As Delia says, the surprise is that “underneath the light sponge topping there’s a delicious pool of lemony sauce”. It would be nice served hot, or cold and always with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Month: February 2013
The Delia Project (#12): Rich Chocolate Mousse
The best thing about this recipe is that it has only two ingredients. That’s right! Chocolate and eggs. I went for a variation which includes grated orange rind and orange juice, which means it tastes almost identical to a Terry’s Chocolate Orange 🙂
The Delia Project (#11): Red Cabbage and Coriander Salad
Thankfully around this time of year there is a ton of cabbage. We order our veggies each week from a local farm and in the winter the choice pretty much revolves around cabbages, turnips, potatoes, onions and other root vegetables.
This salad was so good (and there was so much of it) that I ate it for 3 days in a row. It’s that good!
The Delia Project (#10): Crème brûlée
In this Crème brûlée recipe, the caramel is made separately and then poured over. I actually had to make the caramel twice, because the first time I used golden caster sugar and it just wouldn’t melt properly; it was about 5mm thick. The second time I used fine white sugar. I think my preference next time would be to caramelise the sugar with a blowtorch, but this is a good option for those people who don’t have one.
The Delia Project (#9): Chicken in Barbecue Sauce
We have chicken legs a lot in our house, baked simply with butter, salt and pepper. The munchkins love them. So it was nice to try something different. Thumbs up from Mum and Dad, but thumbs down from both munchkins (“too spicy!”).
The Delia Project (#8): Leek, Onion and Potato Soup
This is a recipe that can’t really go wrong. Simple ingredients including, of course, real chicken stock. I did make one substation: instead of milk, I made some almond milk by soaking almonds overnight and then whizzing them up with water and a pinch of salt. Kept my tummy happy 🙂
The Delia Project (#6 and #7): Flaky Fish Pie and Quick Flaky Pastry
This pie was a real winner with the whole family! I didn’t expect it to be; I imagined both munchkins picking out the ‘green bits’, namely the gherkins and capers. So Munchkin #2 did pick out the gherkins, but he also asked if I could make this again and gave it a thumbs up 🙂
The pastry, whilst tasty, wasn’t an overall success. I think I rolled it out too thick, as it wasn’t cooked all the way through and was a bit stodgy.
** Update: The Fish Pie was so good that I made it a second time, rolled the pastry out nice and thin – amazing!
The Delia Project (#5): Fried Cabbage with Bacon
The picture doesn’t do this dish justice, but cabbage + bacon = yum. The kids still wouldn’t try it though!
The Delia Project (#3 and #4): Simple Stroganoff with Green Winter Salad
This is exactly the sort of meal one needs in the middle of winter. Though Munchkin #2 complained about the presence of mushrooms, it seemed to go down well with everyone else. The salad dressing was a little garlicky, but that may be due to our potent garlic we have over here. I would probably use one clove instead of two next time.
Also an hour later, my body was telling me that sour cream is not its friend. So maybe next time I would substitute coconut milk.
The Delia Project (#2): Dried Fruit Salad with Yoghurt and Nuts
We ate this for breakfast. It was soooo yummy.
Eine Kugel Vanilla 