pastry

Delicious nectarine frangipane flan

Masterchef Australia by itself is responsible for me producing a whole lot of recipes that I watched on the show. This delicious nectarine frangipane flan is one of those. Original recipe is from Maggie Beer. While Tom and I watch episode after episode of season 1 of masterchef Australia, dish after dish is whipped up [...]

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Spring rolls with smoked chicken

by Simone (junglefrog) on January 13, 2011 · 20 comments

in Appetizer, Asian, Food and Drink, Recipes

While the rain keeps pouring down outside I was very much in the mood for something that would give me a bit of a spring feeling. I mean; I don’t mind winter but the current weather is too miserable! Ofcourse I am officially not allowed to complain as we are leaving on our trip to [...]

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Delightful patisserie lesson 1

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 18, 2010 · 19 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

We first met Carle during one of our courses at the Kookstudio Amsterdam, where we were very impressed with the way he teaches. His knowledge of baking, dessert and pastry is enormous and he is very good in transferring that knowledge to other people, so when we found out that he is giving patisserie courses [...]

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Vol-au-vents: Daring Bakers september 09

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 27, 2009 · 43 comments

in Challenges, Daring Bakers, Food and Drink

With tuna

When coming back from holiday one of the first things I did was to check out the new assignment for the daring bakers. I would ofcourse have less time then the usual month, so figured I should make sure that I could do it in the time left. So when I read that we were [...]

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I had a serious amount of puff pastry left over from something I will tell you about in a few days… and I wanted to use it. I am not going in putting stuff in the freezer. I usually end up forgetting completely I ever made anything that went into the freezer. You see our [...]

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Smoked chicken & feta quiche

by Simone (junglefrog) on June 13, 2009 · 7 comments

in Current Affairs, Recipes

Smoked chicken and feta quiche

After having baked clafoutis today I figured the oven could use a little more exercise. I haven’t had a lot of time to do any cooking lately so I was quite pleased to have a weekend of joy in the kitchen. The weather was gorgeous today too, so in between baking and checking how things [...]

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