My fear of choux pastry is conquered. The only thing that I still have issues with is that the word has too many silent letters but I can’t spell it ‘shoo pastry‘ and still get taken seriously around here. Like most beautiful French doughs (looking at you, croissants, bane of my existence), choux is buttery,…
Molasses Tart
You guys, this is the first drama free tart/pie dough experience I’ve had. It rolled easily, didn’t tear when I transferred it to the dish and baked up into beautiful, flaky perfection. Life goals done! Should probably be focussing on the filling though, no? This is a molasses tart, spiced with ginger and cinnamon, for…
Caramelised Pumpkin Salad
I feel like we could all use a salad for a weekend binge today, instead of you know, more sugar after all the Diwali indulgence! But I promise, this salad is as addictive as any dessert in the world. Pumpkin caramelised in olive oil and garlic, on a bed of lots of crunchy lettuce, with almonds,…
Anjeer Burfee (no-bake fig bars)
This is a Diwali special! Every year, I try and make something relatively healthy for the festival, maybe to compensate for the fact that sugar is SUCH a big part of my life on all the other days? The great thing is, I’ve never felt like the flavour or yum-quotient is ever compromised. These burfees…
Salted Dark Chocolate Fudge
This is an ode to sleepovers, midnight feasts and every other recreation of the Enid Blyton universe in my life when I was about 10 years old. My friends would come over, we’d struggle to stay awake till a respectable hour, stuff our faces with a whole bunch of goodies, pat ourselves on the back…