Cooking for Paula…And the Ladies

  Living in the north of the State traveling overseas means a long trip to an international airport and for us recently that meant an 1100 odd kilometre road trip to Brisbane to fly out to New Zealand. Fortunately my sister that lives in Brisbane had gone on a cruise to Fiji days before we got there. Not that I didn’t want to see her, but my two sisters from Christchurch ( our destination ) were house sitting the cruising sisters house in the hinterland near the gold coast and we got to spend a couple of nights and days with them. I decided to cook us a meal so we went shopping. After finding out they hadn’t had gnocchi I went with that. I bought fresh gnocchi ( coz Im smart) and made a Smoked Salmon, Broadbean and Proscuitto dish in a Garlic Cream Reduction. I added some finely sliced veg for goodness and some fresh grated parmesan to  top it all off. We also had Deepfried Crumbed Camenbert for entree and the Deep Fried Ice Cream pictured that is one of Paula’s best desserts.

Paula and the Ladies

The Making of Profiteroles

Paula’s latest cooking craze, Profiteroles

Sweet Leftovers

I made this dessert out of a want to not throw away small amounts of ingredients. I had a small amount of Vanilla Bean Yoghurt and the juice from a tin of mango. I poured the yoghurt into a little dish and topped with the mango juice. Then I just chucked it in the fridge over night. It was damn fine, would be very good in summer.

Sweet Temptations

Paula has been going nuts in the galley making desserts so I have dedicated this post to them.

This is the Chocolate Souffle.

Creme Brulee

Lemon Tart

I think my New Years resolution may have to be to exercise more.

Lemon Mousse

Coconut Parfait

Butterscotch Mousse

Paula’s Perfect Parfait

MORE, ENCORE, PUT MINE IN A BUCKET! She who must be obeyed made this Coconut Parfait w/ fresh Mango last night. It was damn fine! Could have eaten 50 of them, and the fresh mango and shaved chocolate just topped it off.