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[quietlylooking]

A simple dinner.

That looks really tasty. And I like your countertop.

 

[KimGordon67]

Lemon curd & blueberry loaf cake

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/lemon-curd-blueberry-loaf-cake

Ingredients

* 175g softened butter, plus extra for greasing
* 500ml tub Greek yogurt (you need 100ml/3½ fl oz in the cake, the rest to serve)
* 300g jar good lemon curd (you need 2 tbsp in the cake, the rest to serve)
* 3 eggs
* zest and juice 1 lemon, plus extra zest to serve, if you like
* 200g self-raising flour
* 175g golden caster sugar
* 200g punnet of blueberries (you need 85g/3oz in the cake, the rest to serve)
* 140g icing sugar
* edible flowers, such as purple or yellow primroses, to serve (optional)

( I would add a pinch of salt, if the butter is unsalted.)

Method

1.Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas
Grease a 2lb loaf tin and line with a long strip of baking parchment.

Put 100g yogurt, 2 tbsp lemon curd, the softened butter, eggs, lemon zest, flour
and caster sugar into a large mixing bowl. Quickly mix with an electric whisk
until the batter just comes together. Scrape half into the prepared tin. Weigh 85g
blueberries from the punnet and sprinkle half into the tin, scrape the rest of the
batter on top, then scatter the other half of the 85g berries on top.

Bake for 1 hr 10 mins-1 hr 15 mins until golden, and a skewer poked into the
centre comes out clean.

2, Cool in the tin, then carefully lift onto a serving plate to ice. Sift the icing sugar
into a bowl and stir in enough lemon juice to make a thick, smooth icing. Spread
over the top of the cake, then decorate with lemon zest and edible flowers, if you
like. Serve in slices with extra lemon curd, Greek yogurt and blueberries.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2010

This looks good! I might make for the dessert the next time I have people over for dinner .. usually I do tiramisu, but it's nice to switch it up sometimes.

 

[KimGordon67]

Tofu and veg Thai curry ... no rice.

https://i.imgur.com/TFm4KFE.jpg?2

 

[thør]

That looks really tasty. And I like your countertop.

Azurite Granite countertop. I pressed for it in the kitchen remodel and came out a winner.

 

[adrina]

Chocolate Cake w Vanilla Gelato

https://i.imgur.com/v6yK0I1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DWUYXRk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/kB8ejWk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FwXE1Fq.jpg


Let them eat cake. With gelato.

 

[adrina]

Cantaloupe Sorbet/Italian Ice

Not sure if this is cantaloupe sorbet or Italian ice. But it is interesting.

2 pounds cut up cantaloupe

3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup water

Make simple syrup. Bring to boil. Lower temp. Simmer 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Process cantaloupe in batches in food processor to puree. I had to finish it off with the immersion blender to get it smooth enough.

Pour about half or so of simple syrup in. Taste. Should be over-sweet. Add more if needed. (I didn't.) Fridge until 40 degrees or below. Process in ice cream maker.

The mix, ready to process:

https://i.imgur.com/pdgSVKA.jpg

Just poured into ice cream maker:

https://i.imgur.com/60mEv0k.jpg

Half processed:

https://i.imgur.com/dOp1b3c.jpg

Finished processing:

https://i.imgur.com/jtAPA99.jpg

For the freezer:

https://i.imgur.com/kcMhHUi.jpg

A scoop:

https://i.imgur.com/LGjf7av.jpg


A couple things... I would actually add a bit less of the simple syrup. I added about 2/3 of what I made, but could have probably added a tablespoon or so less. I'm also curious what it will be like when it sits for a day. It's quite slushy like right now. The flavor is very intense - a little goes a long way. I'd like to try it with a berry jam as a topping or maybe some whipped cream. All in all however, it was a good way to use cantaloupe that would have gone bad before I could have eaten it all.

 

[adrina]

Crossover from Pineapple...

Marsha as pizza.

Yes I still feel tired and out of sorts, yes it took me four hours to make - lots of breaks, yes the food processor and the stand mixer did all the heavy lifting, yes the dishwasher got loaded to the gills as I wasn't handwashing a single damn thing....

and no I don't regret one moment of it.

Not even the fact that I could only eat one little strip of it. It'll be there for later tonight or tomorrow.

Marsha is a damn tasty pineapple by the way - she made one of the best ham and pineapple pizzas I've ever had.

https://i.imgur.com/Wc9QNiK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/h18Fwwa.jpg

 

[HarryHill]

I like your countertop.

Azurite Granite countertop. I pressed for it in the kitchen remodel and came out a winner.

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We all drooled over it last year.

Crossover from Pineapple...

Marsha as pizza.

Yes I still feel tired and out of sorts, yes it took me four hours to make - lots of breaks, yes the food processor and the stand mixer did all the heavy lifting, yes the dishwasher got loaded to the gills as I wasn't handwashing a single damn thing....

and no I don't regret one moment of it.

