Jamie’s Chocolate Panettone Bombe
Posted: 02 February '11 by Niall and Kelly
A panettone has become a traditional Christmas purchase in our house. The Italian sweet bread sums up everything that is good about the Christmas holidays – the decorative “wrapping” paper around the base, the spiced scent, the candied peel secreted in the fluffy bread, the sheer size of the thing – it’s unapologetically, excessively festive…
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Snick-er-treat!
Posted: 05 November '10 by Niall and Kelly
We were going up to a Hallowe’en party last Sunday and needed a dessert with the “wow” factor. That’s the downside to writing a food and drink blog – you have to pull out all the stops for this type of thing! This recipe is did the trick, though – it looks jaw-droppingly good just..
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Clafoutis.. Gesundheit!
Posted: 26 October '10 by Niall
Clafoutis – it mightn’t sound very French, but it’s a traditional cherry-based dessert from Limousin – and one of my all-time favourite desserts. Here’s Anthony Bourdain’s recipe from the Les Halles Cookbook
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Flour-less Chocolate Cake
Posted: 01 March '10 by Niall
As another weekend drew to a close, I thought that Kelly and I deserved a treat before getting back to the daily grind. When it comes to treats in our house, that means chocolate. Here’s a recipe for a rich, moist chocolate cake.. And it’s easy. Three ingredients, that’s all! It’s also a flour-less cake,..
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Easy Raspberry Tart
Posted: 05 November '09 by Kelly
Niall and I went to my mum and dad’s house for some Hallowe’en celebrations at the weekend. Everyone was bringing a dish and I decided to make a dessert. This raspberry tart was delicious and surprisingly easy to make. You can see more photos hereImage 1Image 2 Ingredients: 220g (1 cup) caster (superfine) sugar 300g fresh raspberries..
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How to make apple crumble with custard
Posted: 30 October '09 by Niall
Ah, school dinners.. While I’m not one for desserts, I have a deep-seated love of jam roly-poly, spotted dick, apple crumble, and the rest of those stodgy, custard-covered, rib-lining sweets. Here’s one of our favourites – apple crumble with homemade custard. The “homemade” part is important – none of that tinned gloop or coloured cornflour..
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Brownies with white chocolate buttons
Posted: 28 October '09 by Ciara
I was “surfing the net” a few weeks ago looking for a brownie recipe and came across a Nigella Lawson one. I have to confess, it was the first time that I have ever tried one of her recipes and I can tell you I was delighted with the results. These have to be the..
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Nettles? Are you serious!?
Posted: 18 July '09 by Kelly
When Niall suggested eating Nettles (yes you read it right!!) I thought he was insane! Surely they cannot be nice?? So, to prove me wrong off we went, gloves firmly on, to our local park to pick our dinner. Despite the funny looks we were getting by passers by, it was lots of fun picking..
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