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Another really easy shot glass dessert recipe that does not take much effort. INGREDIENTS (t o make 12) 6 large strawberries cut in 1/2 or 12 small that will fit in your glass size Vanilla custard (recipe below)  Few drops of pink food dye Raspberry Essence or strawberry. (got mine from The Essential Ingredient in Prahran) 1 packet of strawberry jelly crystals    Strawberry Flavoured Chocolate Buttons (12 pieces also from Essential Ingredient) METHOD Make jelly as per packet instructions and pour into shot glasses till they are 3/4 full. Place strawberries into jelly and refrigerate. Meanwhile make custard as per below (or use store bought) add a few drops of essence and colouring stir and set aside. Once jelly is set gently spoon on custard then refrigerate again . Just before serving garnish with Strawberry flavoured chocolate buttons or garnish of your choice.  CUSTARD RECIPE   INGREDIENTS 1 cup milk 1 cup thickened...

Served here with crispy bacon, poached egg and corn fritters. Great for those mornings when you want a quick, easy and tasty breakfast. INGREDIENTS Serves: 4 2 egg yolks 1/8 teaspoon Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons lemon juice Dash of Tabasco 85g butter (i use a lightly salted) METHOD Prep: 5 minutes | Cook: 1 minute In the container of a blender, combine the egg yolks, mustard, lemon juice and Tabasco. Cover, and blend for about 5 seconds. Place the butter in a glass measuring cup. Heat butter in the microwave for about 1 minute or until completely melted and hot. Set the blender on high speed, and pour the butter into the egg yolk mixture in a thin stream. It should thicken almost immediately. Keep the sauce warm until serving by placing the blender container in a bowl or pot of hot tap water.

Free with any purchase of a cookbook . (set of 4 recipe cards)  Choose a set and it will be mailed with your order.  Photo on front and detailed instructions with illustrations on the back.   *offer only available while in stock, first come first served.  Available here: Recipe Cards SAMPLE BACK SAMPLE FRONT

A friend came over yesterday & bought a tray of this delicious "Clinker" slice.  Oh my it was so good, I ate 3 pieces.  Hopefully she will share her recipe & I will post it here. UPDATE here's the recipe: (thanks Steph) INGREDIENTS   1 x 180 g packet of Clinkers 1 x 250 g packet of Malt o Milk biscuits 1 x 395 g tin of sweetened condensed milk 125 g butter 1 x 250 g block of chocolate METHOD Crush biscuits in a food processor. Crush clinkers separately (leaves some chunks!) Heat condensed milk and butter in saucepan on low. When melted, mix with crushed biscuits and clinkers. Spread into 17 cm x 27 cm tray and allow to set in the fridge. Melt chocolate and pour over slice.  Return to fridge to set. The finished slice, bet you cant just eat one piece. For those that don't know what clinkers are:

All produce except mince purchased from V&R Fruit and Vegetable Market   INGREDIENTS SAUCE 1 medium onion 2 cloves of garlic 2 shallots 2 zucchinis 4 fresh tomatoes butter olive oil 2 heaped teaspoons dried oregano 500g good-quality minced beef, pork, or (even better!) a mixture of the two 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Small bunch of fresh basil 100g Parmesan cheese 100g tasty cheese 100g mozzarella cheese 1 tablespoon sweet smoked paprika 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce 1 cup red or white wine 1 Pouch (500ml) Moredough Premium Veal Stock 50 gsm Pronto E Fresco Semi Dried Tomatoes  CHEESE SAUCE 1L (4 cups) milk 1 brown onion, halved, coarsely chopped 8 fresh parsley stalks 8 whole black peppercorns 4 whole cloves 2 bay leaves 60g butter 50g (1/3 cup) plain flour 50g  finely grated Parmesan Pinch ground nutmeg Salt & ground white pepper METHOD (Meat sauce) ...

