Category: Food
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BBC GoodFood Calendar November
The toffee apple and pecan cake was the recipe of November in the BBC GoodFood Calendar.
It was an interesting cake – taste wise not quite like anything I’ve had before. The filling was delicious, and I made double on the advice of the comments at the site, but if I make it again, I think I will omit the pecans.
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BBC GoodFood Calendar October
The picture here looks less than appetising – but the Butternut Dauphinoise that was the October recipe from the BBCGoodFood Calendar was really tasty. I did not have thyme, so I added rosemary instead.
It’s really a cheesy side dish (works well together with either salmon fillets or chicken), that is perfect for the autumn.
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Coffee Pancakes
It’s International Coffee Day today. That means it is the perfect day to make these Coffee Pancakes from A Cozy Kitchen.Really! Do it. I made them a few weeks ago, and immediately sent a text to those of my friends who absorb coffee like they absorb air and told them to make these.
It is probably the easiest to make, and best results, I have experienced with any American pancake recipe. (I used the conversion that 1 cup=roughly 237 ml.)
I switched the sugar in the recipe for 1 tsp powdered stevia. And then doused the thing in Canadian blueberry maple syrup – so I’m not sure it made a huge difference in the long run…
The recipe without the coffee added is also quite tasty. I’ve experimented with switching types of flour for it to make it rougher”, successfully.
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The Danish version of the Great British Bake Off
I’m currently catching up on the Danish version of the Great British Bake Off – Den Store Bagedyst.
And I was intrigued by the look of the work-benches. When the Norwegian version aired, I seem to recall that they went for something similar and pastel like the British version. But this is almost art – Piet Mondrian inspired benches.
I love the British version – with Mel, Sue, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
I watched the first series of the Norwegian version about halfway through the second episode – and gave up after disliking the host and the judges and the challenges. I see that it has had at least one series since then and a new series is starting this week. Still with the same judges so… not planning on watching.
It will be interesting to see how this Danish one stacks up to the original.
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BBC GoodFood Calendar August
I never got around to making the recipes for June and July in the calendar. Basically, in June I was trying to get as much of Oslo in as I could, grading final exams and moving. In July, it was insanely hot. I spent as little time as possible in the kitchen.August’s recipe is different. August’s recipe took about 5-10 minutes to put together and then a bit more to bake.
I know it does not look like much in my picture. But make it. It tastes delicious. Also, super easy dinner.
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Gooseberry cordial
I made some cordial last summer with plums and apples – but then I saw this blog post early in July. It is a gooseberry cordial! I immediately went home to my parents and robbed their gooseberry bush.(I asked first. Or maybe said – I will drop by to get your gooseberries. Either way, I informed.)
The difference from last summer, I had less berries so I didn’t bother bringing the steamer to make this. That means, it is a simpler and easier process. And less to clean up.
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May recipe: BBC GoodFood calendar
I originally thought that the BBC GoodFood May Calendar recipe would be perfect for when I had a friend to stay for the month – she is a pescetarian. And the recipe is called Simple Salmon with spring pasta.Unfortunately for her, the fact was that this is wrapped in prosciutto. So I ended up making it after she’d left. But, for someone who eats meat, the salmon wrapped in the prosciutto… delicious.
It was slightly more liquid than what I would have liked. If I make it again, I would probably cut down on that.
But delicious.
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April recipe: BBC GoodFood calendar
My original plan was to make all the recipes in the BBC GoodFood Calendar for 2014. I have done well so far – three meals for three months. But somehow I failed when it came to April’s recipe.
It is these Hot Cross Bun Cupcakes.
There were multiple reasons for the failure. I had a health episode the week before Easter wherein I lost all energy (the trip from my bed to the kitchen felt a mile long. It is in the next room.) and did not feel like shopping and baking.
When I went home for Easter and thought I might be able to tempt my sisters into accompanying me, I was informed that hot cross buns are not nice to eat, and that I shouldn’t make them.
And thus, the Easter is over, and any point in making the hot cross bun cupcakes is really also over for this year.
A 75% success rate in the calendar so far.