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Prune & ‘Cognac’ Tart

by Trish on July 18, 2010

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A dish made famous by many people and is a match made in heaven, just like ricotta and honey, sage and burnt butter, mushrooms and thyme, it just works…..well the match actually is Prune and Armagnac, but when you only need a couple of tablespoons, you make use of what you have instead of buying [...]

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Spiced apple muffins with browned butter

by Trish on April 24, 2010

I was dying to cook this morning as it feels like it has been an eternity. Muffins, what could be easier I thought, but when I looked at the fruit bowl my hopes sunk as there was not much there, 2 not quite ripe bananas, one lemon and a whole bag of apples……hmmmm I had [...]

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Apricot and Necterine Tart

by Trish on November 21, 2009

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I noticed an abundance of fruit in my fridge recently and what better than to do a fresh fruit tart, to get away from the heaviness and slightly more glutinousness of chocolate and caramel.
I love making pastry, I just wish I could figure out my oven. Why does there need to be so many different [...]

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A night of nibblies

by Trish on July 27, 2009

After getting back from overseas, you settle in (in my case….to winter), get over jet lag, go back to work to pay off your debt from either buying too many things or paying for the extra luggage, and then……………become depressed that you are back to your old life.
Of course one good thing about being back [...]

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Figo Tart

by Trish on July 5, 2009

So I have already learnt from Nonna, but now I wanted to cook for my friend, Gaetano and his family before I left to thank them for taking me in for the week. I was inspired to use the local produce after yesterday’s trip to Gaetano’s Great Uncle’s farm and seeing the fantastic quality of [...]

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