This is the last run of this product I'm going to list. ( See below for some samples.) PRICE : $1.50 (each) SIZE: 60mm x 60mm Folds out so you can write your message inside. These mini cards are perfect for little gifts or thank you's. They are a great little size for kid's party invites too,  just write your details inside, or print off your details, and paste them inside... easy and super cute. Going to focusing on the spice mixes in the coming week.    Also just listed an additional 12 recipe books for those that are interested. Elephant 3 pack $4.00 UPDATE: SOLD   UPDATE: SOLD

Scanned from the 10th Edition Aerophos cookbook July 1955 This book was a staple in Australian kitchens throughout the 1950s Sometimes the old classics are the best! I love this cookbook, I picked it up for $10 a few years ago and have had a lot of use out of it. I found this old ad from a 1948 newspaper for Aerophos, it was a kind of raising agent. 

RANT of the day. People who steal my pictures and put an ugly watermark on them. (WTF) I know there is no way to stop it, it just makes me mad. It's bad enough when people take photos from big websites like "Taste" etc and post them on their own pages as recipes. Yeah you can cook that, but you sure as hell didn't take that photo. I sound like a broken record here, but come on people be original.  Oh and re this site, their about us is "Lorem ipsum" well done guys on building a piece of tripe! (no way at all to contact the site owner) 

New In Store - Mini Gift Cards Folds out so you can write your message inside. These mini cards are perfect for little gifts or thank you's. They are a great little size for kid's party invites too, just write your details inside, or print off your details, and paste them inside... easy and super cute. UPDATE: THANKS EVERYBODY!  Almost completely sold out in 1 day!! Will be listing more later this week. Thanks everybody for your support.  PRICE : $1.50 (each) SIZE: 60mm x 60mm Here are some samples: SOLD OUT Camera Cards all SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Check them out here in the STORE

Ingredients 3⁄4 cup cold water Finely grated zest and juice of 2 oranges  2 drops of orange essence 250 g butter 2 cups brown sugar 200 g dark good quality chocolate 11⁄2 cups plain flour 1⁄4 cup cocoa 2 eggs, lightly beaten  1 teaspoon of vanilla extract Jaffa Icing  1 cup good quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped 1 cup cream 2-3 drops orange essence Zest of 1 orange Method Combine water, zest, juice,essence, butter, sugar and chocolate in a saucepan. Heat gently until chocolate has melted and sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and allow to cool slightly. Whisk in sifted flour and cocoa. Stir in beaten eggs & vanilla Pour batter into a lined 22cm spring form pan. Bake at 175°C for 11⁄4hours or until cooked. Allow to cool before icing. ** Jaffa Icing : Melt together chocolate,cream,essence and orange zest in a saucepan over simmering water.  (I have a very heavy based pan so I did it in t...

COOKBOOK SALE Good morning everybody, The store is now officially open: http://www.elliluca.com/p/store.html Prices ranging between $2 & $15 If you would like some more specific info about a certain book be sure to e-mail me with any questions. Please note if you don’t have PayPal and want to pay direct deposit please e-mail me your order request to wrongtown@gmail.com I will be listing a few more products over the coming weeks as some people have kindly donated some old books they aren’t getting use out of, so be sure to check back soon.  If you are wanting to order more than one book special rates below: Please note satchel sizes below.  Some of the heaver books will not fit into the 500gsm satchel as it is only: 355mm x 220mm POSTAGE FOR AUSTRALIA: Customers if buying more than one book I can send out in a flat rate satchel as per below. 3 Kilogram Satchel -  3kg satchel is: 405mm x 310mm Postage prices for the fl...

Prices from $2- $15 All systems go! Shop will be open 9am tomorrow morning.  (Cook book section anyway.)

Kracie - happy kitchen #4 - mini hamburger

(Pic is a preview of what's to come.) Hi everybody, Sorry for lack of updates but I've been working pretty hard getting my online store setup and stocked. Been focusing on the "cook book garage sale". I'm hoping to have it fully up and running next Friday. (So much scanning and description writing.)  Hope everybody is well & happy cooking. ♥