Taste-and-Treats on the West Coast

Beetroot Mousse December 7, 2011 in Uncategorized 2 Comments » Tags: beetroot , mousse , verrine Last night I hosted another dinner for 14 Americans and as a couple of them were vegetarians I did not do my normal “fishy” sort of starter. I am currently reading loads of recipes on verrines from books a friend of mine lent me… Oh so many incredible variations are there and all are easy to make and delicious. What appeals to me particularly is that the quantities are small, basically just a taste and not any more these huge quantities of food from yesteryear… Look at these awesome colours !! Ingredients: (for about 10 smallish glasses/portions) 1 pkt Beetroot ( about 8 pieces) 1 tub Creme Fraiche 1 tub Cream Cheese Juice of 1 lemon Salt & pepper Boil the beetroot the night before. Peel and cut into quarters. In liquidizer mix beetroot, creme fraiche and cream cheese to a smooth consistency. Add lemon, salt and pepper… and that’s it ! Let is go very cold in th

Pizza at Home December 3, 2011 in Uncategorized No Comments » A couple of months ago my son was asked by an old friend of mine to do a promotional dvd for his new Earthfire pizza oven that is now also available at Yuppie Chef . They decided that my home is the right place to film it and many hours and many pizzas later I was hooked and bought this amazing contraption and have never bought a pizza again from anywhere else!… It is so easy and quick and I think the best and cheapest fun way to entertain during this time of the darn recession !!! So today is another one of those days that boys have invited their mates to come and “do” pizzas. I agreed to make the tomato base with those lovely fresh herbs from my garden and also supplied the pizza topping for the Dessert Pizza : Ingredients for Dessert Pizza: Sliced banana ; pieces of Camambert, chopped walnuts, dabs of sweet chilli sauce, NOMU chocolate sprinkles :) totally awesome ! To see just how easy it is to