The Cookbook Challenge Week 22: Prawn Ravioli with Sauce Vierge

Cookbook Challenge Theme: Red
I am way behind with the Cookbook Challenge. Each week rolls around too quickly and I have been too busy to give much thought to the Cookbook Challenge. I have half-heartedly attempted to complete week 22 theme of “red” by using a recipe with red tomatoes. I have omitted a couple of [...]

Anzac Biscuits

On Sunday is Anzac Day. To commemorate this important day in Australian history, we baked a batch of these iconic Anzac biscuits.
Anzac Biscuits
Makes about 20
Ingredients
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup plain flour
3/4 cup desiccated coconut
1/2 cup caster sugar
125g butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tablespoon boling water
Method
Preheat oven to 160°C.
In a large bowl, combine [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 20: Sticky Orange and Vanilla Upside-down Cake

Theme: Tangy
I love anything citrus. I decided to make the orange upside-down cake for this week’s Cookbook Challenge theme of “tangy”, as I couldn’t resist the look of the caramelised oranges on the cake.

The sweet, tangy, vanilla, citrusy, caramelised oranges is the star of this cake. I thought using two oranges was too much and [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 19: Tomato Risotto with Mussels

Theme: Rice
No matter how many times I’ve made a risotto, I have not been satisfied with how it turned out. My risotto always end up tasting stodgy. I use hot stock and constantly stirring and adding more stock once all the stock has been absorbed. But instead of a creamy risotto, I get really thick [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 11: French Toast With Vanilla Ricotta and Berries

Theme: Mixed
I really can’t resist when I see fresh juicy luscious berries. So naturally for this week’s theme of “mixed” I went for a mixed berry recipe. I picked the brioche french toast recipe from this month’s Delicious magazine purely based on the photo of the gorgeous plate decorated with the mouth-watering berries. The recipe [...]

Honey Almond Pastries

I have very limited experience with fillo pastry and in the past it had been very kind to me up until today. Who knew that once you defrost a packet of fillo that you can’t refreeze to use it next time (even if it’s unopened). I did exactly that and the pastry all stuck together. [...]

The Cookbook Challenge: Week 9: Berry: Strawberry Tiramisu

I’m debuting The Cookbook Challenge with a Strawbery Tiramisu. When Dave found out that the theme for The Cookbook Challenge is berry, he requested for a blueberry tiramisu that I make last week as he didn’t get to taste much of it. I went with a strawberry tiramisu instead as this was what I wanted [...]