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Amaretti Rocky Road (aka Strada Rocciosa)

Posted by KitchenGeek on Friday 17th Feb, 2012

While I’m not actually a huge fan of straight chocolate, I have a real thing for chocolate with stuff in it. Dairy Milk I could take or leave, but I adore Nestle Crunch – despite the fact it’s just dairy milk with a few rice crispies in it.

Which means that I love Rocky Road.

The problem is that my wife hates marshmallows and my best friend suffers from Coeliac’s. Not a great start for a dish that’s largely marshmallows and biscuits.

Then Graze.com sent me inspiration in the form of a little punnet Hazelnut Espresso – a mix of cappuccino chocolate, mini amaretti biscuits, dates and hazelnuts. Could that make rocky road…? Well, yes. Read the rest of this entry »

Gluten-Free Amaretti Biscuits

Posted by KitchenGeek on Friday 17th Feb, 2012

Amaretti biscuits - photo by me...

I have a confession to make. I like almonds. No, that’s not true – I love almonds. If someone could come up with a balanced diet that allowed me to consume nothing but almonds, amaretto and marzipan, I think I’d marry them.

Oh, and amaretti biscuits…

Amaretti biscuits cost so much, they must be a bastard to make, right? Well, I made some and put them on this site, so they can’t be that difficult, right? Read the rest of this entry »

Banana Tempura Fritters

Posted by KitchenGeek on Monday 9th Jan, 2012

What do you do when you really want hot sweet food and all your other half can offer is banana and custard? Why, you remember that you cleaned the deep fat fryer at the weekend and you go searching the Internet…

This recipe is so depressingly simple, that I actually feel guilty about posting it here. You’ll need:

  • Some bananas, cut into chunks
  • 1 cup of sifted plain flour
  • 1 cup ice cold fizzy water
  • 1 medium egg
  • A little agarve nectar or light runny honey

Now, are you ready for this horribly complicated one?

  • Set the deep fat fryer to 180c / 350f
  • Beat the egg
  • Add the water to the egg
  • Gently add the flour to the eggy water, mixing gently and not caring too much about lumpy bits
  • Once the fat is up to temperature, dip the banana bits in the batter and put them in the fryer
  • About 2 minutes later, scoop the bits out of the fryer and let them rest on kitchen paper
  • Put them in a bowl and drizzle with the agarve nectar
  • Eat…

Chocolate Chestnut Loaf

Posted by KitchenGeek on Tuesday 29th Dec, 2009

This is Christmas to me. Sod the turkey, stuffing, mince pies or Christmas pudding. Every year my grandmother would make a dozen deserts. Curd cake, lemon freezer cake (coming soon), raspberry bomb (maybe coming soon) and chocolate chestnut were my favourites… Read the rest of this entry »

Dulce de Leche Brownies

Posted by KitchenGeek on Sunday 26th Jul, 2009

Dulce de Leche brownies, by jessicafm, under Creative Commons

Dulce de Leche brownies, by jessicafm, under Creative Commons

There are times when I wonder what the hell I’m thinking. Deciding to cook a cake for the first time would be one of those times. Choosing to make it brownies would make it worse. You can guess that using a Portuguese recipe didn’t convince me it was any more sane an idea.

Still, if I can make it work, I’m guessing anyone can… Read the rest of this entry »

Lazy Cherry Granita

Posted by KitchenGeek on Friday 1st May, 2009

This is the laziest ‘recipe’ you’ll ever find here…

Take a few cups of frozen cherries and put them in a blender with a shot of Amaretto, a couple of teaspoons of ground almonds, and a little soft brown sugar (depending on how sweet the cherries are).

Blend them til it goes relatively smooth and then stick them back in the freezer for a while. Stir it a bit. Freeze it a bit longer…

Churros

Posted by KitchenGeek on Wednesday 15th Apr, 2009

Churros by Gret@Lorenz

Image by Gret@Lorenz under Creative Commons

Think of Churros as being donuts/doughnuts that have been extruded into wonderfully thing and crispy lengths instead of being dumped into the fat as a ball. It’s like comparing a french fry to a deep fried baking potato.

They’re native to most of the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world (plus Morocco), but to me they’re pure Cuba… Read the rest of this entry »