Monthly Archives: December 2012

Black Forest Cheesecake

This cheesecake was adapted from the Women’s Weekly Black Forest cheesecake recipe. The inspiration was to do something yummy with the cherries that were left over from Christmas. Another recipe I looked at, had chopped up Cherry ripe bars, which … Continue reading

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Chocolate Chambord Bavarian Cake

This cake was made for the DB’s birthday. His request was a chocolate cake with raspberry jam and cream in the middle, just like he used to have as a kid. Well, I couldn’t just stop at a normal chocolate … Continue reading

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Worcestershire Sauce

I bought a book a few months ago called “Make the Bread, Buy the Butter” by Jennifer Reece. She trials many different things at home and weighs up the cost, effort and end result and advises you on what you … Continue reading

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Chocolate and Poached Pear Tart

There are three parts to this recipe, the chocolate tart pastry, the chocolate filling and the red wine poached pear. You can adjust the ratio of dark and milk chocolate to suit your taste but do try the red wine poached … Continue reading

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Sous-Vide Salmon

I have been playing around with cooking salmon different ways and this is the best way that I have found to cook it. It gives the fish a lovely tender, gelatinous texture and even better, a consistent result each time. I have … Continue reading

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