desserts

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Baked Lime Cheesecake with a Fig Salsa

by Peter G Recipes

When I hear the word cheesecake, my mind springs to “Sara Lee”! There I said it. Is that a bad thing? Don’t get me wrong. In my Greek household growing up, the only cheesecake I saw was a packet of Sara Lee. And I used to think it was exotic because it was from New York!

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“Baklava” Ice Cream Sandwiches

by Peter G Greek Food

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 Recipes

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 Recipes

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 Recipes

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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