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Pizza in a Pan

March 6, 2011

 

 

Sad as this sounds I dream of making the perfect pizza base, it’s become a bit of an obsession. No matter how hot I heat the oven, it’s never enough.  I want a bubbly, toasty crispy base with lots of crunch. I dream of flaming Italian wood burning pizza ovens but know it’s never going to happen in our tiny appartment. I am constantly trying out pizza stones  to increase the temperature, but to no avail. I  had heard of pizzas being cooked in a frying pan, so I decided to give it a lash.

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To Fake it or to Make it …

February 20, 2011

Thai curry is now one of the easiest things to make thanks to the plethora of pastes available on every supermarket shelf. But what really goes into an authentic Thai Massaman curry paste, and how hard is it to make from scratch. I decided to find out. I recently got Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey and adapted my recipe from this wonderful book. Continue Reading…