Bourke Street Bakery Cookbook from Dave + pearl necklace
Masterchef Cookbook from Mark & Winnie
Have yet to start on stuff from both the new books but I've made two dishes from Jamie's America
1st up: Chilli con carne
Some of the spices and used: Fresh oregano from my balcony herb garden, cinnamon, garlic, fresh chili and dried bay leaves.
Other ingredients: chopped onions, rump steak (cubed +minced), ground cumin, paprika, tinned chopped tomatoes, tin of borlotti beans( I ran out of kidney beans), red capsicum.
And this: "Is that soy-sauce?" Dave asked when he saw this...
"Nope, just dried chilli hydrated in coffee" ..." interesting..."
Apparently when Jamie Oliver learned the recipe, the cowboys he was with added their coffee to it as a source of liquid to keep the temperature down as they cooked it over an open fire.
First time using this ingredient
Ok... doesn't look that great but the taste really packs a punch, Dave even felt that I could have added more chilli to it. Once again Jamie Oliver's recipe impresses. Adding coffee imparted a different flavour to it. Tastes even better the next day!
And we had it with avocado + sweet corn and some steamed rice.
2nd: Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing
Only took pictures when the cupcakes came out, was in a rush so forgot shots with cream cheese but they were yummy.
Ok... now to attempt making my own sweet shortcrust pastry for tomorrow's bourbon pecan pie.
3 comments:
hi monks! cupcakes are looking good! but they shouldnt be all cracked at the top! you might have overbaked them a little, or too high temp! tweak it abit and it'll be perfecto!
OOo okie! tip noted.. no wondering piping the icing was a bit hard and they were a bit oddly shaped so not very pretty
wow dear, the velvet cupcakes look divine :)
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