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Mini White Chocolate Cups with Raspberries

13th December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Mini White chocolate cups with raspberry and dark chocolate ganache

These are wonderful little canapés.  I demonstrated them at The London Chocolate Festival recently and they were a big hit! I’ve filled them with raspberries in the recipe below but you could use any soft berry or fruit. They are topped with an easy chocolate ganache.  If you’re put off by ganache, give this version a […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, Raspberry, white chocolate

Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti

12th December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti

This is a mini canapé version of the Hazelnut and Coffee Biscotti recipe which I made at the London Chocolate Festival. It’s super simple so you can make it with the children.  I serve this with a hot chocolate dipping sauce.  Make the biscotti up in advance and the sauce takes minutes to make so it’s great […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, biscotti, chocolate, GBBO, pistachio

Advent Traditions Old and New

1st December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

The great thing about having young children is that they ask you a lot of questions.  Usually these can be explained easily or even answered by themselves with a little return questioning from me. Lately though my girls have been asking questions that need a little  research or even an “I don’t know”. Let’s take advent calendars […]

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: advent, baking, cake pop, Christmas, cooking, craft, praline, stocking filler, xmas

Praline Hearts

1st December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Praline is wonderfully simple to make and you can use it to decorate so many dishes – instead of a wafer on ice cream, crumbled onto a chocolate mousse…Or you can simply eat it on its own.  I made these hearts for our little advent calender as an alternative to chocolate. You’ll need 150g caster […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: nuts, praline

Lemon Curd Macarons

1st December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

I made these simple macaroons for Vanessa Kimbell’s Let’s Make Christmas.  They were taken home by Laura of Craftstorming.  As it was Christmas I used a little edible glitter for some extra glitter but you could also drizzle on top some chocolate like on these Pistachio Macaroons or add some popping crystals like these Orange […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: curd, lemon, macaron

The London Chocolate Festival: 11 December 2011

30th November 2011 By Urvashi Roe

London Chocolate Festival Southbank 11 Dec 2011

The Chocolate Festival returned to Southbank Centre to celebrate all things chocolate. It was a lovely event in a beautiful part of London and there were lots of opportunities to get stuck into all sorts of chocolatey delights AND see me do a demo of delicious chocolate canapés ready for the festive party season.  I was there on Sunday 11 December at 3pm – which […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: demo, london, pop up, Southbank

Flash Cooking: Laura Santtini

28th November 2011 By Urvashi Roe

About the author Laura Santini won the Guild of Food Writers’ Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book in 2010. She describes herself as a Cognitive Cook because her work explores links between flavours and feelings recognising ingredients that flavour life in and outside of the kitchen. I’m really inspired by all the things she […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: cooking, laura santini

The London Tea and Coffee Festival

23rd November 2011 By Urvashi Roe

A whole 3 days dedicated to tea and coffee? How fabulous I thought and indeed it was! Tucked away on London’s Southbank was a maze of boutique coffee and tea companies all with their stories to tell. First off, the gorgeous light, nutty coffee from The Ethiopian Coffee Company which I used in my Hazelnut and Coffee Biscotti. (Sssssh don’t tell […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: bake, baking, biscotti, chocolate, choi time, coffee, comin tea house, cooking, east india company, kopi, polenta, recipes, rococo pod, sea island coffee, tea

Coffee and Hazelnut Biscotti

23rd November 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Biscotti is know to have come from the Tuscan region of Italy but the word is derived from Latin.  Biscotto derives from “bis,” Latin for twice, and “coctum” or baked (which became “cotto,” or cooked). The first bake is in a loaf, then sliced and toasted. This second trip to the oven draws off moisture, and leaves […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, biscotti, chocolate, coffee, GBBO

Lapsang Sounchong Tea Infused Baby Beetroot Salad

23rd November 2011 By Urvashi Roe

I have never smoked anything before. Seriously. Not as in cigarettes, naughty things or food so this was a real challenge in my head.  It was beaututifully simple though and filled my kitchen with the most amazing smells.  First from the tea smoking, then the buttery walnuts and then the beautiful tarragon leaves. The recipe […]

Filed Under: Light Bites, Salads Tagged With: Beetroot, lapsang souchong, tea

My Little Pipe Dream Come True

19th November 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Have you ever had a little pipe dream about running your own restaurant? Or opening your own deli or tea shop?  I have these dreams every day in some way or another but I know now is not the right time for me and my young family to start on this path.  One day…. In […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: afternoon tea, cake, chef, citrus, lemon, lime, orange, pipedream, restaurant

Plum Squares

17th November 2011 By Urvashi Roe

This recipe is from Diana Henry’s Roast Figs Sugar Snow.  It reminded me of the amazing pastries I ate in Austria once and indeed it’s based on on they use at Cafe Sperl in Vienna.   If you like Danish Pastries then you’ll love these for breakfast and they are much, much quicker to make. […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, GBBO, pastry, plum

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Hi I'm Urvashi! I love food. This blog is a little glimpse into my foodie world which is an escape from two teenage girls, a busy job and my little cafe.

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