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April 26, 2011 at 7:00 am
· Filed under Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Recipes
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Prince William’s favorite, Chocolate Biscuit
Cake. Photo courtesy Lady Mendl’s Tea
Salon | New York.
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Just because you’re not invited to the luncheon following the royal wedding doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it at home.
We’ve got the recipe for Prince William’s groom’s cake, the Chocolate Biscuit Cake of his childhood. It’s also said to be one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite teatime treats.
It’s a very rich chocolate refrigerator cake, made from ganache and tea biscuits.
The recipe comes from royal chef Darren McGrady’s cookbook, Eating Royally. The book is an opportunity to see what the Royals eat and enjoy the exact same recipes served at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle and Kensington Palace.
Here’s the recipe.
Find more cake recipes in our Gourmet Cakes Section.
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April 25, 2011 at 2:50 pm
· Filed under Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Mother's Day
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Send sweet “Happy Mother’s Day” wishes with this collection of heart and flower cookies from Fancypants Bakery, maker of THE NIBBLE’s favorite decorated cookie gifts.
Why are Fancypants cookies different from other decorated cookies?
These are top-quality shortbread, not dry sugar cookies. You can taste the buttery goodness in each bite.
The cookies are made with all natural ingredients, including enriched wheat flour, butter, pure cane sugar, eggs, vanilla and cream of tartar. Coloring is used only in the decorator’s icing.
And the icing is delicious, too. Having tasted our way through cookies topped with too-sweet and hard-as-cement icings, we know a winner when we find it.
Buy Mother’s Day cookies online.
Find more of our favorite Mother’s Day Gifts.
Read our full review of Fancypants Bakery.
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Say it with shortbread hearts and flowers
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April 25, 2011 at 7:59 am
· Filed under Recipes, Tip Of The Day, Vegetables-Salads-Herbs
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The classic French preparation: asparagus
with hollandaise sauce. Photo courtesy
California Asparagus Commission.
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Asparagus has been popular since ancient times. The spring vegetable was cultivated by the Egyptians, appearing on a frieze dating to 3000 B.C.E.
The Greeks and Romans liked asparagus so much that they dried it to enjoy after the short asparagus season (April-June) ended. The oldest surviving cookbook, De Re Coquinaria by Apicius, has a recipe for cooking asparagus. France’s King Louis XIV built special greenhouses to grow asparagus.
Louis XIV (1638-1715) no doubt enjoyed his asparagus in what is now known as French style: with Hollandaise sauce, a rich sauce made from butter and eggs. In 1651, the great French chef François Pierre de La Varenne (1618-1678) published a recipe for Asparagus in Fragrant Sauce (Hollandaise) in his cookbook, Le Cuisine François.
Asparagus is one of our favorite vegetables: delicious, delicate flavor and only 20 calories per 5.3 ounces, or 4 calories per spear. It’s low in sodium, has no fat or cholesterol and is a good source of fiber, potassium and other vitamins and minerals.
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You don’t need a special asparagus pot; a regular steamer does just fine. Enjoy asparagus:
Steamed as a side: served plain or with melted butter, flavored mayonnaise, olive oil, vinaigrette and/or Parmesan cheese (try this recipe for Asparagus With Grapefruit Vinaigrette).
Oven roasted, with olive oil, minced garlic, salt and pepper—and an optional topping of fresh-grated Parmesan.
In omelets and frittatas (recipes for asparagus frittata and asparagus scramble).
On a vegetable sandwich with roasted red peppers and other favorite vegetables.
In pasta, tossed with olive oil and garlic (try this Linguine With Asparagus & Parma Ham recipe).
Puréed into asparagus soup.
Added to salads (try a spinach and bacon salad, with feta or goat cheese).
As an hors d’oeuvre, with a prosciutto wrap; or try this recipe for asparagus crostini.
Pickled asparagus for snacking and garnishing (get it from Tillen Farms).
The history of asparagus, shopping tips, cooking basics and 11 asparagus recipes.
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