I had high hopes for this weeks selection of “Four Star” Chocolate Bread Pudding (brought to us by Lauren of Upper East Side Chronicle) but alas, my hopes were dashed along soggy rocks of toooo stale brioche. Click to continue…
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From the category archives:
Spoon! Desserts: Custards, etc.
I should have really titled this, “Everything you ever wanted to know about creme anglaise but were afraid to ask.” This week’s challenge was selected by Shari of Whisk: a food blog. Floating islands. I remember coming across a recipe for these a while ago and wanting to make them but of course I never did. Thanks to TWD I finally got to do it.
What the heck is a floating island? No, this isn’t some time-jaunting funhouse of disturbia, or part of the 50th state in the union. We’re talking about a little cloud of sweet meringue floating in a pool of creme anglaise. Click to continue…
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This week is brought to us by Donna of Spatulas, Corkscrews & Suitcases. I hate to state this so bluntly, but I’m afraid this was a big loser for me. I could not eat this…period. My Mom loved it though, so I guess it’s a wash. I still ended up spending $5 on a munchkin-sized bottle of scotch just so I could make this recipe. I think the foundation of the recipe was fine (if you were making a custard and not a pudding but more on that in a bit) but the liquor I chose was abysmal. I had no idea what to pick. I have a feeling that this probably would have tasted fine with a different liquor, but I was limited to the selection of tiny bottles up at the front of the counter that my local liquor store had in stock. If it wasn’t in a little bottle, well, tough luck. I’m not spending $20+ on a bottle of liquor for a recipe that I’m not sure I’ll ever make again. I got the cheapest “scotch” that was available and it was a blend – they were all blends, so I figured I’d go cheap. Despite the gah! factor, I’m glad I only spent five bucks on the booze. Click to continue…
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You know how I promised that I would be on time with the challenge this week, well…some unexpected circumstances prevented me from keeping my promise. I don’t know how many of you have seen Grindhouse, but in the Quentin Tarantino “Death Proof” portion of the double feature I find myself completely understanding Zoë Bell’s logic that when she promised to never play Ship’s Mast again, if she had realized she was going to get the opportunity to play it with a Vanishing Point
Despite getting a cold I did make the TWD challenge this week. I managed to take a picture of it too before I dropped my camera on the floor (a hair-raising tale for another time, but the short version is that I fixed it, whew!). Arborio Rice Pudding – that’s right rice pudding. Never a favorite of mine, but another happy surprise. This was brought to us by Isabelle from Les gourmandises d’Isa. I decided to do the gelatin and mold version using a couple of different sized pudding cups I had hanging around. I had some trouble getting the pudding out of the cups in one piece. A knife slid along the side came in handy, but it was still difficult to tap the pudding out. Both sugared and non-sugared pomegranate seeds added a splash of color and a sweet/tart kick. Click to continue…
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