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From: Toronto, ON

Joined: October 19th, 2011


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March 14th, 2014

Silk Chocolate Cream Pie with Pecan Crust from The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: Sweetness in Seattle

This is a showstopper of a pie with rather sophisticated flavours - intense chocolate filling with salty, crunchy crust. Can't say I cared much for the crust on its own but it was a great foil, both texturally... read more >


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How to Eat: Pleasures and Principles of Good Food

By Nigella Lawson
Chatto & Windus - 1998

6th December 2012

Gigot Boulangère : page 308

This was a delicious dish of boneless leg of lamb roasted on a bed of potato slices that took very little effort. The lamb was flavoured with garlic and thyme and was quite tasty but the potatoes, layered with onions, bay leaf and thyme and roasted in stock were fantastic and stole the show.

I deviated a little from the recipe in that I used Yukon Gold not floury potatoes, didn’t par boil them and coated them lightly in olive oil instead of using butter. The lamb was quite lean so there were no drippings to speak of to further flavour the potatoes but it was very convenient to roast them together in the same pan. The occasional oven temperature adjustment and a check on the lamb for doneness was the only attention required after it was in the oven.

I can see making this dish with other meats that could roast in 1-1 ½ hours…..chicken, pork….

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25th April 2013

Warm Spinach with Lemon : page 384

This is more of an idea than an actual recipe but it’s a very good one…..adding a sprinkle of sumac or nutmeg (or both) to some sautéed fresh spinach gives it new life. But don't forget the salt and pepper.

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