Peach Brioche Rolls

Peach Brioche Rolls:  Dark glaze, crunchy sugar coating, soft and fluffy interior bursting with peach.

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Lamb Rogan Josh & Mango Lassi

2 post in 1 day then gone for almost a week, what can i say? I am a consistently inconsistent blogger.

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Single Serve Peach Crumble

Got any sweet ripe peaches? With just 1 you can bake this delicious crumble to eat alone or make more to share with family and friends. 

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Loubia B'lham - White Bean & Lamb Stew

It may still be summer but with the drop in temperature here in the UK our family have been enjoying autumn and winter dishes throughout the week.

Here is a warm and hearty white bean and lamb stew, It's popular all over north africa but i'm calling it Algerian because i'm deeply attached to the country through my husband.

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Peachy Smoothie

Here's another quick and easy recipe this time it's a peachy smoothie that will quench your thirst and satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Cumin Spiced Potato Soup

The humble potato was and still is a staple in the diets of many people. 

Hands up who doesn't like a loaded baked potato or those hard to resist chips / fries? no one, ok some but still potatoes are good for you, right.

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Ginger Biscuits / Ginger Snaps / Ginger Nuts

As-Salaamu Alaykum,

I originally thought Ginger Biscuits also known as Ginger Snaps and Ginger Nuts were a British speciality but it seems these biscuits are popular in many countries like gingerbread, all of course with varying recipes including different spices and sometimes with the addition of molasses and the common ingredient being? yep, Ginger.

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Liebster Award

Nadia from a pinch of Nadia passed me the liebster award - yay! so here are the answers to her thought provoking questions.

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MENA Cooking Club: Bahraini Chicken Machbous

Chicken Machbous was this month's savoury recipe for MENA Cooking Club Members (sign up today!) to try. Chosen by Joanne from What's on the list? 

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MENA Cooking Club: Bahraini Halwa

As-Salaamu Alaykum,

It's time to reveal what we have all been cooking up in the MENA cooking club this month.

Joanne from what's on the list is our host this month and we are cooking Bahraini style!

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Lamb, Chickpea & Spinach Curry With Mash Potatoes

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You should know there is a slight curry obsession in my household this year. From rogan josh to chicken tikka masala and now this high in iron and protein curry gets added to my list of favourites.

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Harissa Hummus

 As-Salaamu Alaykum,

Hummus - A popular middle eastern and north african food dip or spread made from cooked, crushed chickpeas. It's commonly blended with tahini (toasted sesame seed paste), olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic which turns it into a creamy, pungent and zingy delight!

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Photos Of My Caramel & Coffee Layer Cake

As-Salaamu Alaykum,

We all make mistakes now and then and here is just one of my many.

Caramel, no matter how many times you make it you take your eye off the ball and think oh i've simmered it for as long as the recipe stated it will thicken more whilst it cools in the fridge WRONG if it's not thick now it won't be after 2 hours in the fridge!

This time i used an unusual recipe that called for evaporated milk, i've used condensed milk before to make a caramel back in my school days when i made millionaires shortbread but never evaporated and here's why - it takes what seems like forever to thicken. Next time i make this particular caramel i plan to use my trusted sugar thermometer in sha Allah it's never failed me yet.

So when you make caramel buttercream with thin caramel guess what happens, it tastes like butter not caramel! 

The coffee flavoured cake still tasted real good but to enjoy it i had to scrape a ton of butter buttercream off the surface first.

Unlike me, when you follow astral's recipe ( use a sugar/candy thermometer for the caramel or at least wait until it's thick / how you perceive caramel to be) i'm optimistic you will get a delicious tasting cake inside and out! (if your not big on frosting half the frosting recipe to fill and top the cake)

UPDATE:  buttercream tastes less butter and more caramel a day later, the flavours get chance to meld together and you get a nice contrast of bitter coffee and sweet sweet caramel. I would still cut down on the frosting next time or only serve this cake in very small portions.