Sher Ping Pancakes

After I got my hands on a copy of Jamie’s America (thanks to the buying efforts of April) I flipped through the book with a slight sinking feeling. I like Jamie, and I like some of his books, but when I looked through this particular one, I thought, “I’m never going to cook anything out [...]

Lemon Curd Meringue Cake

It was Alastair’s birthday in late March, and as per tradition for the past seven years, there was birthday lasagne to celebrate. A LOT of birthday lasagne. Like… four litres of bolognaise sauce a lot. (Go big, right?!) Of course, it wasn’t just us eating birthday lasagne. I invited a few people over and naturally [...]

No bake coconut and mango panna cotta pie

It feels like it’s been hot forever. Autumn, what Autumn? I know that some (most) people are over it, but I can’t tell you how happy I am with never-ending summer. The sunshine! The warmth! It’s like being wrapped up in a constant hug (or a thousand and two woollen jumpers). Happy happy happy!

Alfajores

After making these alfajores on two different occasions, I declare them a winter baking project. Both occasions were during extremely hot nights and it was an exercise in frustration. The dough for these biscuits is super soft, and there was heavy resistance to being rolled out or shaped because it wanted to be melty mcmelt [...]

Chinese Roast Pork Belly ***

Happy Roast Pork Belly Day! Okay, so it’s actually Valentine’s Day, but c’moooooon. Roast Pork Belly Day is about as arbitrary, right? Besides, Valentine’s Day is completely wasted on me. I’m not into getting flowers (they die… and I can buy my own), or chocolates (I only really like plain dark chocolate… and I can buy [...]

Basic Sponge Cake

Baking is easy. Well, mostly. There are some things I definitely can’t bake – you may remember the disaster that was macarons. But cakes are mostly easy. Except for my nemesis:

Slow roasted lamb

As long as you’re prepared, a slow roasted lamb leg is the easiest thing in the world. And prepared means – a solid five hours. But as long as you have that, it’s easy as. To prepare the leg, all I did was score the skin, rub salt and oil over it, and then it [...]

Ice cream sandwiches

Note: this is a scheduled post while I’m away. Replies to comments/emails will be even slower than usual. This is my life nowadays. I get up early to bake cookies. Ten years ago, I would’ve been awake at the same time because I hadn’t gone to sleep yet after a night out. Ahh, youth. As [...]

Kataifi prawns

Note: This is a scheduled post while I’m away, so replies to comments and emails will be slow. Enjoy! I have a terrible habit of buying ingredients just because I’ve never seen them for sale before. I have no idea what to do with them and no plans for using them. My mind just goes [...]

Celeriac and apple soup

I like celeriac but I find it incredibly annoying to write about. And it’s not really poor celeriac’s fault. It’s because, try as I might, celeriac is one of those words that I just *can’t* spell. I’m no spelling bee champion, but I’m a fairly good speller. Despite that, EVERY SINGLE TIME I type celeriac, [...]

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