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For the latest Euro Blogging By Post event, hosted by Johanna, I made some biscuits. I know, I know – crazy mad fool. The recipe is based on Nigella’s Rainy Day Biscuits. No vanilla left, so substituted the juice of two ‘getting-on-a-bit’ Passion Fruits. No ‘normal’ flour either, so left out the baking powder and used self-raising instead. Topped with a few spare chocolate drops and some chopped almonds; they weren’t half bad. They look quite pale but are supposed to be like that according to the recipe.
Also made some mini ones using a wine bottle’s screw-cap as the cutter; which makes more sense when the ‘rolling-pin’ is the wine bottle the cap once topped. A handful of these and several of their bigger brothers are on their way to …. Oh, wait! That would ruin the surprise. Trusting the postal service for a prompt delivery; so they retain some semblance of edibility at the end of their trans-Europe journey.
Also made some mini ones using a wine bottle’s screw-cap as the cutter; which makes more sense when the ‘rolling-pin’ is the wine bottle the cap once topped. A handful of these and several of their bigger brothers are on their way to …. Oh, wait! That would ruin the surprise. Trusting the postal service for a prompt delivery; so they retain some semblance of edibility at the end of their trans-Europe journey.
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These are really gorgeous Andrew, and I love the setting - they look so posh!
Scribbled down by: Bonnie on October 7, 2006 12:12 PM
Andrew,
Your cookies look lovely. I love adding almond extract to cookie dough because I love the scent that emanates from the oven as the cookies bake. There is almost nothing more uplifting on a rainy day. Hopefully it will not be too far off before we have a rainy day in southern California.
I'm pretty keen on making Nigella's pasta e fagioli from her Rainy Day section in "Nigella Bites". But I might also refer to Judith Barrett's "Fagioli" and some Italian resources before committing to it...I'd like to try to make it regionally appropriate.
Scribbled down by: Shaun on October 7, 2006 11:22 PM
Posh! Well, I dont know about that! But they taste fine (the passion fruit adds a complexity but is not obvious) they did smell rather scrummy when baking though. And it was raining when I made them too...
Scribbled down by: Andrew on October 8, 2006 1:09 AM