BBC Good Food

19 January 2012

Tested

"'Dairy-free', apart from the eggs!!"

26 December 2010

Tested

"Delicious. I made this for Christmas Day. (I couldn't get cherries in kirsch so used cherries in apple juice, or something like that.) The day before, I soaked the brownies in cherries and added the custard (I actually bought chocolate custard, so there was no need to heat plain custard and stir in chocolate) and on the morning I whipped up the topping and stored it separately in the fridge, as advised, and crumbled chocolate and chopped fresh cherries for the decoration. It took moments to assemble just before eating and it really was lovely, everyone thoroughly enjoyed it."

29 December 2008

Tested

"I was worried about the slicing up at the end here ie whether to use a serrated knife (which I guess is best for cutting smoked salmon), or an unserrated one (which I imagine would be best for cutting tortilla)? So there was a little sawing/switching of knives (on my part) and tearing (on the part of the food) and sometimes the tortillas unravelled a bit. A tip for anybody yet to make this - if you cut off a slice and it looks less than perfect, turn it over - the other side may look better - this happened to me with a few slices :-). I couldn't comment on the taste as I am a vegetarian and I got no comments on it from my guests."

29 December 2008

Tested

"Absolutely divine! I didn't fancy eating the coriander or chilli, and didn't think my guests (both in their 80s) would either, so I topped the pineapple cubes with the yummy sweet and sour topping and scattered a 'rim' of coriander around the edge of the plate and put a circle of long but thinly sliced chilli on top as a garnish. It looked as pretty as a picture, and both I and my guests thoroughly enjoyed it :-) I am serving it again tomorrow for another drinks party. I read everyone else's comments and initially tried spearing the pineapple onto cocktail sticks to make it easier to pick up but I test drove it in the kitchen and the cocktail stick came away without the pineapple (canned pineapple, maybe the cocktail stick thing works with fresh?). But sooooo tasty, definitely a lifelong favourite! "

08 March 2008

Tested

"Yummy! I halved the recipe (ie to serve 2, and was planning on eating the other half on another night) but single-handedly polished off the lot :-) I loved the colours coming together when you put the veg into the squash - gorgeous! I took note of other people's comments and needed to cook the squash for longer too."