Hints and tips:
...You might also add a splash of brandy – see classic prawn cocktail recipes such as The Wolseley’s – or vodka like Manzi’s chef Christian Turner....
...Don’t faff about with a bain-marie. Modern ovens are reliable at low temperatures. Finally, don’t even try it without a probe thermometer. Why guess?...
...Of the high-street brands, Tre Marie is the one to look out for....
...It takes 40 minutes to make from the first walnut in the food mixer to the final drenching of the cake with brandy in its oven tin....
...Until June 30, the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida, is running a show called Gauguin: Voyage to Paradise....
...Now that Christmas is a brandy-soaked memory, there comes the difficult business of packing away all the gifts that haven’t been broken or eaten....
...Cover the bain-marie with aluminium foil. ● After 35 minutes, check the temperature of the centre of the parfait using a probe thermometer....
...Add the pistachio paste and the brandy. To assemble Brush the sponge with the cherry syrup. Smooth on the pistachio cream evenly and then dot with cherries....
...Feel free to use any whisky you like – or to substitute brandy or rum if you prefer....
...Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts captures the Prince’s blind desperation, while a slimline Anne-Marie Owens is the suitably domineering Witch....
...It was a kind of Marie Antoinette metaphor for our food-obsessed times. Perhaps we are all middle-aged now, even on our campuses....
...Once the pudding – consumed with roughly equal quantities of brandy butter – was dispensed with, dessert proper could start....
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