Tag: Butter
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Elsie’s Fingers (Sugar-Rolled Biscuits)
Bringing back a traditional NZ cookie These biscuits from New Zealand, called Elsie’s Fingers, are a very old (as far as history goes for New Zealand!) cookie that was an integral part of the childhood of anyone born before the 80’s. I remember often snacking on Elsie’s Fingers for afternoon tea when I…
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Ginger Slice from New Zealand
A classic square from the annuals of my childhood cookbook I’m back from New Zealand and, after a week of sleepless nights, finally over the jet-lag! While I was there, my mother made ginger slice, which whisked me back to my childhood faster than that Back to the Future dude went all over…
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Crumiri (Crunchy Cornmeal Cookies)
Crumiri and cappuccino: a breakfast made in heaven! Whenever I am in Turin, one of the first things I do on the first morning I’m there is go to the bar and drink a cappuccino (of course!) and grab a biscuit to munch on that is made with polenta flour. The cracking of…
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Peanut, Coconut, And Chocolate Square
A recipe from way back when This recipe for peanut square is an childhood favourite of mine from New Zealand. My mother used to make it regularly. She modified it from a recipe published in the Women’s Division of Federated Farmers Cookbook. It’s not as posh as it sounds. It was an important…
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Artichoke Flan With Fontina Cheese Sauce
My love-hate affair with artichokes It’s coming into artichoke season! I have a love/hate relationship with artichokes. I love to eat them but hate dealing with them: from the minute I pick them up at the market and they prick me with their nasty thorns, to the time when I’m trying to pull…
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Anzac Biscuits: New Zealand Can’t Live Without Them!
Why Anzac cookies are called Anzac cookies Along the theme of New Zealand recipes, I bring you Anzac biscuits! You may have already seen my post on banana cake, another Kiwi stalwart. As a kid, Anzac biscuits were one of the staples of my afternoon tea when I came home after school. Anzac…
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Cantuccini (The Original “Biscotti” from Tuscany)
What “biscotti” are called in Italy Yes, I know I just put up another almond biscuit recipe recently, but honestly, I bought a lot of almonds when I made the marzapani, so they have to be used up. This is a recipe for classic Tuscan biscuits called cantuccini or cantucce. Cantuccini are the grandmother of the…
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Chocolate Brownie Cake (Torta Caprese)
Chocolate cake, no people, and incredible tourist spots The recipe I’m about to unveil is called Torta Caprese. I had the luck to be able to go to Puglia a few weeks ago, thanks to my parents-in-law, who gave my husband a fantastic birthday present of looking after the kids while he went to…
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Fonduta (Italy’s Version of Cheese Fondue)
Italy’s delicious version of cheese fondue “Enough already!!!”, I hear you screaming. “We can’t take any more of your cheese recipes!!!” Well, come on now….just one more……OK….honestly, why there’s yet another cheese post is because I had to use up the fridge-full of cheese I got from Italy last time we were there…
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Chiacchiere (Crunchy Italian Carnaval Treats)
Crunchy treat time during European Carnaval It’s Carnevale in Italy, and everywhere you look, these scrumptious pastries jump out and you and scream, “EAT ME!! EAT ME!! No, not just one of me! MORE!! MORE!!”. Carnevale is celebrated in many parts of Europe for a few weeks before “Shrove Tuesday”, after which you…
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Salame Dolce di Nonna Benedetta
A sweet recipe passed down over generations This recipe for Salame dolce comes from my mother-in-law, who used to make it with her grandmother when she was a little girl. And who knows where her grandmother got it from…….she probably made it with some relative or other when she was small, so we…
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Broccoli and Spinach Flan
Green makes you grow muscles This is a broccoli dish that even all those broccoli-haters out there love (well at least are prepared to eat under coercion). I can attest to this through vigorous scientific “blind” taste tests….i.e.. not telling my broccoli-disparaging husband and kids what was in the flan. I only told…
