I’ve always been fascinated by mille feuille. I always marvelled at how delicate and light they look in bakery displays – but I don’t believe I’ve ever had one before. Luckily, I was able to make a gluten free, dairy free version of them for this week’s GBBO challenge! Yummy pastry. It was patisserie week […]
Gluten Free and Dairy Free Moroccan Lamb and Apricot Pie
Did I ever tell you I love Moroccan food? Better yet – give me a Moroccan lamb dish and I’m over the moon. That, together with the fact that I’ve been going nuts baking sweet stuff for the past few weeks, and you get the idea for this week’s #GBBO bake off – my Moroccan […]
Apricot and Ginger Frangipane Tart #Glutenfree #Dairyfree
The first time I heard about a frangipane tart, I was completely confused because I thought it was a tart made with frangipani (plumeria) flowers! Instead, imagine my surprise when I found out that it was a sweet, almond based filling for apie. Well, technically, I didn’t hear about it until I found a chocolate […]
Wandering Wednesdays: BBC Good Food Show 2015 at Hampton Court Palace!
Welcome back to Wandering Wednesdays on Bewildered Bug! Every few Wednesdays, as I explore my surroundings, I’m going to post something about the area that I find awesome, inspiring, funny …. something to help me appreciate my surroundings more and something to show you what beauty there is all around you and to introduce you […]
Profiteroles! #glutenfree #dairyfree
At a recent gluten free baking class that I chose to take, the instructor shook her head vehemently and went “just trust me, you can’t make choux pastry gluten free”. If you know me, I took that on as a challenge – and when I saw that the Great British Bake Off was doing a […]
Cheesecake filled meringue nests #dairyfree #glutenfree
The ladies in my family are very much picky about our cheesecakes. When I ate dairy (and berries..um and gluten), the king of cheesecakes that we made in our house was just a fairly simple, yet divine no-bake cherry cheesecake. The recipe which is still, to this day, kept secret within the famiy. (Except that […]
Gluten Free Nutella Bread Recipe #glutenfree almost #dairyfree
“Dear Emelia”, I wrote, “I have a little disaster at my house. I have officially run out of Nutella”. I pressed send on my What’s App and waited. Emelia’s Mom wrote back and informed me that my (then) four year old niece told her to instruct me to “…Go to the grocery and get more […]
Chocolate dipped orange and cardamom biscotti # glutenfree #dairyfree
Let’s talk biscotti. If you google the word “biscotti” you will see everyone saying that the word “biscotti” means twice baked – and that’s true, but if you ask an Italian about real biscotti, they actually use the word to refer to any biscuits…or cookies, not just the twice baked popular long, slightly arched, crunchy […]
Maintain your exercise routine. Mix it up!
If you have been following me on the blog, you would have learnt that I’ve been doing Pilates once a week for the last year. I love it – and I love the effects it has on the aches and pains that plague me daily. In fact, because of hamstring stretches et. al. during these […]
White Forest Cake #GlutenFree and #DairyFree #Recipe
You heard me right. A White Forest Cake. At least that’s what I’m calling it – it’s actually called a Zuger Kirschtorte – it’s a Swiss styled cake that consists of a nut-meringue, buttercream and cake …oh and of course, Kirschwasser. That’s right, Kirschwasser – or you may know it simply as Kirsch. You know […]