Me and My Besties

As I mentioned in the previous post I simply could not have done it without the Dream Team. Peg helped me set up on Saturday and Pamela and Vicki came from Melbourne on Saturday Night. We cooked Alvins Drunken Chicken (Master Chef) over a few wines. All I can say is YUM, totally delicious, we practically licked our plates clean. All up bright and early for a huge day.

I love these photos of us taken by the amazingly talented Adrienne from Pixeltree.

are macarons really the new cupcake?

I am a self confessed Masterchef addict, just between us I did try out for series one but never made it through. Thank the lord, as I never would have made it through the stress of invention tests. Anyway if you watch you would have seen the macaron tower this week which made me decide I need to once and for all take it off my To Do List where it has been sitting for about a year now.

Just to be clear, macarons are made with almond meal and a different process to macaroons that are made with coconut. They may be the new cupcake but they sure do take alot longer and way more steps involved...i.e triple sifting.

So, I used this recipe from Gourmet Traveller. They are most certainly not perfect, I think I would give myself a 7/10 but I am pretty pleased with them and myself.

Here they are....



Just kidding, these images are from pugly pixel, how divine are they? here are mine...not bad for a first attempt just wish I had of doubled the recipe.



Cant wait to try some more flavours....stay tuned.