Weekends

Another weekend is gone past...

I seem to be living from weekend to weekend... treating each as if it were my very last!

The last one was fairly eventful.

Decadent chocolate mousse, Exotic Yafkali Pilafi, Awesome Chicken Tagine, the old favorite: Banana Cake, and Rum Caramel sauce- which turned into a desolate toffee marked the passing of this one!

I melted the chocolate with a dash of dark rum and mixed in some whipped cream. An unplanned blending in of stiff egg whites followed. the result was a well set mousse- which IMHO could have been lighter.

The chicken tagine followed with a doubtful look at the strange lack of chillies or peppers. Very doubtfully, I decided to stick with the recipe telling myself I could add in some chilli if required.

The amazing Eggs Benedict! Accompanied by colorful stir fried veggies, they made for a filling start to my sunday.

The warm banana cake was everything I have come to expect. Moist and rich- every mouthful feels like another binge!

The rum caramel sauce bubbled away invitingly and I have a huge blister to show for my curiosity!

The Yafkali Pilafi was unexpectedly nice. The single spice flavoring seemed to be inadequate. And chef (who hates pastry shells!!!) sabotaged my efforts at lining the yafka... The result was an aromatic pilaf with the unexpected textures of squash and eggplant in a woefully inadequate pastry shell- which IMHO could have baked longer (to a crisp!)! Suffice it to say that the dubious house help went to sleep on an empty stomach and paddy laughed all the way home!