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Baking| Nutella & Fresh Cherries Chocolate Tart … May with Megan @ The Secret Recipe Club
A chocolate tart with a deeply luscious Nutella and chocolate filling, a vegetarian filling, which can be made ahead and is ADDICTIVE! This is my entry for The Secret Recipe Club this May.
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Baking| Whole Wheat & Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies … better late than never!
Chocolate chip cookies for a healthier 2011! I have always included some whole wheat by default, but was taken aback to see that using whole grains alone, whole wheat and rolled oats, still gave them a fabulous texture, and handsome bite.
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{Baking} CHOCOLATE ALMOND BISCOTTI … the fuss about Valrhona
“There’s nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE!” Linda Grayson, “The Pickwick Papers” Sometimes life springs wonderful surprises, and I sit back reminiscing about how far I’ve come in the past couple of years, and more often than never, the connections boil down to twitter. I have met so many great folk here, all like minded, food at the centre of our universe, and vibes that make everyday HAPPY! Amazing!! One such tweep is the fun and very talented girl Shayma who blogs at The Spice Spoon. Have you met her? She writes evocatively, a food blog with plenty of connect, inspired by her heritage.…
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{Baking} VERLET’S APRICOT TART … with peaches & cherries too
“Do something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child My first introduction to Julia Child came in Feb 2008 via the Daring Bakers challenge of her French Loaf, when I conquered my fear of yeast. Then last year, the film Julie & Julia ignited my love for French pastry, and in many way, most things French. The film won my heart for everything it offered – food, blogging, Paris, cookbooks; more so because I’m a huge fan of Meryl Streep. From my point of view, which might well be wrong, if it wasn’t for all that butter that makes French food as delicious as it is,…
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Baking| COFFEE CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES… and a winner for the ice-cream maker giveaway!
“Baking chocolate-chip cookies – an act that makes all seem right with the world….” Dorie Greenspan on twitter Don’t you just love that line? I chanced upon the tweet from Dorie Greenspan a few days ago and the words stuck to my mind. Strangely enough I had a batch of chocolate chip cookies in the oven at the time. Sounded so true and all seemed good with the world. Come to think of it, cookie baking time is always therapeutic, chocolate chip cookies more so. The dough gets together without a fuss, doesn’t need special attention, and the cookies are ready in next to no time! The hub was leaving…
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Daring Bakers land in England … TRADITIONAL ENGLISH PUDDING!
“If you do your fair day’s work, you are certain to get your fair day’s wage – in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.” Alexander Smith It’s the happy time of the month again, yes indeed the 27th, and it’s the Daring Bakers at their best. One small difference this time thought, the Daring Bakers take on the English at their doorstep and become Daring Steamers! Well, the proof lies in the pudding, as they say, so a steaming we will go… The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if…