Archive for August, 2009


Effet Déclencheur

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We were shaken last night. Twice. The first time at 2AM and then two hours later !
That’s so weird to wake up with a shake…
And the roar preceding the shake is for me as impressive !
The first time it happened to us here, it was the night too and I couldn’t fall asleep afterwards. In the following morning I rushed on Internet to check.
You have to learn to live with it: Wellington is right on the edge of the fault that crosses the country from South to North…

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The shake was like a trigger.
I baked this pastry a while ago and it was time to share it with you. After all, you never know what will happen tomorrow and it would be a pity that you miss túrós táska !
Okay, just kidding…
Túrós táska is a Hungarian pastry filled with quark cheese [called túró in Hungarian], lemon zest and raisins.
My version is made with a laminated dough, a pâte à croissant to bring a bit of crisp, but usually it’s made with a brioche dough.
It’s supposed to stay sealed, but despite my egg yolk brush and my firm press on the edges the táska [bag] opened up. I should practice for that… At least, I’m happy that there was no spillage in the oven !

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Túrós Táska Printable Recipe

La suite en français…

Pure Gourmandise

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Here it comes the little round and sweet thing I promised you earlier.
A way to bring a personal touch when serving coffee.
Or wrapped in a favor box, to please someone you care – and you don’t have to wait for the end of the year for that !
Or just eat them whenever you want.
Nut and chocolate lovers, here is your simple little treat.

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All you have to do is melt in a water-bath 120g of dark chocolate. Then pour the chocolate in the bottom of a 6 silicon muffin pans. It’s important that pans are made of silicon, for an easy turning out. You wait for a while until the chocolate starts to firm up. Then you delicately place on the top nuts, sliced dry apricot, diced orange confite, dry grapes or what you fancy really and let them cool completely before turning out of the pans.
And tada ! Here you have little mendiants as we call them in French.

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Have a nice week-end !

La suite en français…

Meanwhile…

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Sometimes I feel I spend too much time in front of the computer.
I write down things to do or try and then I procrastinate…
The list is increasing and I just feel bad spending still time screening and not making things…

But last week has seen some changes. And it was all about first time.
Results were somehow encouraging, althought technique has to be perfected…
I’ve been crafting and also cooking.

As I’m still in a paper mood, I made a very first attempt at paper cutting… A humble start, stimulated by all the amazing work I discovered lately. I also used some of my paper quilling stripes and made little colourful flowers. While I have already an idea of what I want to make out of paper cutting, I’m still wondering what I will do then with my paper flowers…

Meanwhile in the kitchen, I experimented, making my own vol-au-vent cases. I have to improve for those too. However, they tasted good, filled with fresh scallops, mushrooms and creamy sauce.

And to satisfy my sweet tooth, I cooked my very first blini.
Of course, I can’t help myself and made a sweet version, topped with apple, walnut and honey. They can be served as dessert or just nibbled as an afternoon snack.

I’ll share with you very soon a little recipe. All I can say about it for now is that’s round, sweet, nutty and… not related to the treat mentioned above !

La suite en français…

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