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05/06/2012 10:06

Pastry Course at Richard Bertinet

Myself and Nigel went to Bath in the UK last week to do a pastry course with the great Richard Bertinet.  Nigel had previously completed the five day bread course and was evangelical about Richard's techniques. Although I would call myself reasonably competent, I picked up so many tips and...

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28/02/2012 12:49

Sunday night Dinner

I entered the #SundayCookOff on Twitter this week for a bit of fun.  You have to tweet the judge pics of what you are cooking and then he judges compared to all the other entries. For starter I roasted some beetroot with garlic, olive oil and a dribble of Balsamic vinegar for 2 hours in...

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22/02/2012 12:10

PANCAKE TUESDAY

As it was Pancake Tuesday, and I just LOVE pancakes I decided to go all out and make savoury and TWO types of sweet pancake, with various fillings/ toppings. The Ricotta and Spinach Pancakes were a huge success. The pancake batter I let rest for an hour before cooking them, I feel this...

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07/02/2012 12:12

Salted Caramel Millionnaires

I decided to expand my chocolate millionnaire repetoire, and below are the pictures! I will post the recipe in the coming days xx Salted Caramel in the making Chocolate layer going on  

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01/02/2012 11:32

"love"ly Chocolate pudding for Valentine's Day

130g Dark Chocolate 125g butter 3 large eggs 150g caster sugar 35g plain flour Melt Butter & Chocolate slowly,  in a bowl over a pan of hot water, make sure not to let the bottom of the bowl touch the water. Whisk eggs sugar and flour until just blended, add chocolate and...

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15/11/2011 11:15

Looking forward to cooking in Fenn's Quay next week.

follow thourgh to this link for more info... https://fqchefess.blogspot.com/2011/10/chef-de-jour-f-fenns-quay-restaurant.html?spref=fb

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22/10/2011 16:56

Review of the Riverbank Hotel Restaurant, Wexford

I had a very accpetable lunch here on a Friday while waiting for a friend.  There is good parking across the road, and the hotel entrance is very difficult to find.  The staff were in the midlle of decorating for halloween and it looked like it was going to be fabulous.  The bar...

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17/10/2011 11:31

New yummy Bread & Butter Pudding

Made delicious caramel & chocolate Bread & Butter Pudding.  Pics under the photos page. Highly recommend it! Will post recipe in the next day or so Jen x

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01/09/2011 10:23

Belly of Pork- Yum

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21/04/2011 13:28

Just Do It!

  Just Do It!   This is more of a pep talk to myself, rather than a blog to the world. However you may benefit from my ramblings! I think the hardest thing to overcome in life is irrational fear. Irrational fear is typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, thus...

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