My first Gordon Ramsay recipe

Beef Fillet with a gratin of wild mushrooms

This is the first recipe I use from the Gordon Ramsay Chef's Secrets cookbook. When you think of such a talented chef you might think that the recipes are going to be too difficult, but trust me, when it comes to the savory dishes, they are just sophistically simple to make ;)

(You can also find this recipe on youtube by clicking here).

  

You can modify this recipe by using ingredients which are easy for you to find, for example in the cookbook Gordon uses mushrooms like Ceps, Girolles and Morels but they are not easy to find here in Singapore so I used Asian mushrooms such as Shitake and Enoki. 

In the youtube video, Gordon only uses Chives but in the cookbook he uses parsley, chervil and chives which taste delicious when combined. Finally, to give a nice kick to the mushroom flavor, add 2 tablespoons of white wine to them towards the end of their cooking time.

*The best advice I can give you for a successful and tasty recipe? 

Don't forget the seasoning!

Enjoy!

Marble cake

Marble cake is one of my favorites and this time I thought about trying out a recipe I found in one of my french cookbooks. 

To be honest  I think they put far too much cocoa powder in their recipe so I decided to decrease the portion and it turned out beautifully by being nice and moist in the inside and had various degradations of chocolate colors which gave it the rustic look.

Next time I will try this recipe and see the difference between the 2!

You can now check out all my recipes on the tab below the "About Me" section

Christmas baking week - Gingerbread feast!

Here is the second part of my Christmas baking week : Gingerbread men!

What would the Christmas holiday be without the smell of delicious wintery spices of cakes and mulled wine in the house?! As I looked for the perfect recipe I realized that most recipes use molasses which I am not too fond of, therefore I use Lyle's golden syrup (previously used in this recipe). 

Gingerbread men are also a delicious treat to bring to the office and they can also make a fun decoration for your Christmas tree!

*Recipe here 

*Spices used for the gingerbread men: ground ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon*

*Make holes before cooking them if you wish to hang them on your Christmas tree*

*A perfect treat to bring to the office (labels designed by me and can also be found here)*

Christmas baking week - Meringue trees and snowmen

Christmas is less than a week away and it is time for the seasonal baking.

Do you remember my Halloween meringue ghosts? Well, as I love meringue so much I decided to experiment it with Christmas trees and snowmen. Here is the result... what do you think about them? 

This weekend we also decorated our Christmas tree, have you done yours yet?

(Click here for the recipe)

*Part of our Christmas tree decorations*

* Happy Birthday Mum :)

Lemon meringue tartlet

Ever since the episode of Desperate Housewives where Bree tries to get hold of Katherine's secret lemon meringue pie recipe (season 4 episode 2), I have been obsessed with this delicious dessert!

I feel that there isn't really a season for it and it is perfect for any occasion, you can make it shaped as a standard pie or as tartlets which I think is cuter and easier to eat :) 

For the recipe, I used the same base as my berrylicious tart which I made back in September and for the lemon filling recipe click here.

My tip for a lemonicious lemon meringue pie: use fresh lemon juice and sieve it before mixing it to the other ingredients so you don't get all the bits.

Bon Appétit!