Lights, camera, apples.

After an exhausting day at work I swooned right over at Becky Sunshine's art piece of spring green risotto with goats cheese. She used leeks, onions, celery, sugar snap peas, and mushrooms and decorated it with rocket and crumbled goat's cheese. That on a Cath Kidston plate was heaven. It was dressed to impress.
If anyone doesn't know how to make a risotto they should know it just involves softening the veg then pouring in arborio rice, and ladling the stock in every time the last lot soaks in. Stir it up now. Can make you very red in the face but the ending is oh so happy.

After eating we watched The Edge of Love by candlelight. In the flickering light with the heady scent of incense in the air (we were in stoke newington) I kept thinking we were watching the reflections of ourselves in the laptop. Apart from obs Keira and Sienna didn't do us justice.

Oh whilst watching the film we shared a bowl of stewed apples and dough. It's a new pudding i've invented from freezing then unfreezing then using too much of my Granny's crumble mix.

It was a dreamy date all in all. p.s sorry I was so tired, Beck.

Have to dash as apparently I have to go to work again tomorrow. Can you imagine?

Night nips xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The sunshine has her birthday hat on

Today is Becky Sunshine's birthday party day and so I am making her a Becky Sunshine Lemon tart as a present.

Obvs ready rolled pastry. Not made of time. Okay: Butter up the tin. Put the pastry in it, pressing down with your thumb at the sides to stick it down and tearing off the excess pastry.

Put in oven for 10 mins gas mark 5 with some foil or baking beans to keep the pastry down. Remove the foil/whatevs and bake for another 8-10 mins until the base is dry and lightly cooked. Lower oven setting to gas mark 3.

For the filling beat one whole egg and 4 large egg yolks, and 150g caster sugar in a bowl until smooth. Carefully stir in zest of 4 medium lemons, the juice, 143ml double cream and mix until evenly blended. Leave to stand for 5 mins, then skim off the foam from the top of the mixture. Carefully pour the filling into the pastry case. Bake the tart for 25-30 mins or until the filling in the centre is springy to the touch. Leave to stand for 15 mins then serve warm or cool completely and chill before serving. Decorate with raspberries and icing sugar dust.

Whilst it was setting I went for a last snowy walk with Lexie and Mum.

Off to the station now to battle through to London. I've heard a rumour that some people are too snowed in to go to becky's birthday tonight but I would rather sledge there than miss it!

Bye princesses xxxxxxxxxxxxx