The CookingBites recipe challenge: nuts or seeds

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Recipe - Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti

Usually, when I have or make biscotti, I opt for something a little lighter. These are dark and rich and substantial. They make you feel like you're pampering yourself a little.

I'll admit...I left them maybe 1 solitary minute too long in the oven, but I'm finding I like the slightly burnt edge - adds another little layer of bitterness in it that's not unwelcome at all.

BTW, leaving something in the oven like that, my mom has a quirky little saying. When that happens, she says, "I shouldn't have followed the cooking time in the recipe, I should have listened with my nose." :laugh:

Shaped biscotti log

Shaped biscotti log


Ready for the second bake

Ready for the second bake


Out of the oven

Out of the oven


Afternoon biscotti and coffee

Afternoon biscotti and coffee

 
Recipe - Stuffed Cuttlefish with Cavolo Nero and Pine Nuts

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JAS_OH1 said:
Okay, so no sesame seeds...I typically don't eat those by the handfuls. I don't do that with pine nuts, either, but I adore cooking with both of them. And macadamia nuts are something else I don't eat by themselves...hmm.

I was just eating a handful of cashews and thinking how great they taste as a stand-alone snack. I have cooked with them (and pistachios) but generally just snack on them as is.
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Sesame seeds are allowed.
 
flyinglentris said:
I guess there's no reason why anyone should make further entries in the challenge. It's already been decided.
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Its not up to me at all (thankfully!). And I expect I will come up with some recipes to enter.

TastyReuben said:
So my upcoming peanut butter sandwich doesn't stand a chance?
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Depends on how you bring together the subtlety and complexity of flavours and textures, plus (of course) a surprising twist. :laugh:
 
Morning Glory said:
Its not up to me at all (thankfully!). And I expect I will come up with some recipes to enter.



Depends on how you bring together the subtlety and complexity of flavours and textures, plus (of course) a surprising twist. :laugh:
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I shall use meringue slabs for the bread slices, but not from chicken eggs, oh no, but from the Madagascar pochard, the world's rarest bird... :laugh:
 
TastyReuben said:
I shall use meringue slabs for the bread slices, but not from chicken eggs, oh no, but from the Madagascar pochard, the world's rarest bird... :laugh:
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..and peanuts sourced from a remote volcanic place in Africa which adds a smoky flavour to the peanuts? Yes, yes, bring it on!:bravo::bravo:
 
I have plans... in fact I may already have made 2 recipes (for this challenge) but I'm now utterly exhausted because I've actually made 3 things today and that's a little too much this soon after my op.
I'll have to write them up tomorrow.
(i've also got another planned for tomorrow or Friday ... )
 
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