Not even the fact that I could only eat one little strip of it. It'll be there for later tonight or tomorrow.

Marsha is a damn tasty pineapple by the way - she made one of the best ham and pineapple pizzas I've ever had.

https://i.imgur.com/Wc9QNiK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/h18Fwwa.jpg

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Marsha looks pretty good naked. Probably riper than the stuff at the market.

 

[adrina]

Marsha looks pretty good naked. Probably riper than the stuff at the market.

Since she was all yellow but not yet fragrant when I picked her, she's been finishing up the ripening on the kitchen counter.

Her flavor wasn't that In Your Face pineapple strong flavor. It was more mellow. Which I thought was better.

 

[HarryHill]

Since she was all yellow but not yet fragrant when I picked her, she's been finishing up the ripening on the kitchen counter.

Her flavor wasn't that In Your Face pineapple strong flavor. It was more mellow. Which I thought was better.

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both pic's looked like gold star emergencies.

 

[adrina]

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both pic's looked like gold star emergencies.

You have lots of food emergencies.

 

[HarryHill]

You have lots of food emergencies.

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Not so much in this weather. I even turned down apple pie last week.

 

[thør]

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We all drooled over it last year.

The plate/bowl in the simple dinner photo is toast. It was made by Chef Al who taught at the UAA cooking school.

 

[adrina]

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Not so much in this weather. I even turned down apple pie last week.

That sounds very serious. Do you need to see a doctor?

 

[HarryHill]

That sounds very serious. Do you need to see a doctor?

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Ku said she was never going to make me another. :he/art:

 

[adrina]

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Ku said she was never going to make me another. :he/art:

Can you blame her? You turned down apple pie... I mean... that's just not done.

I think you had better make amends post haste if you want to get more apple pie in the future. Just sayin'.

 

[thør]

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Not so much in this weather. I even turned down apple pie last week.

Vanilla ice cream not cold enough?

 

[adrina]

Panna Cotta

The custard is made with milk, half & half, vanilla sugar, vanilla extract and gelatin.

The fruit layer is made from frozen strawberries/blackberries and gelatin.

The blackberry is better than the strawberry. But then I'm kind of a nut for blackberries.

Custard poured into cups to fridge:

https://i.imgur.com/z6qPY1x.jpg

All in the fridge after setting up:

https://i.imgur.com/oSkmvvk.jpg

Strawberry:

https://imgur.com/YV4rw7t.jpg

Blackberry:

https://imgur.com/3fH4OyH.jpg


10/10. Will do again.

 

[oggbashan]

Spotted Dick: filling and heavy on the stomach.

https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/561025d1f9a84192308aa312/master/w_1280,c_limit/103210.jpg

Back in the 1960s I had one in an Irish Restaurant. As it was served in a bowl that was inverted, it started to spread across the bowl. Each time you ate a spoonful, the Spotted Dick swelled to fill the gap. It continued swelling in my stomach...

 

[adrina]

Looks good. Can make it with coconut cream and agar agar if you don't want cow tit juice and pig's feet.

I bet coconut would be awesome. But then I'm almost as much of a coconut fan as I am a blackberry fan.

Pineapple coming up in August... I may have a plan...

 

[JohnnySavage]

Spotted Dick: filling and heavy on the stomach.

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Back in the 1960s I had one in an Irish Restaurant. As it was served in a bowl that was inverted, it started to spread across the bowl. Each time you ate a spoonful, the Spotted Dick swelled to fill the gap. It continued swelling in my stomach...

That's what she said.

 

[HarryHill]

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That looks like a four alarm emergency. Good job A.
...

 

[adrina]

Ages and ages.

A good rose season. Bumper crop. Could have harvested more but I left them for the bees.

Louis Phillippe and Mrs B R Cant have been productive.

https://i.imgur.com/PGHV3T7.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/eRs5eLs.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3unViwe.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vS77mxk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/pjVdBUV.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3ME0rJF.jpg

For the record:

About 1 and 2/3rds gallon ziploc bags of rose petals (about 10oz give or take) - 4 cups wilted w/ 1 c water
About another 1/2 cup water
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp calcium water
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 tsp pectin

 

[adrina]

Notes:

Use less rose petals. Maybe 6-7oz instead of the 9-10oz. Likely one generously full 1 gal ziploc bag of rose petals.

Keep water the same. 1 1/2 cups or so. Need more gelled medium for petals to be suspended in.

Level of sweetness. If using about 1/3 less petals, then likely need to decrease sugar to just 1 cup. Taste to adjust after boiling.

Given altered water to petal ratio, the same amount of pectin/calcium water would likely be appropriate.

(But it's still damn good.)

 

[raindancer]

I am hungry. One day, after a couple of pints, I bought this beef hot dog and pondered how a spicy dill could make my life better. The sun was blazing and the tomato was juicy. Ah, naive Summer.