Tag: Milk
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Mrs Rawnsley’s Sponge Cake
Discovering history through an old recipe book Who is Mrs Rawnsley? Where did she get this recipe for sponge cake from? Did she make it up herself? Did she get it from a friend or a neighbour? These are questions that I’d love to have the answer to, but unless one of Mrs…
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Marocchino: A Frothy Chocolate And Coffee Delight!
The marocchino: a coffee, hot chocolate and foamy milk delight. As I promised you in my last post, here is one of my favourite coffee and hot chocolate combinations to come out of an Italian bar: the marocchino. I’m sorry this post took a little while to get to you: with two…
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Russian Fudge From New Zealand
The international history behind Russian fudge When I was a kid, my mother used to make fudge often for us. As we got older, fudge was one of our favourite things to help her cook on a rainy weekend when there was no chance to go outside to slide around in rivers and…
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Red Pepper Flan with Anchovy Sauce
Excuses and Anchovies I know it’s been quiet for a couple of weeks. Sorry about that. Thanks to two weeks of school holidays in which there were sick kids, one after the other, just to make sure we spent the whole first week at home, then a week of holidays in Italy, I…
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Spinach and Ricotta Self-Crusting Mini-Quiches
Even spinach haters like these Spinach is one of those poor maligned vegetables that everyone loves to hate, but happily eats when it’s mixed in with other ingredients, such as eggs or cheese. Even my kids, who vow and declare that they detest spinach, gobble it up when it’s “hidden”. I put…
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Goat Cheese and Pistachio Souffle
Souffles are not as hard to make as they seem Now, don’t let the fact that there is the word “souffle” in the title scare you off. Souffles have an undeserved reputation (along with sponge cakes and meringues) of being difficult, if not impossible to make at home unless you are some kind…
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Dutch Pancakes with Bacon (Pannekoeken)
Discovering delicious food in Amsterdam Yes, you’re completely right, this is NOT an Italian recipe. Every now and then it’s good to mix it up a little! This is a recipe for Dutch pannekoeken (pancakes) with bacon. You don’t actually need to eat them with bacon. You can have them with cheese,…
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Emma’s Date Scones
A short introduction I’m back! I’m sorry I’ve been away for so long, but the Summer got a little bit crazy! I had lots of fun in Italy in the Dolomiti mountains, which I’ll be writing about in the coming weeks, but for now, I wanted to start off the “beginning of the year”…
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Zucchini and Spring Onion Fritters
What to do with all those zucchini Zucchini, zucchini everywhere and not a recipe in sight……or is there? My kids and I grew zucchini plants from seed this year. They’ve taken a while as the weather’s been all over the place, acting like a teenage girl who doesn’t know what to wear on…
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Strawberry Tart with Italian Crema
A hankering for strawberry tart Strawberries are everywhere right now, except in my garden. At the moment I have lots of plants, some of which have flowers, but nary a strawberry in sight. I’m hoping that they’re just being coy and will start popping out strawberries galore at any time now. As soon…
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Artichoke Flan With Fontina Cheese Sauce
My love-hate affair with artichokes It’s coming into artichoke season! I have a love/hate relationship with artichokes. I love to eat them but hate dealing with them: from the minute I pick them up at the market and they prick me with their nasty thorns, to the time when I’m trying to pull…
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Banana Cake
Banana cake is my favourite! What’s yours? I figured that I’ve been giving Italian recipes a pretty good run on my blog, so now it’s time to add a few from New Zealand to balance the “Kiwi” bit of “Italian Kiwi”. The first recipe I want to share with you is one which…
