I went for a wander through the streets of Belgravia one lunchtime last week and ended up passing by the Chocolate Society on Elizabeth Street. Walking by, it seemed like a good idea to nip inside and pick up a few goodies for Rob and myself. Lavender fondant A crisp, dark chocolate shell topped with [...]
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The Chocolate Society Chocolates
Posted in Desserts, tagged chocolate, chocolates, review, The Chocolate Society on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Berries with Meringues
Posted in Desserts, tagged berries, blackcurrants, clotted cream, dessert, eton mess, meringue, pudding, recipe, redcurrants, star anise, strawberries on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you read yesterday’s making meringues post, you’ll know that we had a dessert that included meringue, redcurrants and blackcurrants that was inspired by something we found in the weekend’s Observer Food Monthly. Here it is: Berries with Meringues Serves 2 Prep time: 15 mins (+ 1 hour cooling/steeping) 75g blackcurrants 75g redcurrants 150g strawberries [...]
Making Meringues – Take One
Posted in Baking, Desserts, tagged Baking, egg whites, meringue on July 19, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Ted spotted a rather yummy looking dessert in today’s Observer Food Monthly that would work well with some redcurrants and blackcurrants that we picked up yesterday. I’m not going to give much more away about it just yet as we’ll save it for tomorrow’s post, but what I will tell you is that it involves [...]
Melon and Pomegranate Salad
Posted in Desserts, tagged dessert, fruit salad, how-to, light, lime, melon, orange, pomegranate, pomegranate seeds, recipe, refreshing on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had a small melon still in the fridge from our Abel & Cole delivery that, over a week on, was starting to look a little sorry for itself. It stuck in the back of my mind as we were doing our weekly shop this afternoon when I spotted some enormous pomegranates (about the size [...]
