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naathI made http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pan-fried_duck_chunky_48367 for rjk's birthday. It was very very nommy; but 400g of rice is MASSIVELY too much for 2 people (it'll be fine reheated with other things later).
I also tried to make Nigella's Gin-and-tonic jelly which worked VERY VERY BADLY; and then I tried it again using Delia's instructions for champagne jelly but putting in G&T instead and that worked a bit LESS badly but not actually WELL. I have decided that leaf gelatine is not just hard to obtain and fiddly to use but actually not very useful; I have no idea why both Nigella and Delia say it is far superior to powdered as I actually couldn't make it work properly at all. Last time I made champagne jelly I used powdered and it worked rather better.
I have been baking biscuits; they always seem to take twice as long as the recipe says. This is irritating.
I also tried to make Nigella's Gin-and-tonic jelly which worked VERY VERY BADLY; and then I tried it again using Delia's instructions for champagne jelly but putting in G&T instead and that worked a bit LESS badly but not actually WELL. I have decided that leaf gelatine is not just hard to obtain and fiddly to use but actually not very useful; I have no idea why both Nigella and Delia say it is far superior to powdered as I actually couldn't make it work properly at all. Last time I made champagne jelly I used powdered and it worked rather better.
I have been baking biscuits; they always seem to take twice as long as the recipe says. This is irritating.
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Date: 2011-12-20 06:55 pm (UTC)