Here’s an easy recipe…
Temper some dark chocolate, then stir in pieces of marshmallow, chopped nuts (I used brazil nuts), crystallised ginger pieces and cacao nibs. Scrape the whole lot into a small lined loaf tin and set briefly in the fridge. You will need to work quickly!
It was surprising simple and delicious – sweet, but not overly so, and not a pink marshmallow in sight!
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A quick headsup for our fellow Sydney-siders…the cheapest place we’ve found to buy frozen berries is Manly Freezers in Balgowlah.
When we popped in today, they had Chilean raspberries for $9.50/kg, Australian blueberries for $17/2kg and New Zealand boysenberries, pictured above, for just $7.50/kg. The warehouse has a retail shopfront, filled with freezers packed with mostly pre-prepared foods – we tend to only buy from the small cabinet filled with frozen fruit. They also had strawberries, mango cheeks and more. Make sure you take an esky!
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Manly Freezers Pty Limited
60 Balgowlah Rd
Balgowlah NSW 2093
Tel: 02 9949 8822
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In my kitchen…
…I have five paper cranes, that Maude’s eldest daughter made for me. We strung them up so that they could fly…
In my kitchen…
…are these gorgeous washing up gloves, a gift from my dear neighbour June. I told her I’d wear them to my next black tie function. Luckily, I’m never invited to any…
In my kitchen…
…are seven jars of Pete’s latest jam – pluot, plum and boysenberry. We were both surprised by how well the flavours blended together. I should put them away, but their luminescent red glow makes me happy…
In my kitchen…
…is this beautiful handpainted Turkish bowl that I bought from Metin at the Orange Grove Markets. He has a stall there on the first and second Saturdays of every month (tel. 0413 638 591 or email: aydinmetin@yahoo.com).
This little bowl is painted with a traditional carnation design, and filled with microwaved potato chips, made per the Spice Girl’s instructions. Don’t ask how many we’ve eaten today…
No matter how stressful life gets, there’s always something in my kitchen that will put a smile on my face.
So tell me…what’s brightening up your world today?
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I adore bread making and will have a batch of sourdough rising at least twice a week. Occasionally, though, my timing is off, and I need bread in a hurry, usually for lunch, and the dough has only just had its first rise.
Here’s a neat trick I discovered recently – you can break off a ball of once-risen dough, flatten it out like a pizza base, and fry it in a hot pan. I use an ungreased non-stick pan which can take a high heat.
Keep flipping the dough until it’s cooked, and smack the air out of it when it starts to puff up. This can then be eaten hot, smothered in butter. It’s a useful way of keeping the wolves at bay until the other loaves are ready!
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Pete wanted to call this post, “Cookie Mum Goes Mental!”.
Over the weekend, in a burst of baking enthusiasm, I made 112 cookies.
Most of them are in the photo above, along with the wrist guard which I tragically had to wear so that I didn’t hurt myself while scooping out the cold dough. I’m getting old…
I made three different sorts of cookies – our regular chocolate chip, a double chocolate, and a white chocolate with dark chunks. They’ve all been packaged up, with most of them going into the freezer, where they’ll hibernate until we need them. Cookies really do freeze very well, and I find it comforting to always have a stash on hand.
Due to time constraints, I mixed up all the batters on Saturday afternoon, but didn’t get a chance to bake them until Sunday morning. When I went to scoop them out, I found that the dough had set hard, like firm ice cream (hence the wrist guard).
The cold dough baked into perfect round cookies – plump and fat, without any spreading. I’ll definitely be making my cookie batter ahead of time from now on, and letting it chill in the fridge!
(Clockwise from left) Double-Rich Chocolate Cookies, White Chocolate Cookies with Chocolate Chunks, Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies
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