desserts

“Baklava” Ice Cream Sandwiches

by Peter G February 3, 2011 Greek Food
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After making the cinnamon ice cream I wanted to push the envelope a little further by having a go at making ice cream sandwiches.  These were not going to be any ordinary ice cream sandwiches though.  I wanted to apply my “Greek touch” to the whole process.  For quite a while I had wanted to incorporate the flavours of baklava

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Deep Dish Apple Pie

by Peter G July 26, 2010 Recipes
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Somebody commented the other day (via email) that I had been doing a fair bit of baking lately.  I assured the reader that I would be including a few savoury recipes soon.  It’s just that, with the colder weather, I’ve really been enjoying being indoors and cooking to my heart’s content.  And I suppose comfort food is the first thing that I turn to.  Rich braises, lots of red wine

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Vanilla and Cardamom Rice Pudding

by Peter G April 29, 2008 Recipes
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Rice puddings infused with vanilla, cardamom and topped with mango Its time again for the Royal Foodie Joust. I’ve been participating in these for the last few months and I thoroughly enjoy them. You can read all about the joust here. The winner of last month’s Joust, Michelle chose her three ingredients for the challenge. She opted for cardamom, brown sugar and mangoes. A very “exotic” combination! As usual, I [...]

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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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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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Cherry Season

by Peter G December 27, 2007 Recipes
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Cherries are abundant this time of the year Hope everyone had a few busy days. I did. I had problems with my blog and couldn’t get out my Xmas wishes to everyone. That’s modern technology for ya. Anyway, it’s all been sorted out and I can write about one of my favourite fruits. Cherries. They are everywhere this time of the year here in Australia. Juicy, dark red and full [...]

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Poached Pears

by Peter G May 5, 2007 Recipes
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Now here’s a dish that conjures up memories of my high school Home Economics class. They were the days when we learnt to make things like “vegetable Soup” and I would wonder “how come there’s no olive oil in this dish?”. I remember learning to make poached pears in class and thinking it was quite sophisticated. It had a French title and I kept thinking “this is what adults order [...]

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Ice Ice Baby

by Peter G March 17, 2007 Recipes

When I last hosted Biteclub, I ended the evening with this wonderful dessert. I was too fussed to go about making sexy desserts for 13 people, so I settled on this little beauty. Its a perfect ending to a sweltering, sultry, Sydney evening. Lemonade and passionfruit icy poles. Or ice blocks to our American counterparts. The recipe for this comes form Gourmet Traveller. For all those who don’t know, Gourmet [...]

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