Simple and tasty food.
I have been obsessed with Umami paste since I read an article about it in 2009. Umami is taken from a Japanese word meaning “pleasant savory taste”. It is said that Umami provides us with a fifth taste. The main four tastes that we know and love are sweet, sour, salt and bitter. So what does this fifth taste, taste like?
I love banoffee, I love coffee and I love making biscuits, so I decided to combine these three loves into a wonderful dessert. The problem with a big banoffee pie is that you need a few people to eat the whole thing, otherwise you may feel a tad guilty eating the whole big pie yourself! So, I came up with the banoffee coffee cream biscuit. Sounds like a bit of a mouthful! The great thing …
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 …