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Cheesemaking: double cream Camembert style

Technicals: A near-double cream with 7% cream at 48% fat and the remainder around 4 or 5% fat Jersey and Guernsey cows milk. Mesophilic starter and Flora Danica (I feel that having both provides greater complexity). CaCl added. Ripened 1.75 … Continue reading

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Back to the roots

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Food and wine matching dinner, 2 November 2007

The wines: Weingut Wieninger Gruner Veltliner Nussberg 2006 A reasonably ripe nose of honeydew melon but with some greener (green mango) elements and minerality. The palate is a bit leafy, quite light, very fresh (actually the acid is maybe a … Continue reading

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Microwave chocolate

How to set a chocolate mousse á point? The microwave is unfairly dismissed as a modern manipulation, yet it has its advantages.

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Simple pasta

The great thing about pasta is that potential accompanying combos are endless…

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Mango lassie “egg”

I love mango lassie (I make it with a decent whack of tangy yoghurt and mango, lemon juice, some sugar, and crushed ice to thin it out). I was rethinking this magnificent drink and, just for fun, went with an … Continue reading

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Shin of beef

I became obsessed with braised shin of beef. It’s not very time consuming in terms of prep work, it just takes a while to cook. I find the best way to make it is the classic French way: Lightly dust … Continue reading

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Strawberry and vanilla knickerbocker glory

It is an underrated (British) classic, but I don’t like jelly in it myself. The syrup here consists of strawberry juice, sugar and Framboise liquer that’s been reduced down to high viscosity. The Framboise really adds a fantastic dimension. This … Continue reading

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TGRWT: Banana sorbet, parsley rum syrup

Martin Lersch (of Khymos blog) set up a blogging event called They Go Really Well Together (TGRWT). TGRWT explores experimentation with ingredient pairings based on odorant chemistry, the idea being that certain aromatic chemicals work in synergy. (Martin has a … Continue reading

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MET Menu

Wine matching menu for M, E and T, February 2007. Apple soup, curried white chocolate foam I was playing around with different ideas for soup and came up with this. I think the combination of apple, curry and white chocolate … Continue reading

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