I recently decided buying vegetables in the supermarket was starting to annoy me. Too much packaging, too expensive & they don't last any time all. There are some great markets near us but unless you are super organised it can be very easy to miss them. So i thought i would give delivered veg boxes a go & after having a good browse on the web i chose Abel & Cole. Now i'm not one of these blogger that get present for saying nice things about places or companies (mainly because i'm small fry & nobody knows i exist, otherwise i probably be a present whore) but i can flat out say that i love A&C. We opted for the gourmet box for two people, which means the veg choice is slightly more interesting than the standard box & it comes every Tuesday & makes me cycle home that much quicker. It forces us to cook new things which is great & apart from the Houseboy having a Wednesday night freak out over an Artichoke (apparently not a weekday veg choice) all has run smoothly. I have to say, the box for two is more than generous, we have to make sure we eat veg everyday otherwise we fall behind & end up wallowing in greens. We have also tried the eggs, bread & milk which were all great. So i you want fresh vegetables on your doorstep once a week, hop on line or talk to one of their ridiculously chirpy & helpful people.
I was never really a fan of Tiramisu until the Houseboy & i spent a long weekend in Venice, we ate it sitting next to the water after eating huge plates of pasta & really i should have been way too full to even contemplate dessert but i gave it a go & it was delicious. Truthfully i don't think i will ever have such an amazing version again, but this recipe is good. I doubled the amount of cream & marcarpone (already accounted for in the amounts listed below) because i didn't want half pots left in the fridge (ooh will have to remember that excuse for the furture) & the ratio worked out perfectly.
This is from the Australian Women's Weekly After Work Fast cookbook, which the Houseboys parents sent us when we moved into our flat. Two recipe books down, a fair few to go...
Ingredients:
- one tbsp instant coffee granules
- two tbsp caster sugar
- 160ml boiling water
- 80ml hazelnut flavoured liqueur (i cheated & used sherry because it was lingering in the corner)
- 250ml whipping cream
- 500g mascarpone cheese
- twelve sponge finger biscuits
- 25g coarsely grated dark chocolate
- 70g coarsely chopped roasted hazelnuts (i chopped mine quite finely though)
Method:
Dissolve the coffee & half sugar in the water, stir in the liqueur & leave to cool. Meanwhile beat the cream with remaining sugar until it forms soft peaks (it's easier to use electric beaters) & carefully fold in the mascarpone cheese. Dip the biscuits, one at a time in the coffee mixture & lay in a single layer in a shallow dish. Pour any remaining mixture over the biscuits. Carefully spoon the cream mixture over the biscuits & sprinkle on the chocolate shavings & nuts.
Dissolve the coffee & half sugar in the water, stir in the liqueur & leave to cool. Meanwhile beat the cream with remaining sugar until it forms soft peaks (it's easier to use electric beaters) & carefully fold in the mascarpone cheese. Dip the biscuits, one at a time in the coffee mixture & lay in a single layer in a shallow dish. Pour any remaining mixture over the biscuits. Carefully spoon the cream mixture over the biscuits & sprinkle on the chocolate shavings & nuts.
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