tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70942505831487471662024-03-12T19:10:56.749-07:00Random Musings of a Berkshire Bint A blog about living in Berkshire with a bit of Spain thrown in for good measure! Food, places to go, Friends, Family....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217987655170358415noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094250583148747166.post-65761241890986479272014-08-19T02:01:00.002-07:002014-08-19T02:01:08.273-07:00GBBO - Florentines
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something I would usually think of making. Firstly they look very fiddly and
secondly they contain mixed peel and I am not really a huge fan, but in the
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First of all I melted the butter with the Demerara sugar and
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Then chopped the nuts and measured out the peel and the
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Then (painstakingly) weighted out every individual one to
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Then baked until golden brown </div>
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While cooling I melted the dark chocolate</div>
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Then Ben and I slathered the choc on the top</div>
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All in all I think I did ok. They are not as difficult to
make as I thought and look really quite impressive so I am pretty pleased with
them. I have even made another batch to take to a dinner party tonight as it
looks like a nice thing to take along with wine. I think they may become a
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This is hands down one of the best parcels I have received -
it was fantastic! It was from Christine at http://diaryofadashingfashionista.com/
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First of all was a big afternoon in kit, I have never seen
anything like this before but it contains all different spice blends to make an
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Things like hot wings spice, things to add to potato salad,
even an ice tea mix! It comes with a menu and a shopping list to have the
perfect party for 8. Wait for a blog post later in the month where I shall be
testing out the kit</div>
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Secondly there was this very cute little bag "eat
me" I love <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Alice</st1:city></st1:place>
in Wonderland so have stolen this idea for a themed party in the future! I wont
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Finally 3 tea pigs teas. We are definitely a tea household,
I think on the last count Ben had about 10 different types of breakfast tea
that he alternates so these cute little boxes were gratefully received. I have
tried the crème caramel rooibos and it was delicious, I am looking forward to
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Thank you so much Christine for a wonderful wonderful
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I love bake off! Its such a great show and although I was a
later adopter (I only started watching last season) its now a staple in my
planner. I haven't been baking as much recently so I have decided to test
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Week One - Cherry Cake </div>
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A Mary Berry classic recipe that is seemingly easy but
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the bottom of the cake or, as was the case with one contestant, chopped too
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One that I have been meaning to write for a while is about a restaurant in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region> that we go to. In fact Ben insists that we go – every time! My Parents love it, my Bestie loves it, and everyone loves it! The service is impeccable, the people are lovely and the food is amazing. Ill do this review on the “Menu Del Dia” which, translated, is the day menu and a set menu provided every day. It’s a cheaper way of eating there as works out about fifty euros including wine! So here goes…</div>
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Today’s was a tiny chicken leg in a very fragrant BBQ Sauce with fresh Rosemary<br />
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The offered a choice of starters, I went for the salad<br />
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Miguel (the owner) then sent us over a glass of “43” – Sublime! If you are ever in the vicinity you have to pop in, such a lovely restaurant! Blog to follow on the A La Carte Menu! KX<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was so excited for this month after last months went a little askew! I was paired with <st1:city><st1:place>Tracy</st1:place></st1:city> from her blog “It’s not easy being Greedy” (brilliant blog – go check it out and see what she thought of what I sent her) this is what I sent her – I think she liked it.</div>
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Claire from <a href="http://claireyfairyscooking.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Claireys Fairy Cooking </a>was given the task of sending to me. I’m sure this isn’t easy as we give them the advice – we are happy with anything! Claire sent the most wonderful Parcel in an autumn theme all wrapped in lovely tissue paper <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Thank you so much Claire for a lovely lovely Parcel!</span></div>
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A bit late as the parcel was delayed from Lithania but we received a lovely packet of goodies from Valerija. I was at work so Ben opened it and quickly sent me pics. So this is our haul!</div>
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Firstly some scrummy looking chocolates! They are white chocolate with nuts on, Ben somehow managed not to dive straight into these (I have no idea how!) But we did have some when he got in from work last night with a cup of hot chocolate.</div>
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Then there was a salad dressing spray – what a brilliant idea! It combines oil and vinegar in a bottled spray – looking forward to trying this out!</div>
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The rock salt and sea salt combo in a jar was intriguing and as I was making roasted new potatoes last night I combined some of this with some Rosemary from the garden and made some yummy potatoes! Will definitely get a lot of use out of this.</div>
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Finally was (what I think) is dried chillis – I have asked Valerija to confirm – but look really exciting to try. Thank you so much Valerija for a lovely Parcel!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So as Ben gets evenings off midweek instead of weekends that’s when we tend to venture out, this weeks ‘date night’ was off to The Shurlock Inn on the way to Twyford. I had heard on the website that this was the night of their new menu so was a little dubious of going on the first night. Didn’t matter, in fact we would never have know it was the first night of something new. Lots of lovely options on the menu – too many infact! They all looked so delicious! I opted for the Glazed goats cheese served<span style="color: #fffef4; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span>on a rocket, beetroot and toasted walnut salad. This was AMAZING – unfortunately my phone won’t take pictures at the moment but a picture would not capture the awesomeness to be honest. Ben had homemade duck terrine, with pink peppercorns and bay leaves, served with plum and orange chutney and toast – he said this was lovely but perhaps a little too big.</div>
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For main I had good old pie and mash with a cream sauce, again, this was lovely although for my (random) taste the mash was a bit too hard but much better when smooshed up with the gravy. Ben had Rib eye which he said was really good and served with sautéed potatoes which was a nice change from chips.</div>
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For dessert (although no room we had to try them) I had about 3 bites of the White chocolate banoffee pie which had the perfect balance between fruit and yummy biscuit with the white chocolate cream – lovely but too big. Ben had Apple and rhubarb crumble served with custard which although came out nuclear hot Ben said the flavours were really good.</div>
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So all in all we would definitely recommend the Shurlock inn – really really good but make sure you book because they do get really busy! Oh and at the moment they are on the Tesco Club card boost voucher deal!</div>
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So one of the reasons I have started this blog is because I have joined a scheme called foodie penpals. Every month I get an email with my penpal for that month and I have create a box of goodies (to the value of £10) to send to them. Everyone then reveals their stash on the 30th of every month of their blog. Ben and I loved selecting our goodies to send to our first penpal, sadly she is no longer with the scheme but I am sure thats not because of us (I hope). In turn we were given as a penpal to a lovely lady in Lithunia, but due to postal problems we havent recieved our packet yet - hopefully soon and watch this space for a post.<br />
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So this is me – and my first blog! I read a lot of blogs and enjoy them so thought it best to start my own and join the blogging community!</div>
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I live in <st1:place>Berkshire</st1:place> and have done all my life. I think it’s a lovely place to live and hopefully in this you will get an idea of the places to go, things to try, restaurants to try etc. etc. I am also lucky enough to go to <st1:country-region><st1:place>Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region> quite a lot – so there will be some random musings from there too. </div>
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