Calendar

February 2012
M T W T F S S
« Jan    
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
272829  

Archives

Twittering tummyrumbles

Victorian Producers Market

Melbourne is practically buzzing in Commonwealth Games frenzy, offering a plethora of things to do and places to see. Festival Melbourne2006 showcases non-stop music, circus acts, street theatre, visual arts and of course, food and wine events. And the best part is that most of it is free.

Today I swung by the Victorian [...]

Written by mellie on March 22nd, 2006 | Tags: | 4 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Kitschy Monte Carlo Biscuits

I made a batch of retro Monte Carlo’s for the Biscuit of the Day at work. They were sold out by midday and were very well received. They are super easy to make, and the biscuit base can be frozen in log form and sliced/baked/jam’d/iced as required. The biscuit really benefits from a [...]

Written by mellie on March 17th, 2006 | Tags: | One comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Mocha Cookies

These biscuits are an adult flavoured cookie with fresh coffee grounds, cinnamon and dark chocolate. Cookies can be chocolate dipped, but I thought a good crust of cinnamon caster sugar prior to baking would add a satisfying crunch – similar to a Nice biscuit.

Mocha Cookies1 cup sugar1 cup softened butter1 tablespoon milk1 [...]

Written by mellie on March 7th, 2006 | Tags: | 2 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Cherry & Pistachio Biscuit Slice

My Biscuit of the Day was an adapted Donna Hay recipe. The original recipe called for cranberries, but with none in the stock room, glace cherries made a suitable substitution. The glace cherries are extremely sweet, and next time I would reduce the quantity by a third if I made them again. Otherwise [...]

Written by mellie on March 3rd, 2006 | Tags: | 2 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Choux By Two

One of my tasks today was to make Choux Puffs / Profiteroles. My first attempt was a spectacular failure (see exhibit A), which only proves that one should know the theory and never trust blindly in a recipe. I won’t write the recipe here as I work in large quantities. But a scaled [...]

Written by mellie on March 2nd, 2006 | Tags: | One comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post
Page 10 of 11« First...67891011