I made the 'choc-topped maple honeycomb'! OMG this stuff is amazing. It all came together so well too thanks to the new natty piece of kitchen equipment I now own... a candy thermometer! I am a bit of a honeycomb lover - 'Violet Crumble' anyone? - so I was particularly excited about the idea of making my own. With the addition of a little maple syrup - cause there's just not enough sugar normally - it is super yummy!
Seriously this stuff is good - I think I am addicted ;-)
With 2 small boyos in the house, it was the perfect time to make the 'cinnamon infused hot chocolate'. With 2 small boyos in the house it was also the perfect time to forget the cinnamon part!
Both boys decided to give the cinnamon a miss, and go for the unadulterated chocolate flavour. I know, I know this means I have to make the drink again, to stick to the 'recipe unchanged rule' but that's OK too as I am sure there are others around who will be only to happy to help me out!Seamo doesn't like marshmallows so he opted for the straight choc flavour, but Finnie went the whole hog and used 3 marshmallows in his cup. As a result, Finn's was much sweeter than Seamo's but both were supremely happy ;-)
As we were having a late dinner to fit in with returning parents and plane schedules, I decided to make a 6pm appetizer to eat while Harry Potter sorted out that nasty basilisk!
'Harissa, artichoke and bocconcini bites' were the order of the day. I have been itching to make these since I first looked through the magazine, as they looked so good, and to be honest, I can't really think why I haven't already made them already! The recipe lived up to it's hype. I would definitely make these again. Perfect to have with cocktails! Seriously though, what's not to like; crusty bread topped with loads of yummy bits then finished off with grilled cheese! Seamus was a fan - except for the artichoke!
While in the cooking zone on the weekend, I had decided to knock the 'prosciutto and caramelised onion roasted beef' off the list too. This was a huge success - marred only by the dearth of roasted potatoes (apparently there can never be enough). The beef was moist, tender and generally fabulous to eat. The prosciutto was very crumbly when the beef was carved, but that stopped none of us from enjoying the flavours! YUM!
For those regular readers, you will be pleased to know that I had a lot of butcher's string left over after tying the beef fillet. I will freely acknowledge this was more due to receiving loads of twine from the friendly butcher in Moonee Ponds, than any planning on my part ;-) Note the cut twine hanging from the pre carved beef fillet in the photo!
With the help of my sous chef, Finnie that left only a breakfast on Sunday to create. After an enormous pancake entree (capably created by said sous chef Finn and Ec), we all managed to leave room for 'maple baked beans with thyme toast'. Unfortunately we were sans the thyme toasts....well, we'd had a lot going on in the kitchen that morning with the pancakes and all, I forgot to preheat the oven, we'd already had loads of maple syrup on the pancakes, and well the bottom line is I couldn't be bothered! Not to worry though, the beans were so good I'll be making them again, and next time I will definitely bake the thyme toasts - are you happy now??! ;-)
The beans were really good. There were 4 types of beans, just a dash of maple syrup with some other loverly flavours! Mmmm, seconds were even requested!
For those regular readers, you will be pleased to know that I had a lot of butcher's string left over after tying the beef fillet. I will freely acknowledge this was more due to receiving loads of twine from the friendly butcher in Moonee Ponds, than any planning on my part ;-) Note the cut twine hanging from the pre carved beef fillet in the photo!
With the help of my sous chef, Finnie that left only a breakfast on Sunday to create. After an enormous pancake entree (capably created by said sous chef Finn and Ec), we all managed to leave room for 'maple baked beans with thyme toast'. Unfortunately we were sans the thyme toasts....well, we'd had a lot going on in the kitchen that morning with the pancakes and all, I forgot to preheat the oven, we'd already had loads of maple syrup on the pancakes, and well the bottom line is I couldn't be bothered! Not to worry though, the beans were so good I'll be making them again, and next time I will definitely bake the thyme toasts - are you happy now??! ;-)
The beans were really good. There were 4 types of beans, just a dash of maple syrup with some other loverly flavours! Mmmm, seconds were even requested!
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Want the bean recipe, have always wanted to make baked beans. Always.
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