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BALSAMIC STRAWBERRIES WITH WHIPPED MASCARPONE
“You have to ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Strawberry season is setting in here. Yes, it’s winter & still quite cold, but this is when we begin to see strawberries entering the market. Steeply priced, but far too tempting to turn away from, I bought a box to see what I could do with them. I also stumbled upon some locally made mascarpone cheese & my heart skipped a beat. You see most mascarpone we get here is imported & exorbitantly priced. I was thrilled to find a local variety & bought 2 tubs. Bought some goat cheese & fresh mozzarella too.…
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FROSTED STRAWBERRY ORANGE CHOCOLATE-CHIP CUPCAKES…Strawberry fields forever!
“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child Frosted Strawberry Orange Chocolate-chips Cupcakes…merging flavours! I was making mini vanilla cupcakes for a friend’s daughters’ birthday the other day,& had some batter leftover. With Arfi’s Cupcake Spectacular 2008 on my mind, I scrabbled around in the fridge looking for something different I could put together…other than a regular vanilla muffin. AHA…found 4 strawberries which were crying out to be used! Further exploration revealed some oranges too, so I set to work. These cupcakes were flavoured beautifully & made luscious little bites…good enough for dessert too; can’t go wrong with strawberry, orange & chocolate! Topped them off…
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FRUITS AT WORK…A FRUITY DESSERT & A WIERD MEME!
“There is greater relish for the earliest fruit of the season.” Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman poet Fruits at work…Strawberry, Kiwi, Orange & Basil The minute winter begins to go away, the mind defrosts & begins to work overtime again. There is so much colour in the fruits & veggies appearing on the shelves, that I find it impossible to sit back & relax!! This is the result of one such instance…one fruity dessert that I tried for the first time last year & we loved it. It’s very simple as there’s no cooking involved; full of fruit, full of flavour, & colourful as ever. Very tropical & summery feel to…
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ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS…STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE SWISS ROLL
“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS OF THE CHOCOLATE KIND! Its amazing how simply you can get inspired from foodies on the wonderful web. And most certainly distracted too. Doughnuts of every kind have been doing the rounds & I have scribbled recipes endlessly trying to zero in on the one I was to make this morning. I had one from Susan’s, another from Aparna’s & a 3rd from Madam Chow…but I got terribly distracted at the bazaar & picked up fresh strawberries instead of yeast! Perils of an overactive mind! ‘What’s for dessert’? DH’s voice last night rung in my…
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FOOD & CREATIVITY…ART YOU EAT #1-CHOCOLATE!
“Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.” Julia Child My canvas on chocolate…Julia Child’s words ring so true! Why would I post this cake again? All thanks to an idea from Holly…a mom to 2 sweet boys obsessed with all things cooking & baking. Passionate like me & a buncha foodies on the net!! Holly’s had an idea: “We all want our creations to look as wonderful as they taste and there are tons…
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Strawberries in a Trifle … Quite Literally So!!
“That most wonderful object of domestic art called trifle…with its charming confusion of cream and cake and almonds and jam and jelly and wine and cinnamon and froth.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Dressed up with grated chocolate, melted chocolate, sliced strawberries & fresh mint leaves! I made these in dessert cups with the leftover sponge that I had frozen. Simple & effective, a rocking good dessert in one of our favourite combinations this season…‘Chocolate & Strawberry’!! Ready in minutes, with nothing very involved, this is indeed a whimsical way of using left-overs!! A hearty trifle for Valentines… The word “trifle” comes from the old French term “trufle,” and literally means something…
