a little bit savoury | a whole lot sweet
In November there is a little race which stops the nation going by the name of the Melbourne Cup. I am not really into the whole horse racing thing, but I would not knock back the opportunity for time out of the office for afternoon tea.
This year we put on a spread, and over catered as usual, with my contribution being some Rose Macarons.
I am currently reorganising my pantry, for the third time this year mind you. When I was going through some of the mystery containers lurking in the corners of the shelves I found a big batch of Dutch processed cocoa powder which I had completely forgotten about given I had bought a whole lot more recently.
So to try and make a dent in the soon to expire batch of cocoa that I found, I thought I would make a nice chocolate sauce to go with dessert that evening.
When I first started seeing the hubby, in winter he often made a stew full of pork and veggies. I never ate any obviously, but he really enjoyed it.
However, as he had been making this for quite a few years he thought it was time for a change and decided to give pea and ham soup a go after seeing it on one of the numerous cooking shows we watch.
The latest Saturday night cooking show on the ABC is Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking and the hubby and I are thoroughly enjoying it. In each episode Nigel takes a well-known pairing, for example “Sweet and Sour”, “Sugar and Spice” or “Hot and Cold” and bases the recipes around the selected premise. One episode was focused on “Surf and Turf” and even though most of the recipes didn’t interest me, being vegetarian and all, the last recipe for Sea Salt Chocolate Snaps certainly caught my eye.