Wishing you all a very Happy Easter. Whether you’re chowing down on chocolate eggs, going on an egg hunt or enjoying a more savoury approach – hope its increggible!
Still looking for ideas? I highly recommend Louise Carter’s blog post on http://besthomechef.com.au/blog/how-to-make-easter-eggs/
Many Thanks to www.vacationingwithkids.com for this great picture.
Searching for new recipes is one of my all time favourite things to pass the time, actually finding something and making it is a rare occurrence.
Its easy to find reasons not to make something: not enough time; don’t want to have to go out to buy the ingredients; sounds laborious etc. Generally it boils down to laziness…not this time though!
Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for Gougéres sounded delicious, worth the effort and I already had the ingredients in my kitchen! The use of 5 eggs makes it an ideal feature for this blog. I also like that Dorie is an expat who has been asked for her recipe of a French dish! You can find the recipe by clicking this link:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Gougeres-361149
In the new house, we haven’t quite stocked up on kitchen things so I tried out two batches of Gougéres. The first batch were baked on a roasting tray and had a choux pastry texture – 7/10.
The second lot of Gougéres were baked in a muffin tin and although they rose nicely, it didn’t last too long out of the heat. They had more of a spongey texture – 6/10.
Highly recommended recipe!
Picture yourself on a sunny Sunday, somewhat fatigued from a great Saturday evening at a food and wine show. On top of that, you’ve been lugging bags to your new home. This may lead to some prepared food shopping and for me, that meant quiche.
I went for the Hegy’s Leek and Bacon quiche.
It takes roughly half an hour to heat before you can tuck in. Paired with a crunchy fennel and red pepper salad it went down a treat.
6/10 Good hot or cold, simple and tasty.
So Berlusconi is back baby! Yep, that’s right the ever-so upright politician has returned to the political stage, only to have his car egged as he arrived at the Democratic Party head quarters. Eggs are literally everywhere, though I think it’s a terrible waste to throw them…however important your political statement may be.
Sunday was the morning after the night before and we needed sustenance. A trip to the mall brought home a whole lot of tasty ingredients. What followed was mega brunch.
My contribution was eggs, naturally; and some toasted quinoa. As an egg critic I would not have scored my own eggs that highly, the whites really could have been cooked for longer, but the each and every yolk was spot on – warm and runny. The quinoa was pretty good too, though it took a bit longer to cook than expected.
This is the list of available brunch items:
5/10 on my eggs – the yolks are very important but if the whites are not right its hard to claw back any marks.
The second day in Sydney, which was the second of January, started with Venetian Eggs. One of my hosts cooked up a storm in the kitchen with poached eggs on toast. Not only was it an excellent start after the weird hangover-like jetlag from the day before, it was also eaten in the sunshine with friends in Fairlight.
Venetia’s breakfast consisted of
All of this was lightly seasoned just before consumption began and accompanied with a glass of cold orange juice.
8/10
Eggs in Oz 