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Floating Markets

Had a great time recently travelling the floating markets just outside of Bangkok.
Sharon

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Mother's Day Feast

Apart from making a fab tagine for lunch this was a sensational hazlenut strawberry meringue torte for dessert.

Happy Mother's Day

Sharon

Brazo de Gitano or "Gypsy's Arm" Chocolate Roulade

This is an amazing decadent recipe. Part of my themed Spanish dinner - it was simply delicious.

INGREDIENTS

200g dark chocolate

6 eggs

110g caster sugar

cocoa for dusting

Filling

1 1/2C double cream

140g dark chocolate

2t brandy and 2t ouzo or sambuca

 METHOD

Combine chocolate with 1/4C water in a small saucepan and stir over medium heat until smooth. Cool.

Whisk egg yolks and sugar until thick and pale, then stir inchocolate mixture and set aside.

Whisk egg whites and 1/4t salt until soft peaks form, then fold into chocolate mixture, in three batches, until just combined. 

Spoon mixture into a greased and baking paper lined 24x30cm swiss roll pan. Bake at 180C for 18-20 minutes.

Turn out onto a cocoal dusted baking paper and rollup while still warm. Leave aside.

Filling

Combine 1/2C cream and chocolate in a small saucepan and stir over medium heat until smooth, then stir in brandy and liqueur ( I used 4t rum), remove from heat and and cool.

Whisk cream into soft peaks then fold into cooled chocolate mixture. Refrigerate until firm.

Gently unroll cake and spread evenly with filling, leaving a 2cm border. Re-roll cake (it may crack) then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mns or until filling is firm. 

Serve dusted with cocoa. Cake will keep, refrigerated, in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Will serve 8-12 depending on size of slice!!

Enjoy Sharon

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Paper Patterns

A beautiful sunny day in the studio today. Decided to get stuck into a wrap skirt pattern that I have traced off a fav skirt. Fingers crossed my pattern making skills worked.
Sharon

Creating Frefelts

Hard at work yesterday making prefelts for a bigger project. These will become flowers for a garden felted play quilt.
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Lemon Tart

Just out of the oven. Classic lemon tart thanks to Delia Smith recipe on my sidebar. It's my go to recipe and it never fails.
Getting ready for garden party tomorrow
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Coral Organza Scarf

Learnt how to dye silk on the weekend and turned my neutral scarf into coral. I am hooked.
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Organza Silk Scarf Workshop

Attending a great scarf workshop today. Lots of inspiration
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Plaited Garlic

My garlic plaited and ready to be hung
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Coral Nuno Felted Scarf

At last I have had sometime to do some crafting in the holidays. Just finished and drying in the beautiful sunshine in Melbourne.
I love Nuno felting.