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Dark Chocolate Cheesecake with Wine Macerated Strawberries
Dark, divine, sinful, creamy, chocolaty and above all, as simple as can be, this Dark Chocolate Cheesecake with Wine Macerated Strawberries will leave you wanting for more. Recipe minimally adapted from Ruchira @thegreatcookaroo.com. You won’t need another recipe ever!
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The Masala Dabba #3. As we journey on, the colours pop for Spring and Holi
The spices we cover for The Masala Dabba #3 are cardamom, whole pepper and turmeric. I think I love the spice journey best. We enter month #3 of our collaborative spice journey with exploring or rather ‘shooting’ spices. March is synonymous with Spring, new beginnings and a whole lot of colour. This March also had holi, the festival of colour, which inspired me to shoot several times through the month.
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The Masala Dabba #2. Spicing up desserts and journeying further into the spice box
It's strange how often we connect spices to savoury foods, often in India spice is synonymous with a curry! Delightfully enough, as we blog on, reading more, breaking new ground and exploring our palettes, ingredients take on new meaning. For instance, there is always so much more you can do with spices, enough to make them leap out of the masala dabba or spice box!!
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Strawberry & Chocolate Mac-a-Verrines …From no feet to sweet dreams … & Macarons too!
“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child And my mac addiction continues. January has been a month of sneaking into the kitchen when all the world is asleep, grabbing that aging egg white lying questionably on the counter, and whipping it up. The saga goes on, macronage and failed feet again and again. What for?? For MacTweets of course, where Jamie and me are calling for Mac-a-Valentines for the month of January for MacAttack 4. I present my failures and success for this attack … my love for macarons!! Batch after batch, thankfully of single egg whites, seem to yield mixed results. I got…
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TOMATO-CARROT SOUP…DELICATELY FLAVOURED WITH STAR ANISE
“Men are like soup: you always want to have one on the back burner, just in case.”Unattributed feminist quote Tomato-Carrot Soup with Star Anise Tried my hand at a tomato-carrot soup this morning, flavoured delicately with a spice that has intrigued me endlessly over the past few days. None other than the pretty star anise ! A nice & gentle vegetarian soup, beautifully flavoured & great for the winter chill that has descended upon us. This is an adaptation of a soup my mother makes almost everyday in the winter months.Star Anise…the pretty spice! Star anise plays a key role in the slow cooked dishes that characterize Eastern Chinese cuisine.…
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FRIENDSHIP, SPICE & THE CHINESE NEW YEAR!
“Condiments are like old friends — highly thought of, but often taken for granted.” Marilyn Kaytor STAR ANISE FLAVOURED SWISS ROLL with MARMALADE SAUCE I took some marmalade that I had made last month & spiced it up with star anise, cinnamon, ginger etc. Let it mature for a day…dreamt of a swiss roll last night & created my own dessert this morning. Very proud of this one because I thought it up in my mind, enjoyed the experience a lot & the roll came out looking quite nice. Tasted great too & is my entry for this month’s THINK SPICE! MILDLY SPICY MARMALADE SAUCE…Sweet & different! What would you…
