Eurydice's Reviews
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Delicious (Australia)
(June, 2002)
Pear-shaped pies that are relatively quick to make. Each pear has an almond/brandy filling and is wrapped in puff pastry. The poaching liquid for the pears is reduced to make a sauce.
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These are to die for, and instantly became a favourite at our place. You can hand whip them up in no time and they bake in just 15 minutes. All they need is a few raspberries scattered around.
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How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
By Nigella Lawson
Chatto & Windus - 2003
My favourite gingerbread so far, and quite easy. When I made it I had no golden syrup, but don't think it needed it as it seemed sweet enough.
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My favourite banana bread. I think it's the sultanas, or maybe the rum!
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Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible
By Madhur Jaffrey
Ebury Press - 2003
Very nice, and half the suggested amount of cayenne pepper was plenty.
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I still prefer the yoghurt and tomato to be part of separate side dishes for an Indian meal.
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We loved this, even using a relatively inexpensive frozen fish fillet. The secret is to use Madhur's own red curry paste.
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This was surprisingly quick and easy, and I'll never need to grumble again how the commercial pastes seem to be mostly salt and/or sugar. I used only a small fraction of the chilli and paprika suggested by Madhur, in order to let the other beautifully fragrant Thai flavours come into their own. I substituted ginger for the galangal, but there's no real flavour substitute for kaffir lime. Leaves worked fine in the absence of kaffir lime rind.
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Maggie's Harvest
By Maggie Beer
Michael Joseph - 2008
Ingredients include Maggie's signature verjuice and also prunes and dried apricots. I left the crusts on the bread, and can't see why she said to cut them off. None was left for another day at our place.
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Was going to give this 5 stars, as it was really delicious. However, it's a bit fiddlesome, and I'm wondering if there's a simpler but equally tasty way to combine pastry, quinces and prunes. Also if you have very large quinces, three is too many. I saved a few slices for a later quince and apple crumble.
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Maggie says she uses this pastry 99/100 times, so it ought to be good. At my first attempt (not being a natural with pastry!) I pulsed it too long past the "resembles course breadcrumbs" stage, so that when I added the sour cream it formed more of a sludge than a ball though I still managed to shape it and it tasted fine. I'll try it again and maybe review my assessment!
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Definitely a new winter favourite. I had chestnuts that needed using, so used them instead of walnuts. It's hard to imagine that it could have been better without them.
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The Naked Chef
By Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph - 1999
Sorry Jamie, I love your lamb, but this was totally forgettable!
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Excellent Winter nosh!
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I had been wary of risotto but this recipe made it seem easy. Next time I might try a mixture of mushrooms, or add dried mushrooms as well, as Jamie suggests.
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A favourite one-pot-meal for winter evenings. Has aubergines/eggplants and tomatoes as other major ingredients.
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Jamie suggests many variations of this traditional meal. The rosemary and garlic is my favourite.
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Every cookery book gives a recipe for tomato sauce, but this is the one I always use to spread over a pizza base before adding the other ingredients. The combination of tomato, olive oil, chilli, basil, garlic and oregano is perfect for the purpose, and I can avoid the sugar and salt so often added to commercial versions.
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Wok cookbook
By Charmaine Solomon
Lansdowne - 1979
One of our family favourites
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The dried mushrooms give this a delicious flavour, and the recipe is highly adaptable. Really good for the nights when nothing was planned and there's no meat in the fridge.
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Relatively quick and easy, maybe a bit bland. I'll add less of the dried herbs next time as they make it a little bitter, and maybe use parsnips instead of turnips.
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