Monday, August 1, 2011

Lemon curd ice cream

When we were in Ireland, we went to the most gorgeous little ice cream shop, Murphy's.

While there, I noticed that they had a recipe book.

Although I didn't buy it at the time, I kept it in mind, and eventually bought it off Amazon.

I don't make ice cream often though, and while I drooled over the book, I didn't make anything out of it. Until I found myself once again with left over egg yolks, along with a pile of lemons.

And I just had to make Lemon Curd Ice Cream.

I love the subtle colouring and the divine taste.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Dietary Requirements

Gluten free. Dairy free. And still delicious!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Lemon Butter

More than most people I know, I am a creature of habit. This meant Vegemite on almost every school lunch through 12 years of schooling (yes, I know it's usually 13, and yes, I did finish school)

Only one thing could break this monotony - Marnie's Lemon Butter. Marnie was my paternal grandmother and a great one for making preserves - jams, tomato sauce and my beloved lemon butter.
Unfortunately, Marnie died several years ago now, and it had been years before that that she had made lemon butter. So with bowls of lemons sitting on my kitchen bench, I finally gave in and made some myself.
Hopefully, it tastes as good as it looks!

Monday, July 11, 2011

What do you do...


when you have 4 left over egg yolks? Make ice cream, of course!

Whoopie!

Pies, that is. Or cakes. Whatever you want to call them, I simply had to try making them. So, of course, I bought a book. Then I got baking. 
I thought I'd try the original style first. Chocolate is always a safe bet.

I even made the marshmallow creme filling. That was a bit more of a problem. It was too runny to begin with, and despite the recipe offering golden syrup as an option, I'm pretty sure that 'light corn syrup' is actually glucose syrup. It tastes good anyway, and a bit more beating improved the consistency.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

In which she completes her knitting.

Finally, after months and quite a few 'fix please' moments, I finished knitting my scarf.

You know, I just might stick with this knitting thing!

Monday, June 27, 2011

It worked!

The dresses worked out,

  the colour scheme was perfect,
 and I am married!