chocolate boxes

yep more chocolate....

rainy day cakes

Here's a variation on the chocolate box mini cake shape - can be done in dark or white chocolate.

Yummy - used many kilos of chocolate on this cake!

Reading: Never Order Chicken on a Monday by Matthew Evans (ex-SMH food reviewer) which brings back those Sydney kitchen memories. Agree with Matthew that it is a sign of an immature society when food reviewers cannot do their job for fear of defamation.

Doing tomorrow: The Lemon Detox Diet

Dreaming of: Lucca and Volterra

Made Last Night: Mahallabia - creamy almond pudding.

500ml organic lowfat milk
75g caster sugar
2 tbsp cornflour + 2 tbsp ground rice
75g almond meal
1 tsp rosewater
2 tbsp your favourite honey
2 tbsp shelled pistachios, chopped

bring milk and caster sugar to the boil, stirring until sugar dissolved. Combine cornflour and ground rice with 1/4 cup water and add to milk, cook, stirring over low heat for 20 mins. Add almond meal and continue for further 15 mins. Take off heat, add rosewater and spoon into 4 glass dishes. Chill for an hour. Drizzle with honey and scatter pistachios on top.