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Feb 9, 2023

Apple Pectin Panna Cotta with Apple Sauce

I started making my own apple pectin last year, and have used it a couple of times for jellies (like my Lemon and Ginger Chilli Jelly)....

Jan 17, 2023

Cream Cheese - A Lesson in Failure

Making bagels (Maple Walnut Bagels and Almond Cranberry Bagels among others), it seemed logical to make cream cheese to go with it. The...

Jan 12, 2023

Creamy Lemon Pasta

Or is it Lemony Cream Pasta? Working with what we had in the fridge, this is what came out. We have a teething baby (why already at 10...

Oct 16, 2022

Clotted cream

I first encountered clotted cream on a trip to Cornwall with my dad when I was 8, and I loved it. Living in Switzerland, it is...

Feb 10, 2022

Fruit and Cream with a White Balsamic Drizzle

I suggest calling this a Coupe Raisa, because we have been watching more Star Trek, and that is the ultimate vacation spot in the...

Aug 22, 2021

Croûte aux Chanterelles

Baskets of chanterelles are available in the store again! This is very important news, which is why I'm bothering telling you so. One of...

Aug 3, 2021

Salted Caramel Ice Cream

From somewhere came the idea of trying a Salted Caramel Ice Cream recipe, and then on Binging with Babish I saw a trick for making Dulce...

Aug 1, 2021

First Forays into Cultured Cheese: Cream Cheese and Halloumi

Moving forward with my cheese making turned out to be something of a challenge. Despite Switzerland being a cheese-making country (like...

Jun 29, 2021

Lemon Syllabub and Blueberries with Lemon Cupcakes

I wanted to try out an idea my sister had had recently in using syllabub - an 18th century cream and wine based dessert - instead of...

May 23, 2021

Panna Cotta with a Lemon Rind Drizzle

I started out by trying to make candied lemon rind in the same way that I've been making candied orange peel. I used a little more sugar...

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