made another batch of dough. This time it ended up rather deliciously in a Cherry Phyllo Pie.
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Baking| Black Sesame Macarons with Cherry Chocolate Ganache … a guest post
Tree Nut Free Macarons .... Black sesame seeds instead of almond meal went into these to experiment macarons for a friend. Sandwiched with a delicious fresh cherry dark chocolate ganache added to the oomph!
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Baking| Chocolate Chip & Tart Cherry Cookies … Enjoying SRC in HKG!
Whats not to love about cookies which contrast the softness of tart cherries with dark chocolate. A one bowl chocolate chip cookie recipe we enjoyed while vacationing.... and a few pics of Hong Kong too!