Jul. 11th, 2010

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I know I said I was finished, but then I bought more cookbooks (and also I forgot I had another American Girl dinner to make.

This week was the Ikea cookbook.

We had salmon with a herb crust with veg followed by Scanian apple pie and custard.

The salmon was nice, and everyone ate it. Very easy too; just mix breadcrumbs with herbs (it said dill, but Benedict doesn't like dill so I used thyme) and press into the salmon, then fry, crust side down first. The recipe includes fried beetroot, which turned out to be the same texture as pickled beetroot, which I don't like. Beetroot's never going to be our favourite veg, but this is not the way to cook it for us. Also,it said serve with boiled potatoes, but I did carrots as well, in case we didn't like the beetroot. Oh, and there's a mustard sauce, which was v tasty and I will make again. Stock, mustard, chopped anchovies (which I didn't have so I used fish sauce) an cornflour to thicken. Would work with pork or chicken, too.

Apple pie wasn't pie, more like a brown betty, but was tasty. Custard likewise was a bit uncustard; beat egg yolks with sugar, add cream, then add whisked egg whites. I forgot to get cream, so used condensed milk instead of the cream and sugar.
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I made pain au chocolat with mini daim bars. They were really very tasty, but if I make them again, I'll leave them to rise longer the first rise and remember to glaze them (they looked slightly undercooked, but weren't). I'm not sure that the daim bar actually added much, beyond a slight crunch, I don't think I'll do that again, but I'm glad I tried.

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