yummy stuff

28 March 2003

recipes that i can vouch for:

  • marsala sauce though i added potatoes and cauliflower rather than eggs to it and i didn’t quite have all the spices listed, i was definitely missing fenugreek leaves and something else. it’s not nearly as complicated as it looks and making your own curry paste is very satisfying. i made roughly half the quantity and it wasn’t that hot so i’ll be a bit more generous with the teaspoonfuls next time.
  • white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, one of those types of biscuits they sell at those wickedly expensive cookie places in shopping centres and nowhere else, these aren’t cheap to make because of the nuts and chocolate (though they would have cost ten times as much to buy ready made) but they were divinely delicious and vanished in no time. i cut the recipe in half as i thought four dozen cookies was a bit over the top. the only conversion to uk units i needed was that half a cup of butter is 4oz/100g worth as i’ve got american style measuring cups to cook with. you can get the same recipe in full metricness though.
  • these butternut squash risotto cakes are delish and i need to make some more as we’ve used the ones in the freezer up.