In my kitchen…
…are chocolate elephants! This latest batch of lollypops is made with a mix of Callebaut 811 (54% cacao), Sao Thome dark origin chocolate and a small handful of Callebaut 823 milk chocolate. Pete loves it, and I’ve had to hide them to ensure there are some left for Small Girl…
In my kitchen…
…is a box of amazing rock sugar, a gift from our lovely friend Moo…
It’s amazing stuff, and resembles small shards of polished glass. I’ve scattered some over the top of an apple pie, and plan to coat shortbread cookies with them as well…
In my kitchen…
…is a jar of lampascioni (Italian wild onions). I wrote about the paste a couple of years ago, but this is the first time I’ve seen the whole onions for sale…
They’re deliciously bitter, in a rocket kind of way…
In my kitchen…
…are five small tubs of homemade taramosalata, because Cindy and Nic mentioned it on their blogs, and I wasn’t able to get the thought out of my head until I made a batch. I found some fabulous roe at a Greek deli in Marrickville on my last shopping expedition with the Spice Girl.
Our recipe is here and it uses potato instead of bread, so it’s gluten-free…
In my kitchen…
…I’ve been baking knotted rolls! Using my latest bread formula, I shaped the proved dough into baguettes and let them rise a second time. Just before baking, I tied the long rolls into knots. It was easy and fun to do…
In my kitchen…
…are today’s eggs. Bless those chooks of ours, they’ve laid consistently all through winter…
In my kitchen…
…because I’m suggestible, is a copy of The Geometry of Pasta, which both C and Tandy recommended to me after my pasta shapes post. It’s an interesting read!
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Tell me, what’s happening in your kitchen this month?
If you’d like to do an In My Kitchen post on your own blog, please feel free to use this format, and to leave a comment here linking back to your post. We’d all love to see what’s happening in your kitchen every month too!
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As always, an impressive “In My Kitchen” post Celia. Fantastic! I am so pleased that I was finally able to join in the fun from this month.
Have a happy day.
:-) Mandy
Thanks Mandy! It was great to see what was in your kitchen this month! :)
I hope you love the book – and it reminds me to start using mine properly :)
Tandy, it’s a very cool book, thank you for the recco! I watched this clip about it on YouTube too…
One of my favorites posts are your “in my kitchen”.
Thanks Norma, I’m glad you enjoy them! :)
Lovely post darling! My father was obsessed with making taramasalata and was forever trying out different recipes, yours looks seriously good, I would love to know your method one of these days and that pasta book’s cover is beautiful – thanks for sharing your kitchen treasures again :D
Jo, I’ve linked the recipe for you in the post above, it’s also here:
https://figjamandlimecordial.com/2009/07/14/taramosalata/
Apparently it’s unusual to use potato in it, most recipes use breadcrumbs, but it’s lovely with the spuds – like a flavoured cold mash. I’m told the recipe came from Mykonos! I hope your dad will give it a go.. :)
Well as soon as i get my baking skills in order I shall try those little buns! First though I want to be able to make a humble baguettes.. ! c
C, you’re already going gangbusters with your bread, I’m so impressed! And thanks again for your fabulous sourdough story!
Now there’s a book for my Head of Mathematics at school!
Peter, it certainly is if he likes to cook! :)
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Oh, I’m so impressed by that sugar! I’ve never seen anything like it.
Looking forward to seeing what you do with it Celia :-)
Brydie, isn’t it fabulous? Moo was looking for pearl sugar, and found this instead…
I did the post- and forgot I didn’t comment! :D -yet!
Everything is your kitchen is so interesting or beautiful – the eggs and rolls are lovely! The sugar and elephants have me drooling- I really like the look of that sugar!
Heidi, thanks for joining in, some wonderful stuff in your kitchen this month! I’m going to try the sugar on some cookies this weekend, I think..
What an excitng month it is too, with winter finally on the run! I love the look of the sugar, I think there are so many decorating possibilities. Isn’t it fun to track down a hard to find ingredient, maybe it’s our hunter gatherer roots? I finally found a syrup I’ve been after for 18mths, and wanted to jump and shout- but restrained myself to a subdued squeal… well it did echo a bit, but I changed it to a cough quickly so no one noticed… I hope…
Becca, there’s nothing quite like it! I’m always so excited when I find something I’ve been reading about for years, even if it turns out I didn’t really like it.. :)
Another look into your incredibly productive kitchen – thanks Celia! Mine is full of dirty dishes this morning, but it will have fresh baguettes and (hopefully) Dan Lepards Sweet Potato Brownies in it by the end of the day!
Thanks Amanda! Those sweet potato brownies sound interesting, how did they go?
