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Showing posts with label Masterchef. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Masterchef. Show all posts

Sunday, August 5, 2012

~Cook Up with Donna Hay (No 17) Red Wine Braised Beef Cheeks with Paris Mash...and Mindy's Chocolate Mousse Tart~


Last week I did another Cook Up from the donna hay magazine Issue 63 June/July 2012



Menu was Red Wine Braised Beef Cheeks with Paris Mash
I've never cooked Beef Cheeks before but they were oh so melt in the mouth tender...and cheap too!!!


Lovely thyme in the casserole...red wine...beef stock amongst other ingredients


The Parish Mash was sooooo smooth, creamy and silky
The pic above shows the dish without parsley


And we had freshly ground trio of peppercorns on ours!


We also enjoyed some Bodalla Dairy Sage and Saltbush cheese...


We all enjoy watching MasterChef  here and JoJo occassionally gets the magazine for me on one of her shopping programmes
This time I thought I would try Mindy's Chocolate Mousse Tart for Dessert


I used White Wings Gluten Free Flour for the pastry


Mr Armchair had seen this pack of Orgran Gluten Substitute and bought it for me


I've never made gluten free pastry so added the substitute to the flour and the result was that the pastry was not brittle and didn't break easily
Now I'll have to play around with it a little more


Orange Caramel on the Tart


I asked Mr Armchair to go out into the backyard (in the dark) and come back with a few mint leaves for the top as we had no basil...
He came back with Lemon Balm but hey, it still tasted good!!!




Served with Mascarpone


A delicious, delicious meal
and I don't know how Mindy made this Tart in the time allocated!!!!!!!!

Mindy's Chocolate Mousse Tart recipe over here

Irina has decided to join Vicki and I in doing a Cook Up from each issue of donna hay magazine

If anyone else would like to join us just let me know and I can put you up on my sidebar
No pressure......just cook something out of each issue and blog it!!

Bon Appetit......Dzintra

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Narooma Oyster Festival!!!

A few weeks ago we went down to the Narooma Oyster Festival...




A road had been blocked off and it was held next to the River...at Riverside Drive...

Magnificent Clydesdale horses at the gate...





There were floating sea sculptures...


And of course Oysters...
Oyster Shucking demonstrations...


Sea Scallops prepared by the Royal Australian Navy's finest Cooking Cadets...




Sacks behind the Oyster Bar...


And Australia's first Masterchef...Julie Goodwin was there promoting her book...
And here I am with Julie...a lovely lady and so down to earth!!!



And of course I had to purchase one...
I think you will love this book Micki...Micki and I are going to do a Cook Up from Julie's book sometime over the next few months!!!


Inside the cover...


And the autograph!!!



Inside the food tent there were demonstrations going on...
one of which was by Julian Lloyd, Rick Stein's Head Chef at Rick Steins's at Bannisters in Mollymook


Oysters with a (Charantay) Sausage...from memory it might have been made with Pork but not sure now...


Delicious Seafood Platter...
For more pics on the food at the Festival hop on over to my other blog My Dolce Vita...
After that we drove downtown and spotted this Hotel with a Million Dollar View at Narooma...


The view...


A slice of the cheesecake...


Rustic Potatoes...



Then off for a drive and have a look at the ocean...




And look we found this playful seal...so cute!!!
A great day...spent much of the time spent in the Food Tent!!!


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Hello, my name is Dzintra Ingrid ... have been known as Ingrid and since our Sea Change I have started to use Dzintra ... pronounced without the D ... (but still known as Ingrid, I know, it's confusing ...)

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