It was Christmas in Darfield, about 15 years ago. As per the rule of Christmas where you can keep eating after dinner, my aunty Di had just put out a tray with Xmas mince pies, nana’s cheese straws, and other …
Category: Christmas
Limoncello pavlova roulade
Who’s got their Christmas menu sorted? I think we’ve finally confirmed ours. This year we’ll be having a late Christmas lunch at our house, Mike will be doing his famous smoked salmon, I’ll glaze a ham and we’re also going …
Raspberry buttercreams
I have nearly finished with the edible gifts. Just one more, and we’re going out with a bang with these delicious raspberry buttercreams. I learnt my lesson making truffles, and so I saved my sanity this time by setting these …
Pinot noir truffles
I really questioned my sanity when I was making these truffles. I asked myself ‘why on earth are you rolling truffles in 25°C heat?’ As the temperature outside rose, so did my inner temperature at the sticky chocolate mess I …
Mint martini gummy bears
‘Tis the season for homemade gifts. My next couple of blog posts are all about edible gifts, like the melting moments from last week. These minty gummy bears are super potent thanks to a generous pour of vodka and would …
Matcha marshmallow stuffed strawberries
Matcha + marshmallow + dark chocolate + strawberries = a matcha made in heaven. (I am SO proud of that bit of wit, lol!) I made these little gems for 2 reasons – 1. the flavour combo sounded really good, …
Nana Betty’s Christmas cake
1000 cups of dried fruit. 600 eggs. 22kg of butter. 43kg of flour. That’s what it’s taken to make the 100 fruit cakes my Nana Betty has baked over the years. That’s 1 cake for the 59 Christmases she was …
Jelly Tip pavlova
Panic stations – Christmas is only 8 weeks away! It’s never too early to start planning your Christmas Day menu and it wouldn’t be a kiwi Christmas without some sort of pavlova. This is the ultimate in Kiwi mash-ups. We’re …
once upon an egg 