Featured Recipe
Poppyseed Cake
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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With a fun quilt pattern, this poppyseed cake with a cheesecake topping really makes a statement. Not only does it look great, but it also tastes fabulous. This cake recipe offers a little variety and a wow flavour experience that you don’t want to miss out. Schmand is German sour cream with a much higher fat content than regular sour cream. No Schmand, no problem, use crème fraîche instead. If you're feeling adventurous, swapping some homemade eggnog for the buttermilk. I have baked this cake for a few times with different ingredients and temperatures, and the first time I prepared the batter with eggnog and baked at 190C/375F for 50 minutes for a more golden topping. The cake was very tender on first day, and became slightly dry on the 2nd day, but still very good. Other times all with buttermilk and baked at 180C/350 for 45 minutes until lightly browned and it stayed very tender and soft even after 3rd day.
Rosemary and Comté Madeleines
Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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These savory French madeleines are moist, tender, and filled with wonderful cheesy herbal flavour from nutty French Comté and fresh piney rosemary. They're best eaten warm from the oven, but will keep in an airtight container for up to two days. Enjoy it with a glass of Champagne.
If the madeleines didn't get the signature humps or bumps, it is likely that the batter wasn't cold enough. It is the heat shock of baking a cold cake batter on a very hot oven that creates the bumps. So make sure that you chill the batter for at least 2 hours. I left mine overnight. Don’t over fill the mould cavities, or the batter will overflow, and your madeleines will be flattened.
Romaine Hearts with Chunky Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
Wednesday, June 04, 2025An uber-simple salad, this is a spinoff of the classic iceberg wedge with blue cheese dressing. But instead of iceberg, I used romaine hearts. The classic creamy blue cheese dressing gets an upgrade with large crumbles of blue cheese tossed in a pungent vinaigrette. Add some crispy croutons and smoky bacon to the salad if you wish. I used Castello Danish blue, which contains animal rennet, so it is not suitable for vegetarians.
Lavender Cupcakes
Saturday, May 31, 2025 |
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Light and floral lavender cupcakes are fun, delicious and beautiful! If you are looking for a light dessert for entertaining, these moist and light cupcakes are truly perfect. The cake base is lavender flavoured, sweetened with honey and erythritol and crowned with a cream cheese frosting.
While lavender plays an important role in cosmetics, the plant is often used to flavour dishes in Mediterranean cuisine. They can be found in teas and lemonades, in marmalade, in cakes or as a special flavouring in savoury meat dishes. Conjure up a Provence ambience with these delicate cupcakes and enjoy the extraordinary combination of flavours.
Comté Chicken
Sunday, May 25, 2025This quick and flavourful chicken recipe is truly a crowd pleasers. For a richer flavour, bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, drumsticks or whole legs are the perfect choice for the recipe. However, the real star of this dish is that creamy cheesy Comté sauce, which is enriched with double cream, and homemade chicken broth, and distinct Comté offers a rich, robust flavour and complex textures to boot. Serve with your favourite crusty bread or pasta to mop up the luscious sauce.
Comté cheese comes from the Jura mountains in France. Its deep nutty flavour with sweet and fruity undertone is the perfect balance to the richness of chicken and caramelized onions.
T-Bone Steak with Parmesan and Herb Dressing
Monday, May 19, 2025 |
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Juicy steak is seared to perfection and Parmesan herb dressing adds a depth of flavour that's out of this world. Double the dressing as it’s great for salads, served with bread or tossed through the pasta. Serve the steak alongside some tender asparagus or a mound of mashed potatoes if you ain’t on low carb diet. With just a few quality ingredients, this dish is sure to become a family favorite. Do not use olive oil to cook steak, as its smoke point is lower than that of tallow or ghee and it will smoke before reaching the desired cooking temperature.
Baked Cloud Eggs with Asparagus
Monday, April 21, 2025 |
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I have ZERO idea why Blogger has UNpublished my post! It simply told me that my post violated the community guides that I DIDN'T. It's just a recipe, I didn't publish anything unusual. Do anyone know what to do? I am repbulishing this post, hopping that Blogger will READ it through and publish it again. Sorry if I have lost all of your comments.
Ready for the fluffiest egg ever? Then switch on the oven, get the Parmesan and eggs out of the fridge and let’s make some fluffy egg clouds for breakfast or brunch! The egg whites must be whipped until stiff peaks have formed before folding in chives and Parmesan. They are then formed into 4 clouds and baked in the oven for 4 minutes before sliding the egg yolk into the well in the center and bake for a further 2-4 minutes, depending on how brown you like them.
Pumpkin Cheddar Bread
Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
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Soft and tender pumpkin Cheddar yeast bread made from scratch. It’s delicious fresh or toasted and perfect for breakfast or sandwich. I used mashed roasted pumpkin, so it’s probably drier than the canned one. Adjust the liquid if necessary. Bold, sharp vintage Cheddar provides a nice contrast to the sweet creamy pumpkin, but you can use other aged cheese too.
White Asparagus Gratin with Roquefort and Parma
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 |
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Spring's favorite vegetable got a decadent makeover with crème fraîche, Parma ham and Roquefort. Asparagus wrapped in ham is a real hit in itself. But baked in a rich cheesy Roquefort cream, with a delicious golden crust on top - it leaves nothing to be desired! It’s surprisingly easy, but impressive side for all occasions and comes together under an hour.
Jalapeño Gruyère Cornbread with Lime Honey Glaze
Tuesday, April 01, 2025 |
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This cornbread is a perfect harmony of sweet, spicy, tangy, and earthy, making it an ideal accompaniment for stews and soups, grilled meat or salads. I have used jalapeño and Gruyère, but other chilli peppers and cheeses would work just as fine. If you prefer it extra spicy, just leave the jalapeños seeds in. The cornbread is delicious on its own, with some butter or honey lime glaze. It is completely optional, but I strongly recommend it as it adds a tangy sweetness and zesty kick that elevate the flavours to a whole new level and take your mood on a delightful turn! Leftovers can be frozen, or cut them into cubes to make croutons for soups and salads.
Eggplant Rollatini
Saturday, March 29, 2025 |
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Eggplant rollatini, or involtini di melanzane is an Italian dish of thin eggplant slices that are grilled, filled with a luscious ricotta spinach mixture, rolled, smothered in a flavourful tomato sauce, topped with Mozzarella and Parmesan, and baked until the cheese is golden and bubbly. It’s naturally gluten free and low-carb friendly. Look for large, wide, straight-sided purple globe eggplants for this recipe, as the curvy ones are harder to cut into evenly thin slices. Use homemade tomato sauce if you can, but if you’re running short on time, quality jarred tomato sauce would work just as great.