african vanielje on Aug 31 2007 | Filed under: Game, food blogging event, meme, molecular gastronomy, vkcb
This dish may seem a little unusual and it was invented as part of the meat and chocolate challenge , so here’s what I did:
I marinated the rabbit joints for a couple of hours in olive oil, garlic, maldon salt, szechuan pepper, and thyme. (I had asked my butcher to cut the rabbits into joints [...]
african vanielje on Aug 31 2007 | Filed under: Game, food blogging event, molecular gastronomy
Why, in this day and age, with all the truly odd things people eat, do they still turn up their noses at rabbit? Is it that many have had rabbits as pets? Or is it all down to Beatrix Potter and those pretty little pictures of bunnies in blue jackets? I’m not judging here, just [...]
african vanielje on Aug 31 2007 | Filed under: birthday cake, cake
Happy birthday kiddo, we made you a cake. Actually, we made you six, one for each year.
Just to show how much we love you. We love you so much we’ve eaten it for you too. It was delicious!!! Just like you.
I’ve pinched [...]
african vanielje on Aug 30 2007 | Filed under: breakfast
It may come as a surprise to those who know about me and mornings, that breakfast is actually one of my favourite meals of the day.
The others being, of course, lunch, tea and supper. But breakfast has the added advantage of coming first. This doesn’t necessarily mean at the crack of dawn, or even in [...]
african vanielje on Aug 30 2007 | Filed under: breakfast, superfood, vkcb
1 kg organic rolled oats
500g organic dessicated coconut
500ml organic flaked almonds
250ml organic sesame seeds
1 litre organic honey
125ml organic sunflower oil
60ml of spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, or allspice)
Mix all the dry ingredients and spices
Gently warm the honey and oil
Stir the dry ingredients into the honey mix
The mix should be coated but not wet
Line some flat baking trays [...]
