What Kim Ate

We had a fudge making session. What an awesome idea! The fudge that really stood out was the Russian Fudge made by Michelle and Catherine.

Image by dragonflyblue
Russian Fudge
3 1/2 cups White Sugar
125 g butter
3 tablespoons Golden Syrup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
200 g sweetened condensed milk (half a standard tin)
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
Method
Place all the [...]

I made these Stained Glass Biscuits for a pot luck dinner we hosted last night.
They’re a little bit gimmicky but very fun to make. The recipe below is from OHbaby.
Lollies smashed up

See through biscuits!

My hints:
1. To smash lollies put them inside a plastic bag and hit them with a rolling pin. [...]

It seems crazy to post about sorbet on one of the coldest days we’ve had in a while. Oh well, save this great recipe from the Mediterranean Food Warehouse for a nice sunny day!
The peach flavour is amazingly intense. The man at the Food Warehouse swears it’s because of the quality of the Spanish [...]

I made Berry Tarts from the Nov 2008 Taste magazine. The Tarts were nice but not nice enough to bother making again. The pastry cream that the tarts used was very, very good. I made another batch of it the next day and Thomas and I ate it without the Tarts.

Pastry Cream
- 250 ml [...]

For Bex, it’s always nice when a dinner guest asks for the recipe.
Makes 12 Servings
4 cups peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped Golden Delicious apples (about 4 medium).
1 ¾ cups sugar
½ teaspoon chopped dried lemon peel
½ cup canola or other mild vegetable oil
½ cup cup red currant jam, at room temperature
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon [...]

Chocolate Walnut Fudge

250g (1 cup) sugar
400g can of condensed milk
50g of butter
5ml (1 tsp) vanilla
115g plain chocolate, grated
75g (3/4 cup) walnuts
Non Stick Baking Paper

Grease an 18cm square cake tin and line with baking paper.
Mix the sugar, condensed milk and butter in a heavy-based saucepan and heat gently, stirring occasionally until the sugar is dissolved completely. [...]

I was reading the Indulgence section of The Dominion Post when a recipe for Crema Catalana Baked Apples caught my eye. I’d just been wondering what to do with the Granny Smith Apples sitting in our fruit bowl!

The baked apples were nice, pretty much what you’d expect from baked apples but the Cream [...]

This Orange Mousse recipe is one of my favourites. Thomas however took this dessert one step further by serving the mousse in brandy snap baskets and topping them with cream and grapes. I am a fan, Mmmmmmm, yes I am.

125g Sweet Dark Chocolate
4 Eggs – Separated
Finely grated Zest of 1 orange (optional)

Melt the chocolate in [...]

The Edmonds Cook Book is a Kiwi Classic.
I remember being given one when I left home as most household have *at least one*.
I suspect the reason for its popularity is that the Edmonds does the basics. It’s hard to mess up its straight forward recipes.
Here is one of my favourite Edmonds recipes. I’ve [...]

Thomas made these for the first time and they are prefect. I think he’s scared to try again..
Triple-choc Brownies
Need:

300g butter, chopped
3/4 cup Baking cocoa
3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
2 1/4 cups plain flour
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup white Choc bits
1/2 cup milk Choc bits

Icing

1 x 200g block cooking chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup cream

Instructions:

Grease a 20cm [...]