Wednesday, 29 June 2016

 


Today has been absolutely draining. Spent so much time cleaning and checking (OCD) when I woke up that I exhausted myself to the point of going back to sleep. When I woke up I had to start all over. Roughly spent 7 hours just checking and cleaning. Now I am ready to just enjoy some wine, chat, and try to forget it all. It is odd, but I do find comfort in what I made of my home. I love my home - just wish I wasn't so terrified to exist in it. 

Monday, 27 June 2016

Food Porn - Pancakes with Lemon Creme


Serves 8 people - Prep Time 1hour 45 minutes stretched over two days 

Pancake Batter

100g flour  65g sugar  3 eggs  65g melted butter  1 tsp finely grated fresh ginger  1/4 liter whole milk

Lemon Creme

2 sheets isinglass  150g good white chocolate  1/4 liter whipping cream  finely grated peel of 1 1/2 lemon

Lemon Confite

2 Lemons (filets of)  100g sugar  4 tbsp. water  1/2 vanilla pod  1 1/2 tsp corn flour mixed with a bit of water



Lemon Creme
Soak the gelatine/isinglass in a pint of cold water for half an hour. Finely chop the white chocolate. Bring the cream to a boil and remove from heat.

After 5 minutes, pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate. Stir till almost all the chocolate it melted. Wring out the gelatine free of water and put it directly into the warm cream.

When all the chocolate has melted, pass it through a sieve. Add the lemon peel and stir well. Lemon cream is cooled in the refrigerator at least 3 hours or till next day.

Pancake Batter

Mix the flour and sugar, whisk well with the eggs. Melt the butter in the pan in which the pancakes will be cooked. Whisk melted butter and finely grated fresh ginger. Then beat in the milk.

Fry the pancakes on a pan (25 cm in diameter)


Lemon Confite

Cut the top and bottom off the lemons. Let the lemons stand on the bottom and then cut the peel off with a sharp knife. Now cut the "naked" lemon filleted by constantly cutting along the slats.

The 1/2 vanilla pod is split lengthways. The vanilla corns inside are scraped out with a small knife and crushed with a bit of the sugar with a spatula, so that the seeds/grains gets separated.

Vanilla, the empty vanilla pod, sugar, lemon fillets and water are boiled up briefly and thickened with a little corn flour soaked in a bit of water. Only thicken it a little, not too much. Cool completely before serving. The Lemon Confite can be stored refrigerated for 2-3 days.


Place the cold pancakes out on a table. Beat the cold lemon cream airy and spread on pancakes. Rol the pancakes carefully together, put them on a platter with a straight surface and cover. Place the platter with pancakes in the refrigerator 1-2 days before serving. Cut each of the very cold panckes in two obligue slices - ends are not used. Arrange the slices elegantly on top of each other. Gently heat the Lemon Confit a little and serve immedietly.





Source http://www.dr.dk

Monday, 13 June 2016

 


OCD is really bad today and it is draining all of my energy. Trying my best to stay positive 




Sunday, 12 June 2016