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Happy New Year everyone!

After a month it’s time to (reluctantly) get back to work – I could definitely use a couple more weeks of vacation… *sigh*

If you, like me, need a boost to get back to work I highly recommend this dessert.
Cherry crumble
adapted from here

320g fresh cherries, pitted and quartered
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons demerara sugar

Topping

I was supposed to post this crumble two days back for the ‘Sweet Punch’ baking series, and here I am late again. Better late than never right? I had a hell lot of cranberries lying in my fridge waiting to be used in some dish. I also had some blackberries with which I usually make smoothies lying my freezer. I also used chocolate chips and walnuts in the topping. The original recipe actually

If you read this post the fact that I burned my tongue eating this crumble will come as no surprise.
I made the crumble before the tartlets, and my curiosity for the rhubarb flavor would not be stopped by a piping hot bowl of dessert, right?

Just so you know it, it was all worth it.
Rhubarb and vanilla crumble
from here

850g rhubarb, trimmed and chopped
¾ cup + 1 tablespoon (162g)

Foodies will do almost anything for love cookbooks. Our shelves are overflowing with ones we have bought, scrounged and borrowed. I was recently sent some to review, it’s quite exciting getting an advance copy to peruse before it gets to the shops.I made two recipes from ‘Cinnamon, Spice & Warm Apple Pie’, a book with a perfect title for autumn/winter. It’s filled with the most wonderful warming,

Are you tired of my apple recipes yet? :)I know I’ve been using apples like crazy lately, and must confess that I still intend to make a couple of recipes with them before the end of their season. Let me tell you one delicious thing I found out the other day: I never knew apples and passion fruit were so good together. Luckily, Bill did. :)Apple and passion fruit crumble6 Granny Smith apples,

“Mind like a sieve these days and the attention span of a flea!!”   Jeanne Horak @ Cooksister

I love the quote above. Words from Jeanne @ CookSister in emails being exchanged a couple of days…

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