Easy Recipes for Home Cooks
I was in London a few years back to visit my daughter, who was lonely and homesick and pining for home. And who can blame her? It was her first posting overseas and her first time of being away from home for an extended period. It was also the middle […]
Pine nuts have a distinctive sweet nutty taste and they are used in many savoury and sweet preparations such as pesto and here as a the crunchy topping for the Italian sweets called Pignoli Pine Nut and Almond Cookies. As they are prepared with almond flour, these treats are gluten […]
This French Apple Tart is also known by it’s fancy sounding name as Apple Galette. It’s one of those things that look complicated but is actually easy enough to do. So if you are a budding baker or you are a seasoned but lazy baker like me, then this is […]
There’s a small “blink and you miss it” Vietnamese café style restaurant in the heart of Marrickville that serves the most delicious Vietnamese street food this side of Sydney. It has an un assuming shop front with simple signage. However, you’ll know that there’s deliciousness inside from the smell wafting […]
A tea cake, doesn’t necessarily have to contain tea – they can be any small cake, cookies or sweets served with tea. However, this Earl Grey Tea Cake certainly does! It is moist from yoghurt and full of zesty citrus flavours from the Bergamot in the tea leaves and the […]
I’ve never been a ruffle kind of girl, even when I was younger. I’ve always preferred no frills, but for this Ruffled Custard Pie, I will make an exception. This is inspired by Galatopita, a Custard Pie originally from Greece and Patsavouropita , (Rag Pie) and which has been happily […]