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Snack

Kedgeree Samosas

September 27, 2011

Samosas are essentially crispy triangular pastry parcels of savoury food and are originally Asian in origin. I love the idea of samosas; it’s the perfect portable lunch, less messy than a sandwich and a lighter alternative to the pie. Samosas are little pockets full of flavour and spice and are served with complimentary chutney. I recently had this strange idea that kedgeree would work really well as samosas. I couldn’t find a recipe so I just formulated my own. So this dish is one hundred percent S’tasty original. It tastes delicious and you won’t find it anywhere else 🙂

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Dessert

Love a bit of baklava!

April 7, 2011

You may have noticed I got a new camera! So hopefully my photos will begin to look a little better. I got a bit carried away with this one and went rooting through my cupboards trying to find Middle Eastern style props. Hope it looks suitably exotic and makes you think of far off places as opposed to Dublin 16. Baklava is basically lots of thin filo pastry layered with chopped nuts and spices, then drenched with honey syrup.  It’s crunchy, nutty and it’s a really nice alternative dessert . I like it served with creamy vanilla ice-cream and a strong dark bitter coffee.  I based this recipe on Rachel Allen’s recipe but made a few tweaks.  I have eaten some great baklava in my time, but I’ve also had some really sickly sweet versions that would melt your teeth. So I was interested in making one for myself. This recipe worked out really well and though it seems complicated, it’s not at all and it’s actually kind of therapeutic to make. Continue Reading…