Jolly Good! Or is it Jelly Good?
Jazzing up an old Maharashtrian Classic dessert!!!
Power of Garnish – Oven-dried Orange Slices
Garnish is such an important part of any food dish be it a salad, side, main course or dessert. Garnish is an edible embellishment used to bring out the beauty of a food item, savoury or sweet. How much ever would one say that it is the taste that ultimately matters, magic really happens when we use the entire spectrum of our senses and sight is one of the important ones. You can see that a lot of times this garnish is the difference that takes the dish from routine to five star category. Such is the power of garnish!
Continue reading “Power of Garnish – Oven-dried Orange Slices”The proof of the pudding …
“Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane and hands busy”, said Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. And I have found so much deeper meaning and truth in this while the whole world has been in lockdown due to the Covid 19 epidemic. I have been going back to so many old recipes and cooking or baking them not only because I consider working in the kitchen therapeutic, but also because these dishes have been our comfort food in these taxing and high tension times.
One such recipe is the good old bread and butter pudding which never fails to satisfy the sweet cravings. Continue reading “The proof of the pudding …”
Chocolate Orange Truffles
Anything is good if it is made of chocolate ! And what if it is chocolate itself? Well here is a yummy recipe for dark chocolate truffles. I am using dark chocolate compound and I have paired the chocolate with orange, of course my favourite combination -:) What makes these truffles even better is the use of orange liqueur like cointreau. Continue reading “Chocolate Orange Truffles”
