Archive for July, 2011

PORK & POMEGRANATE – A CHRISTMAS IN JULY FEAST

It’s that time of year again my friends, Christmas in July.

It all began when I got it in my mind that I’d like to make a Pomegranate Glazed Ham.  It seemed a relatively easy thing to do, but it wasn’t until I’d been to my local butcher a few days prior to the family dinner that I learned a rolled ham nugget was indeed a specialty item that one needed to order the week before. 

I decided I’d take a stroll through the farmers markets for some inspiration (bleh, waking at 630am on a weekend is NOT okay, but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do), ham might be a traditional christmas fare right, but I got to thinking about substituting the cured meat for a roast instead, sounded right in my head as I ran through the flavours.  So, off I went in search amongst the rows of bounty.  

And there it was before me in the Mountain Creek Farm stash – a perfect free range, organic, happy and healthy piece of pork just begging me to take it home. A scrumptious deboned leg of pork that weighed 1.5 kilograms, I decided was mine. Continue Reading

MY MARSHMALLOW WORLD & WHITE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES!

It’s a marshmallow world in the winter
When the snow comes to cover the ground
It’s the time for play, it’s a whipped cream day
I wait for it the whole year round.

Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly
In the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head
It’s shining so your nose wont freeze.

The world is your snowball, see how it grows
Thats how it goes whenever it snows
The world is your snowball just for a song
Get out and roll it along

It’s a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts
Take a walk with your favorite girl
It’s a sugar date, what if spring is late
In winter it’s a marshmallow world.

‘Frank Sinatra – Marshmallow World’ Continue Reading