Sunday 19 August 2012

Roasted Aubergine with Fried Onion and Chopped Lemon


Aubergine, feta and lemon. Perfect – on its own or with pasta. But aubergine, feta and lemon with aromatic, caramelized onion? Interesting suggestion Yotam Ottolenghi.


Saturday 11 August 2012

Apple, Sultana and Walnut cake


Baking requires an exceptional eye. Says Marigold. I pondered this as I run up and down the stairs to check on my cake every 5 minutes. It looked golden brown and delicious, sprang back when pressed but persisted to fail the skewer test. With mighty strength, I resisted the temptation to take it out early. Apparently fruity cakes (which happen to be my favourite type of cake) are especially problematic because they take longer and cook and then carry on cooking after you take them out of the oven.