Refining.
Noticing nuance and details improves my making and my choosing. Connecting who I am with what I make, where I do and what I do enriches my memory, my connection, my story, creating an ocean of detail.
Making clothes, travel itineraries and food.
Here, I write about that.
Chocolate, Rose & Beetroot Loaf Cake
Recipe for Chocolate, Rose & Beetroot loaf cake, topped with cream cheese frosting. Fragrant and decadent, and an excellent keeper. Adapted from a Paul Hollywood recipe.
Mushroom Risotto
Recipe for an autumnal oven-baked mushroom risotto, portioned for a moderate 2 person meal, saving space for a dessert.
Choc-Chip Cookies
Recipe for choc-chip cookies, using a blend of dark and milk choc chips, and three types of sugar for optimum mix of crunch and chew.
Shortbread
Recipe for plain buttery shortbread.
Chokoladbiskvier
Recipe for Chokoladbiskvier, or Swedish Chocolate Buttercream Macaroons. Alcohol optional.
Apricot jam
Recipe for homemade apricot jam, more apricot than sugar.
Swedish Kokosrulad (coconut roll cake)
Recipe for Swedish Kokosrulad, a coconut roll cake filled with a custard buttercream
Swedish Semlor buns
Recipe for Easter treat, Swedish Semlor buns. Adapted from a recipe by patisserie-owner, Angeelika Kang.