Category: Cooking
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YAY, IT’S BACK!
Cake It To The Limit: Play it again, Sam – Seeing a post from “Cake it to the Limit” pop up in my RSS reader was just the best gift ever on a Monday. Love it!
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Paleo spaghetti and meatballs. Yum!
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Someone’s birthday is tomorrow…
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Naked salmon burger with sriracha mayo, broccoli slaw, and kale chips. #healthy
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Sunday roast. Lamb shoulder, carrots, and sprouts courtesy of the Snook; brown butter cornbread courtesy of me and my cast iron skillet!
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Caramelized Garlic Tart
So today was Zena’s birthday tea party, and I volunteered to bring a savoury quiche of some sort. I settled on Martha’s Caramelized Garlic Tart*. I used frozen puff pastry, but the rest was all from scratch. My tart pan isn’t as big as the one specified, so I actually made two smaller tarts (keeping the more rustic one pictured for the Snook). It involved three full heads of garlic, and we used the metal bowl trick to peel them in less than a minute. For the cheese, I used a goat’s chevre and then a normal gouda (since I couldn’t easily find goat’s gouda). I subbed in sour cream for the crème fraîche (because it’s the same thing for twice the price, Martha). The tart was a massive hit! Everybody loved it and asked for the recipe, so here I am blogging it. Definitely a lovely and not-too-difficult one for a brunch or party.
* Unbeknownst to me, the recipe wasn’t actually written by Martha. Instead it’s by chef Yotam Ottolenghi, who also came up with the beautiful caramel macadamia cheesecake that Fiona made for the party. Clearly, I need this dude’s cookbook.
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It’s Korean New Year too. Saehae bok mani badeuseyo!
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Drool.
Poutine Poppers (Cheese-Stuffed Potato Bites With Brown Gravy) – I’m going to a lunchtime potluck tomorrow and I’m so, so tempted to bring these. But yeah, deep-frying in someone else’s house is probably more trouble than it’s worth. So I’ll just sit here and drool.
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My first ever attempt at making japchae! Only followed 60% of recipe though; threw in all the leftover veg in the fridge. It’s yummy.