A culinary journey of a foodie from Down Under
“We retire to tea or syllabub beneath the shade of some great oak.”
‘Tom Brown at Oxford’, Thomas Hughes, 1861 (Wikipedia).
Recently, I went to the extraordinary lengths of making Limoncello from scratch – a testament to my patience, if I do say so myself! It’s made for a delicious late-afternoon (okay, mid-afternoon) tipple, but it was time to test it out in a dessert recipe.
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Time for another retro Kiwi favourite – the good old brandy snap. A relic of the past, which you’ll virtually never see in any self-respecting upmarket cafe, it’s still hugely popular nevertheless. The origin of the brandy snap isn’t entirely clear, though it’s likely they came from Britain, which would account for their popularity in New Zealand and Australia.
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I’ve been dying for an excuse to use my new Nordic Ware bundt pan. I bought it online and had to wait for ages for it to be shipped out from America. But, as it turns out, it was definitely worth the wait.
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Churros – the deep-fried choux pastry snacks popular in many parts of the world – are pretty unfamiliar in my neck of the woods. So I’ve been dead keen to give them a try and see what all the fuss is about.
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If you want to sample Italy in a glass, you need go no further than a cool hit of Limoncello.
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It’s been two birthdays in a week in our family and, hey, any excuse to make a celebration cake, right?
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Cupcakes for a birthday celebration – why not? It’s a great idea, particularly if you’re only getting together for morning or afternoon tea and you don’t want everyone to leave uncomfortably full.
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Before I got bitten by the dessert making bug four years ago, my mum used to regularly make killer apple crumbles. We couldn’t get enough of them! But since I took over in the dessert department, my mum’s barely got a look in!
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Down here in the southern climes, we’re heading steadily towards winter and the nights are getting pretty cold. Time to break out the stews!
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ANZAC Day – the 25th of April – marks a special day of remembrance in the hearts of Australians and New Zealanders. It is the day that we commemorate the landing of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (the Anzacs) on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915 during World War I. Many thousands of lives were lost on all sides during that particular campaign, and ANZAC Day celebrations up and down both countries, honour those who fell, as well as those who fought and returned.
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