Well with berries as the theme for the week I decided to check out the dessert section of the bookshelf and spotted a book that came with marriage. I cannot recall seeing it before and it is called Donvier Ice Cream by Irena Chalmers. It came with...

Quince paste is such a wonderful little accompaniment to cheese, and when somebody gives you a dozen quinces, it is just the thing to cook, especially if you have a Thermomix.Quince paste used to be such a chore and fraught with dangers as the hot...

So for this week\'s theme it is soft. What is in the fridge" Grapes. OK. What recipes might use grapes" Start with Grape Bavarian Cream - that\'s the one.So who is Jane Grigson" There is some information on wikipedia here and on the pages of...

OK. This is not strictly a Thermomix recipe, but thought that I would share the concept.This is another recipe from Armando Percuoco and David Dale\'s new cookbook called

This is a recipe from Antonio Carluccio?s book ?An Invitation to Italian Cooking? (1991) Pavillion Books Ltd. The recipe came from a restaurant near Treviso in Italy.The fritole are similar to bunuelos with a dough similar to choux pastry being...

This is another recipe from Jane Lawson?s book "Cocina Nueva". ( Now also in paperback). It reminds me of a Charlie Trotter dessert with melon soup with mousse and fruit, but is much simpler to complete and the taste and appearance are superb.It...

"Nigella Christmas" by the kitchen goddess (and published in 2008 by Random House), but it does have some great recipes and ideas for Christmas entertaining.Something that appealed was an eggnog syllabub on page 27. One problem was that there is...

Well sweet was the theme and as I love making custards in the Thermomix Varoma (steaming attachment) and mangoes are very plentiful at present, steamed mango custards it was for me.The book that inspired me was ?Belle Cuisine, The international...

OK, so it is not mind shattering and it is not really a berry recipe as such but I was looking through recipes and saw a Tivoli aux fraises recipe. It has Kirsch jelly, Bavarian cream, strawberry purée, strawberries, kirsch, maraschino and Chantilly...

searching in the Amazon link.Despite not being thorough in the explanations and testing, there are many interesting recipes and anecdotes including the time she prepared sea bass for Pablo Picasso.It has loads of great ideas and thinking about the...

This is the only cooking class that Ben Shewry from Attica Restaurant in Ripponlea is giving in Australia this year. So I felt very privileged to be in a small class of 16 at Tony Tan\'s unlimited Cuisine Co last night.Life has become very busy,...

So, with berries as the theme and blueberries in the fridge, I turned to Lynne Mullins? book

Well, yes, it is past Christmas, but I made this from a book that I received from Santa. The book is the latest from Armando Percuoco and David Dale called

Well soft being the theme for the week, I immediately thought of otak otak. A dish that I have had a few times in various forms, but then ones that I particularly prefer are the soft, squishy ones that remind you of the texture of brains. After all,...

Oh dear - the world has ended - well nearly. The Forumthermomix site has had some problems and the owners of the site are hopefully sorting it out - it should be back up and running.I was able to login earlier today and so know that it is all there...

So, the last of ?sweet? week. I was presented with two large zucchini that had escaped the attention of one of my colleague?s mothers in her zucchini patch.I remembered having made zucchini cake many years ago and hunted down the recipe. It was in...

OK, so this is soooooo late. I made it and took photos in January, but just never got around to posting it. A message from Tenina reminded me that I needed to get off my proverbial and get the blog active again.Chilled Pea and Mint...

Well with the Cookbook Challenge in mind I decided to go through a few cookbooks and look at Christmas Pudding recipes.The book that I found some most interesting information in was "Complete Book of Desserts", published by the International...

Well there were still grapes in the fridge and so what to do. Many years ago I recall watching a cooking program that I was sure was The de Medici Kitchen and there was a description of a flat-bread being made at harvest time stuffed and topped with...

Once I had made junket the next simple step was to make fromage frais by gently cutting the junket into chunks and allowing it to drain through muslin.In 1996 I was fortunate to be at a class at Sunnybrae Restaurant given by Richard Thomas on...

This sweet little number comes from Allan Campion and Michele Curtis? book ?In The Kitchen?. This cookbook has a wealth of (over 1000) very tasty recipes presented in easy to understand format, using readily available ingredients.I have made many...

Tonight was a great class at Savour School with Janice Wong from 2am : dessertbar in Singapore.I am not much of a dessert fan, but this was really an interesting exercise. There were many fascinating techniques and ingredients used to effortlessly...

This recipe comes from the book ?A Passion for Fruit? by Lorzenza de?Medici. Similar to Lynne Mullins? book ?produce?, it has chapters on each fruit with an introduction and then some recipes.There are many recipes for various berries, but one that...

With soft as the theme for the week I just had to put in a custard. This was inspired by my meal at Ristorante Cracco earlier in the year. Carlo Cracco uses sea urchins (ricci di mare) in many of his dishes, including this beef kidneys with sea...

Last night I attended a fantastic class at Tony Tan\'s Unlimited Cuisine in Toorak with Nic Poelaert from Embrasse (not pronounced Embrace - but like this ) in Carlton.I will fill in more details later, but just needed to post the photos before I...