This truly delightful, light and fruity summer dessert is a winner, with the perfect combo of a celebratory glass of champagne and lots of fresh strawberries. This version of the traditional charlotte is slightly healthier because there’s lots of fruit, a quarter of the whipping […]
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Chocolate and bergamot charlotte russe recipe
Once again the Daring Kitchen threw down the gauntlet and issued a challenge: to make a charlotte russe or royale. I accepted and threw in some bergamot extract! What’s bergamot? It’s the light spicy citrusy flavour that haunts Earl Grey tea. More about it later. […]
The raspberry, avocado mousse and pistachio verrines recipe, a water photo and thanks Mr Conticini!
What exactly is a verrine? Well, the idea is to display dishes that would normally be served on plates, in vertical and transparent containers. Like layers of trifle in a glass (verre in French). I’ve been eyeing these multilayered colourful desserts and growing ‘curioser and […]
Raspberry charlotte recipe – finally! :)
‘Where’s the recipe for that raspberry ladyfinger cake on my homepage header?’ Good question! Well, once upon a time it was on my header and requests were coming in for this pretty and absolutely delicious raspberry charlotte. I won’t even mess around to make it […]
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