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  1. Valentine’s Day

    February 14, 2013 by potatoface

    To quotate my favourite film:

    ‘-Sometimes I’m thinking, is love actually possible in life? Does it actually exists?

    -Love?

    -Yes, love. Is it actually possible to happen?

    - Well, they show love quite often on TV…Like some people are in love or talk…

    - Yes, I’m thinking in real life it’s actually not possible…’

    Don’t try to remember which film is it from. If you are not Polish, you wouldn’t know. You can see the clip here though.

    I don’t have a single romantic bone in my body. I was lucky to be brought up during communism where people didn’t believe in frills like that. Parents also didn’t hug you or told you they loved you (hold on, surely not just my parents??)…

    And Valentine’s Day…what is it all about that on one day you have to go over the top, roses are overpriced and you have only the right to celebrate it if you are in a relationship.

    I say, it should be an occasion for single people to party wild and celebrate being with someone who understands them the most – themselves.

    So, although I’m not a romantic, I love parties and gatherings of people I like, or love even…

    And for that reason only, this year I’m baking and cooking for them.

    valentine's day decorations

    valentine's day decorations

    The menu:

    Asparagus and pea risotto

    Chocolate cheescake

    Tiramisu

    asparagus and pea risotto

    asparagus and pea risotto

    The recipe for tiramisu you can find in dessert section in this blog, the only difference this time was that I made individual tiramisu for everyone.

    tiramisu

    tiramisu

    tiramisu

    tiramisu

    The recipe for chocolate cheescake was adapted  from Cook Vegetarian.

    Chocolate cheescake

    For the base:

    175g digestive biscuits

    1 tbsp muscovado sugar

    1 tbsp cocoa powder

    75g butter melted

    For the filling:

    100g dark chocolate

    50g butter

    1 tbsp cocoa powder

    1 tbsp dark rum (I use honey vodka)

    3 medium free-range eggs

    40g moscovado sugar

    1tbsp flour

    1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

    250g vegetarian mascarpone cheese

    fresh raspberries

    1. Preheat oven to 180C. Crush the biscuits, sugar and cocoa powder in a food processor. Add melted butter and mix well. Press into the bottom of spring-form cake tin. Set aside.

    2.To make the filling, place chocolate, butter, cocoa powder and rum into a bowl set over simmering water until everything has melted together and is smooth. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.

    3. Meanwhile beat the eggs and sugar until smooth and brown. It might take 10 minutes.

    4. Add the flour, vanilla and mascarpone and whisk briefly until incorporated. Add the chocolate mixture and blend to combine. Pour into the cake tin and bake for 40- 45 minutes. Cool and serve with raspberries.

    chocolate cheescake

    chocolate cheescake

    Happy Valentine’s Day all single people!

    chocolate cheescake

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  2. Squash risotto – a dish with character

    June 9, 2011 by potatoface

     

    squash risottoMy love of risotto runs deep. It is a dish with character and personality. It is almost like me – it needs attention, if you can’t give enough, it turns nasty.

    I mentioned before that you can hardly ever have good risotto in a restaurant or a pub if it’s not run by a devoted Italian family.

    I was embarrassed by Boyfriend’s father once in a very nice pub. As it happens, the only vegetarian option was mushroom risotto and based on my experience I expected it to be horrible. And it was. You couldn’t find mushrooms in it with a magnifying glass, tasted of nothing and it was overcooked. I bitched about it for 5 minutes, just because I love bitching. Then the waitress came and asked if we liked the food and Boyfriend’s dad said : ‘Yes, food was really good, apart from risotto, but that’s just because she can make it better’. I was afraid to have a desert because I expected them to spit in it. And who can blame them.

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  3. spinach risotto – easy way to show your love

    June 6, 2011 by potatoface

    Potatofaces.com: spinach risottoRisotto is one of my favourite dishes. I can’t say my absolute favourite, like I can’t say what my favourite film is- there is just too many amazing ones to choose from.

    Here’s the thing though – if you ever go to a posh restaurant where waitresses look like models and you sit on uncomfortable but beautiful to look at chairs, you won’t find anything vegetarian on the menu apart from mushroom risotto. And it’s always the most horrible dish you can ever try and you have to pay for it (honestly, they should pay you for making you eat it). It’s either undercooked or overcooked, looks like grey blob and is tasteless. Trust me, the only good risotto I ate was the one I had in Italy or at my sister’s.

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