The humble peach. After cherries, I would consider the peach as one of my favourite stone fruits on the market. My preference leaning towards the beautiful rose blush of the white peach, but I'll still gobble down a yellow peach just as fast.
One of my favourite ways of eating peaches (well, most fruit actually, and to be honest, I did look at the manky banana sitting in my fruit bowl wondering how it might turn out) is poached. It really doesn't get any simpler than that! A couple of ingredients and you can turn humble piece of fruit into something drool worthy.
So for this weeks challenge, I give you the simple poached peach.....
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A cookbook writer that truly surprised me (in a good way) is Sophie Dahl. If you're around my age, you will remember Sophie as being the +size model from England who caused a stir on catwalks all over the world.
She now has two cookbooks on the market. Both of which I have, and both of which I love. Her recipes are lovely, simple and straightforward and quoting straight from the horses mouth, she is someone "who likes to cook and then write about what she's cooked, not a chef or a teacher."
I like that. It sounds like me.
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What fun!
I've just joined a new little cooking club called the Secret Recipe Club, and today is my first "reveal" day.
This club is a little different from the norm, in that you are secretly assigned a different club members blog each month and you are to re-create one of their recipes ready to be revealed all at once on the same day.
I was a little apprehensive at first - What if I didn't like any of the recipes on their blog? What if I didn't like their style of food? During this process I've discovered I'm a little bit precious! I soon got over myself.
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With what seemed like hundreds of egg whites sitting in my freezer and a picnic to plan for, I couldn't think of anything more appropriate to make than the humble French friand, especially as it was for the So Frenchy So Chic in the Park picnic (see post here)
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There seems to be a theme developing in this little challenge of mine. Completely unintentional of course, although I'm sure my sub-conscious has been planning this all along.
Have you noticed?
Without meaning to, everything I've cooked so far seems to have some link to France. Hmmm...wonder why that is......
You guessed it. This week's contribution is no exception.
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I'm smitten!
And my crush is the little cookbook Santa brought me called The Little Paris Kitchen by Rachel Khoo. I know I've only recently posted about Rachel's cookbook, but this is what happens to me when I get a crush (some may call it being obsessed). I want to try making everything from cover to cover, and so far I seem to be on track.
Presenting recipe #2 in the 2013 Cookbook Challenge:
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