Watermelon, Raspberry and Mint chocolate chip macarons


I was being rather greedy one night – instead of just making a single flavour of macarons, I decided I should go all out and see how many I can churn out with only one or two coloured shells. Deciding that I should go with what I have in the fridge, I checked and found…

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Toblerone macarons


I think I struck gold when I heard S say “oh how I miss black Toblerone…”. We were talking about how the Toblerone fairy had been visiting work and I was also wondering what macaron flavour I should try next (I haven’t repeated once since I started making them at the start of 2012. There’s…

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Donut macarons


This creation is part of my macaron marathon this week and I ended up letting my piping hand loose on the baking sheet. I piped hollow circles and crossed my fingers that they won’t collapse – they didn’t and I got donut macarons! These were made with the fruit loops macaron base, as I thought…

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Chinese Barbecued Pork and Buns (Char Siu Bao/叉烧包)


It went like this: You were about 13 and one afternoon your friends or cousins came over to play, and no one wanted the party to end. What to do for dinner, your parents wondered. There were no ”chinese take away” as such where you can order sweet and sour pork or beef with vegetables…

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