I’ve been meaning to do an ‘in my kitchen’ post but right now it’s pretty empty because I’m getting ready to travel. Those onions look very interesting!
Joan, I’d love to see what’s in your kitchen! The onions are very nice – quite bitter, which means I’m the only one here who will eat them! :)
Gosh is it that time already?! Always fun to have a peek in your kitchen. That book is on my wish list. Love it.
Thanks Sally! The book is great fun – so many shapes I didn’t know of before!
Hi Celia!
Interesting post! The chocolate elephants look so tasty and the rolls unique. Once we finish renovating I want to try my hand at various breads, right now I’m too busy! Hope you have a great week!
Manuela, hope the renovating goes well – always such a big job! You’ll be pleased to know that we finally have a couple of heirloom tomato seedlings growing in the enclosed verandah – fingers crossed! :)
I always love hearing what’s going on in your kitchen Celia. Here’s what on in my kitchen this month http://clairekcreations.com/2011/09/in-my-kitchen-september/
Claire, thanks for playing! Hope you’re enjoying the new wok! :)
I hope you will be treated to a rendition of Nellie the Elephant in return for those glossy pops!!
Gill, hopefully squeals of delight, although I’ve made a rod for my own back here, as she’s always expecting a new shape these days… ;-)
Im gonna try an in my kitchen this month. Loved the peek into yours!
Tania, that’s great, we’d love to see what’s in your kitchen! Please let me know when you do, and I’ll add your post to the list in our sidebar!
your kitchen always has such a lot of lovely and interesting things in it..i don’t like to play favourites but i like the eggs best..:)
Jane, I love them too! Not a day goes by when I don’t feel a little bubble of joy when we bring in the eggs.. :)
Awwww, those elephants are so cute! They look awesomeeee!
Thanks! The homemade chocolate lollies go down really well with the littlies. IF I can hide them from my husband for long enough for them to get some. ;-)
Your chocolate making is getting very professional. I envy you your hens, I’ve been dying to have one, but hubby isn’t keen.
Thanks Cindy! I wish you could get hens, I think they’d get on well with Charlotte!
Haha that pasta book is right up your alley! And great idea using potatoes instead of bread in the taramasalata dip!
Lorraine, I think it’s a variation from Mykonos (from memory, it’s been ages since I got the recipe). It’s really easy!
You always have something new and amazing in your kitchen :) I feel so happy just looking at them :)
Tes, that’s such a lovely thing to say, thank you! :)
What a lovely collection of things in your kitchen Celia, as ever! I love the look of those chocolates – does the small girl like dark chocolate? I guess so!
I’m glad I’m not the only suggestible one (thinks of the bread presses bought recently…..) and I hope you enjoy the book – I’ve never even looked in it so will be interested to hear what you think of it!
C, there’s just enough milk chocolate in these to keep Small Girl happy! I really like the book, although if you’re thinking about it, you should know that there aren’t any photos in it!
Ahh, this is interesting that you tie the knots after the second prove. I have wondered how to get nice, puffy, knot rolls for some time!
That book looks like a real winner.
I do so enjoy your kitchen posts. :)
Chris, thanks! I tried shaping them into long rolls and tying them straight after the first prove, but they all exploded in the oven and didn’t really keep their shape. That might be specific to my dough formula though..
I love your Kitchen this month. I’ve seen the pasta book but haven’t succumbed….yet and I adore your bread knots!
Thanks Oz! The pasta book is fun! :)
That rock sugar looks fantastic as do your bread knots and I can just see the delight on Small Girl’s face when she gets to see one of those elephant lollypops – assuming Pete allows it that is ;-)
She’s been sick and hasn’t been over, Choc, so they’re still hidden! :)
Oh my God, rock sugar, your bread knots, they all seem so nice and so delicious and finally those elephant lollypops , they are amazing, Thank you Celia, I am so glad to meet with you through dear Cecilia’s Blog (The Kitches Garden), Thank you for her and Thank you for you too. With my love, nia
Nia, thanks so much for stopping by! :)
Hi Celia,
I love what happens in your kitchen – you inspire me with your posts!
Better late than never I’ve posted my contribution – http://alllittenup.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-my-kitchen-september-2011.html with a special little ode this month to you!
Shelley :)
Never too late, Shelley! I’ll add you to the list, and thanks for playing! :)
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Hi Celia, your gluten-free Tarama recipe is how I first found your blog many, many months ago!! Reminds me, that I’ve still not got around to making it…
Finally got around to posting what’s in my kitchen this month.
http://soulkitchenblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/in-my-kitchen-september-2011/