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Unusual Ingredients Corner

15 posts · started by CantabSnacks · Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:55 pm

  1. CantabSnacks Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:55 pm #1
    Last night, I rose to a bit of a challenge a friend set me a while ago:

    Amongst others, I have two amazing cook books: 'Everything tastes better with garlic' and 'Everything tastes better with bacon.'

    The latter has some desserts... but my friend misunderstood and then challenged me to make her a dessert with garlic in.

    After some thought, and help from my friend google, I made a Lime sponge cake (with too much lime juice... it was little, well, flat...) and served it with lime and garlic sc. (lime juice and zest, finely chopped garlic, sugar, fromage frais.) It worked suprisingly well, and was very well received. I'm going to work on improving it.

    So, the thing is:

    I'd like some more unusual ingredient challenges... or to hear what's been done/share ideas. I'm going to carry on experimenting with garlic desserts... (garlic and lime sorbet when I get some freezer space...)
  2. pesky Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:11 pm #2
    cool idea!!

    i challenge you to make something sweet with sausage meat in it
  3. CantabSnacks Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:49 pm #3
    pesky wrote:cool idea!!

    i challenge you to make something sweet with sausage meat in it


    You're on.
  4. CantabSnacks Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:57 pm #4
    I have been thinking. Dangerious, I know, but I've been doing it none the less. The point is somewhat moot now that Beef Bovril is back, but the idea arose of making a jelly out of beef stock.

    Am trying to think of uses - a meaty version of a jaffa cake perhaps? Or maybe a meat trifle. Or, just slip it into a flan case.

    Thoughts?
  5. blueeyes Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:38 pm #5
    ewwwwww...
  6. em'n'mz Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:51 pm #6
    can i say i am not fond of these wired food mixtures. they sound horrible
  7. blueeyes Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:33 pm #7
    ...ewwww
  8. king pimp III Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:59 pm #8
    i had a sort of sweet dish with sausage meat apple and dried fruit in a sort of strudel pastry while in holland it was sweet and savory at the same time, wasnt the best thing i have ever had to eat but far from the worst.
  9. blueeyes Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:02 pm #9
    It's the beef jelly that I'm not liking.
  10. Vix83 Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:16 pm #10
    a meat jaffa cake............thats just..............wrong
  11. em'n'mz Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:48 pm #11
    very wrong
  12. beckly Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:42 pm #12
    VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY WRONG!!!!!!! [Evil or Very Mad] <shudders>
  13. CantabSnacks Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:27 pm #13
    Hehe, I'm quite surprised by the reaction to that suggestion. To be honest, I can't even work out how it would work... I think it'd be pastry, beef jelly, but then what for the "chocolate" cover [Confused]
  14. LadyV Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:35 pm #14
    actually beef and chocolate go quite well together. I've seen several recipies for beef stew with choclate in it. Mmm beefy chocolate [Razz]
  15. em'n'mz Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:47 pm #15
    does not snd nice
    in my opinion anyway

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