I made this for dinner on Tuesday night. Typically, I forgot to take a photo, but thought you might enjoy the recipe.
I used the pumpkin puree leftover from making the pumpkin pies.
Serves 4-5
Ingredients:
60g butter
4tbsp plain flour
2 rounded teaspoons wholegrain mustard
500ml milk
salt, pepper, nutmeg
125g grated tasty cheese (I use Coon, but whatever you prefer)
1tbsp grated parmesan
1 1/2 cups (approx.) pumpkin puree
Method:
Melt butter, then stir in flour. Stir for 1 minute without browning. Stir in mustard.
Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Stir until it boils and thickens.
Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Stir in cheese until melted.
Stir in pumpkin.
Notes:
This is still experimental, and I think it's missing something. If anyone can tell me what that is, I'd appreciate it.
Pumpkin puree is made according to instructions on Martha Stewart's website. I was going to link to it, but it's not working right now. Basically roast about 750g pumpkin in one piece until it's really soft, skin it, and run through the food processor or blender. I have also used homemade pumpkin soup instead of puree.
From the pet chooks we picked up yesterday. These first two are Andrew's and so he has named them.
Meet Lenard...
And Nando...
I found the kit for this bag for half price last year. I soon decided that it was perfect for Sal's birthday present. Putting it together had some challenges - the instructions weren't all that clear - but it wasn't too hard.
And in the end, I was able to give my friend this gorgeous bag.
Yule has come and gone for another year, and sadly, I forgot to take any photos of a wonderful night. I did, however, manage to take photos of the invitations. I love to send out formal invitations to events as I think it's more exciting to receive something in your letter box than your email. Sadly, this year, some took the long way through our postal system. Hopefully, next year will be better.
A while ago, the lovely Erin at Purple Frangipani posted about Ottobre Design. I checked it out, drooled over the gorgeous designs, then forgot about it. Then when I was preparing for the Chestnut Festival, and looking for boys patterns, I found Ottobre again. Each issue contains around 40 (or more!) fantastic kids (and some adults) designs, and costs less than A$20. So I bought two (and Jill bought one of the women's issues) I haven't actually used any of the patterns yet, but I love looking through them and am looking forward to getting some more issues. I'm even thinking of subscribing.
I've been experimenting with the jam cookie recipe. Adding jam after baking leads to soggy cookies, but it's tricky to judge how much jam to use before baking. This batch was about right. And I remembered my grandmother's trick for using up left over dough/pastry - little jam pasties.
