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XZIGALIA
 
Home Town: Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Living In: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Member Since: Jun. 2004
Cooking Level: Beginning
Cooking Interests: Baking, Italian, Dessert, Gourmet
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About this Cook
Christian. Extremely sweet tooth. Seven cats, one hubby, no kids. Generally psychotic sense of humour.
My favorite things to cook
Oh baby! Anything sweet, particularly sweet and gooey. Or anything with meat. Or cheese. Or meat AND cheese. (I have yet to invent a combination of pudding, meat and cheese. Which is probably for the best.)
My favorite family cooking traditions
Nana's sunday roasts.
My cooking triumphs
The huge pudding party I was asked to do for my friends. I made all these desserts and they all worked out. And I invented this pie with marshmallows, custard, tinned boysenberries and chocolate sauce and they all loved it and said it was their favourite!
My cooking tragedies
The omelet that my friend and I decided to flavour with allspice, cinnamon and oregano. I can almost still taste it. The icing that I tried to flavour but the only thing I had on hand was imitation lemon/ lime juice. The time I tried to make pancakes but didn't have any regular flour so I tried to substitute cornflour thinking it was pretty much the same thing. Then I added cocoa to make them chocolate pancakes. And the orange valencia pie that curdled. But not until the second day so it was after I had given it to the person and when they were trying to serve it to their friends at a book review evening! I was mortified!
Recipe Reviews 47 reviews
Beer Pancakes
The main appeal of this recipe is its versatility- instead of using milk, you can use whatever fizzy drink you have on hand, and its flexibility- being able to have a range of flavours depending on what you used. I used a natural ginger beer and added cinnamon, cassia, nutmeg and ginger to make them spicy. The edges went lovely and crispy, almost caramelised. Because milk is more healthy than fizzy drink, I wouldn't use this recipe again unless I was tweaking it for a Vegan or had no milk and had a craving. I really warn against substituting low calorie, healthy milk for pop or beer. But then again, pancakes aren't health food!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 19, 2011
Sweet Potato Pie IX
I made three pies and a custard by doubling the recipe and cooking the forth in a glass dish for my gluten free friends. My boss said it was the most delicious pie he had ever eaten and my friend said she'd kill me if I didn't give her the recipe. My rating is a four star because of the evaporated milk. I could taste it with/over the sweet potatoes. It added a rich/caramelly touch which I thought was really nice but detracted from the sweet potatoes. I would have given it three stars, as a good recipe, but the rave reviews pushed it up. For alterations, I did half white, half brown sugar and topped one with marshmallow. I also used my own spice blend and upped the spices, as milk products mute the flavour of pumpkin pie spice. I also used orange sweet potatoes, but I'm keen to try it with purple, as I have had good success with purple candied yams.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 26, 2011
Secret Burger Sauce
I made this just expecting it to taste like mixed sauces, but it's better than the sum of it's parts! It made an absolutely fantastic flavour and went fantastically on our vegan teff-burgers.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 6, 2011
 
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