February 2008

Hot Chocolate…You Sexy Thing

by Peter G February 29, 2008 Recipes
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Decadent…triple hot chocolate with cream When Elly decided to hold a blogging event associated with music I knew she was on a winner. Music along with food are life’s essentials. I often have something playing in the background as I cook and photograph my creations. I was stumped initially about what I was going to do. I finally decided to go back to the 70′s with a funky, get down, [...]

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Thank Yous and…Baked Figs

by Peter G February 27, 2008 Recipes
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I only realised the other day that I had officially forgotten to thank Ivy on my own blog, for giving me an “excellent Blog” award. Oops! I’m so sorry for that. I know I left a comment in your comments section but I realised I hadn’t done that here. Thank you again and it is really nice to be appreciated. All the other bloggers that I would have liked to [...]

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Thai Style San Choy Bau

by Peter G February 21, 2008 Recipes
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This is my entry for this months Royal Foodie Joust. Jenn holds this monthly competition where foodie bloggers join in a “cook-off” using three ingredients. The three ingredients are chosen by the previous winner. Heather who won last months joust, chose pork or barley (for our veggie friends), citrus and peppercorns. A great combination and one that had me thinking for a few weeks. So I decided to go “Thai” [...]

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Spinach Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette

by Peter G February 17, 2008 Recipes
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There’s only so many desserts your body can take. After the panacotta and the tart I was looking for something healthy that would rev my body back from slugishness. Scanning the food channel late at night I was watching one of those cooking shows where the father, whose a chef, proceeds to cook a 14 course dinner for his whole family in half an hour. Hmmm…never mind that we never [...]

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Strawberry and Mascarpone Tart

by Peter G February 13, 2008 Recipes
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Strawberries and Mascarpone…a great marriage I’m continuing with my romantic desserts again. But even if you don’t feel the “love” you can still cook them and enjoy them anyway. I hope you enjoyed the panacotta I dished up yesterday. Today’s sexy dessert marries two of those ingredients that again were destined to be together. Strawberries and mascarpone. I mean who doesn’t love strawberries? They taste fantastic and you can do [...]

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Rosewater Pana Cotta

by Peter G February 12, 2008 Recipes
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Dessert for two Its that time of the year again. Its approaching Valentines Day. You know you want to impress your loved one. Instead of going out for dinner and paying the over exorbitant prices they charge for that one day of the year, stay at home and cook something sensual. Before I proceed, I know there’s a lot of folks out there who don’t buy into the commercialism of [...]

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Sponge Cake

by Peter G February 6, 2008 Recipes
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The ingredients…the batter…the finished sponge I promised I would use the passionfruit curd I made recently in another dish. After racking my brains out I decided to challenge myself by making a sponge cake. And a challenge it certainly was. Making this was almost like following a carefully guarded experiment. All the elements need to work together harmoniously otherwise it can be quite disastrous. Everyone has a “secret” or “hint” [...]

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Passionfruit Curd

by Peter G February 4, 2008 Recipes
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Passionfruit Whilst I was at the markets recently I picked up a whole box of passionfruit. The colours and aromas were so intense I had to just get it. So after spooning it on my breakfast cereal every morning, I still had half a box left. “What will I do with the rest?” I thought. So a good deal of “research” later i.e. scanning cook books and magazines, I saw [...]

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