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Come cook with me; Strawberry Shortbread
04 Sunday Mar 2012
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13 Monday Feb 2012
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inI love to cook and bake, and one of the delights of my cooking was this, which is a French pastry case called Pate Sucree, filled with strawberries Chantilly cream, and then adorned with more strawberries, passion fruit and a sprig of mint. All hand made by me, the strawberries and mint from the garden, the cream made by me too, but the passion fruit was shop bought.
23 Monday Jan 2012
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inSecond recipe in the lavender range.
Ingredients
Self-raising flour, for dusting
2 teaspoons dried lavender buds
375g self-raising flour
1 tablespoon caster sugar
80g butter
250ml milk
Method
Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 15 mins | Makes 12
Although not the best photo (used my iPhone) I can truly say they are totally delicious, and I will be making more.
08 Tuesday Nov 2011
Posted Food & Drink
inI love my food, and I love to cook and bake, and anyone who knows me will confirm that.
I decided at the age of 14 that I wanted to become a chef, which came as a surprise really as both my parents were average in the cooking department, with the odd experimental flourish into Chinese cooking. However, as with a lot of things in the mind of a 14 year old boy, boredom levels increased, and with suggestions that “there is no money in catering”, I decided after passing my catering exams that it was not a career choice I was to take.
It is now 25 years after passing those exams, which were pitiful to say the least, and I am into food more than ever. One friend said that I missed my calling in life as I talk about food, and cooking with such passion. Knowing what I know now, I wish I had decided to go with my passion and become a chef. I am 42 very soon, and know that it is too late to change my career path, even though I am between jobs, which is a shame, so I look to have a career in my own kitchen, serving food to my partner, and any guests that I invite along the way.