Thanks for posting this one- I love recipes that are a bit different so will get the ingredients and give this one a whirl!

Hi Bambi - it was great! I didn't have a recipe so just kinda made a custard without the sugar and added tonnes of parsley and cheese until I got a nice tasting sauce. THe cornflour thickened it and apart from looking a weird green colour 'cos the TMX chopped it ALL up  it was a hit!

No probs Cecilia!  I've thought of trying the fried rice too so shall wait and see what you think of it now before I do!

I had my curry night the other night but haven't had time to jump back on and give people's opinions. I'm not sure this is the right place to give feedback on the recipes but here we go anyway! 

I cooked Turmeric Lamb; Fragrant Chicken Curry and Sweet Morroccan Curry for 7 friends. Interestingly the girls all voted the Chicken Curry the dish of the night as they loved the fresh flavours and lighter meat while the boys were split 50/50 on the lamb and the beef. From my point of view I thought they were all great although I'm not really a sweet curry fan so would reduce the sweetness in the beef curry next time ... VERY tasty though and super easy and the beef was cooked well. The lamb surprised me with the depth of flavour as did the chicken curry - not really many ingredients but loads of layers of flavours. I didn't use the cinnamon stick in the lamb as I'm not a fan of biting into a piece of spice (stat anise, cinnamon etc) so used the ground cinnamon instead. Which was my favourite? Let me just say I loved them all!

For dessert I made the Citrus Mascarpone Tart for the first time - delish!!! I cheated and used shop bought mascarpone but my TMX was glaring at me accusingly from it's corner on the bench so I shall have to try making my own next time! Has anyone tried making mascarpone?

Sam 

Thanks Bambi! I think I'm going to try it with a parsley cheese sauce!  Will let you know how it goes!

Oh forgot to say thanks for letting me know about the date and coffee muffins knittercook - I'm inspired to give them a go now! Sometimes weird combos work so this could be one of them although I suppose dates and coffee aren't such a weird couple when I stop and think about it. One bitter one sweet! Could be a perfect match!!! putting dates on the shopping list!

Sam

I'm slowly coming round to using this book more - had the spag bog last week and would leave out a couple of things next time - just my tastes!

Sam

I'm just new on this site but just wanted to say I love this cookbook! There are so many great recipes in it! My favourite is the feta and pumpkin tart but my family love the Greek sausages more! I made them into meatball shapes and served them with spaghetti! The whole steamed chook was a big hit too and the salmon with yoghurt dressing was amazing tonight! I'm making the Morroccan beef tomorrow or the Turmeric lamb - haven't quite decided yet!


oh and desserts ... self saucing chocolate pudding I'm thinking! ... with cream and custard!

Sam