QuaintR is all about two young healthcare professionals on their bumpy way to find the road to balance, happiness and nice recipes in life. This blog is a way of sharing their everyday adventures.
Queck Curious. Strong headed. Bubbly. Passionate. Creative. Medical Doctor. Still a bit diffident.
Roosje Medical Herbalist. Huggable. Floaty. Enthusiastic. Creative. Energetic. Stubborn. Medical student.Remember this post? Guess not.
It has been such a long time since i've had a problem with a bike. However, today it started. Suddenly my bike started to make a hell of a noice and now i can't use gear no 1 anymore. I've already asked the BF to give me a hand cos DIY is more interesting. Hopefully i'll still be able to use my bike after the weekend. The update will follow soon!
So the footy is on. And lots of people are crazy about it. Not me. Or at least: not till yesterday. I now must admit that i really do like the football. Especially during the rush hour. Cos it means a very relaxing trip home...
Remember those days when St Nicolas would come around or your birthday or a trip with school, final exams? The excitement and anticipation would just be too much?
That's how i feel at the moment and i can't sleep. Being a semi-insomniac anyhow, the anticipation of seeing him at the airport (where he'll be arriving around 7.30am) is just enough to keep me awake. And since i can't fall asleep now i'm slightly afraid that i won't be worth a penny tomorrow am, which -of course- adds to the stress. Tried lots of things already but nothing seems to work. Guess it's a good chance to finally read all my new books...
Okay, at the moment i'm only at home during the weekends (and this w/e i'm only here on Sat and Sun-am), and i'm really having a hard time check of the food i buy (i always bring too much home). So last week's rhubarb was looking at me when i got home and the elder is still flowering sooooo beautifully around the house. Putting one and one together and inspired by rhubarb and verbena recipe, i decided to bake a rhubarb-elderflower pie that turned out great!
Ingredients:
Dough:
100g flour (i used half wholewheat/half plain)
30g demerara sugar
15g ground almonds
60g butter (frozen in cubes)
1/2 egg
Combine the flour, sugar, ground almonds, and a pinch of salt, add the cold butter and knead the dough very quickly. Add the egg till the dough just comes togehter. Wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for at least 30mins (preferably 1hr). Take 2/3 of the dough and either roll it out or just press it in the spring form tin (btw i used a 15cm (or there about) spring form tin). The other 1/3 you can either use to decorate the pie, bake sugar cookies, or eat (just be consider the raw egg that's in there). Put it in the freezer for about 15mins (or fridge for 30mins). In the mean time preheat the oven to 170C, and bake the shell blind for about 10mins.
Filling:
3 elderflower heads
500g rhubarb
2-3tbsp demerara sugar
1tbsp tapioca
1tbsp whipping cream
1/2 egg
Clean the rhubarb and cut in 2-3cm pieces. Put into a bowl together with the elderflower and sprinkle 2-3tbsp of sugar on top of it and mix well. Let it stand for 2-3hrs. Take out the elderflower heads, and put them in a pan together with the rhubarb syrup (add 1tbsp water if needed). Cover the pan and heat till it simmers. Turn of the heat and let it stand for approx 10mins. Put the syrup through a sieve, let it cool a bit and add the 1/2 egg and the cream.
Putting the two together:
Put the tapioca on the bottom of the shell, add the rubarb pieces and bake for approx 30mins. Then add the syrup/custard mixture and bake for another 10mins. Turn the oven off and leave the pie in the oven for another 20mins (or until the custard has set).
Bon appetite!
Apparently he got promoted. He's now the ship's photographer. Looking at the pic i can see why...
So he dropped in last week to enjoy a piece of lemon pie (and dinner as well). We really enjoyed some of the recipes though not all. The 4 course menu consisted of: avocado-coconut soup, Welsh rabbit, quinoa-pilaf and the pie. If anybody is interested in the recipes, let me know (i'm too busy to write them down at the mo).
Since i haven't shopping for 1 person down yet i'm stuck with lots of white peaches and not a lot of time. And i fancied something sweet and nice. Thinking about all the lovely things i would be able to make with the peaches I suddenly remembered my mum making 'tarte de cambrai' when i was younger. She made it with cooking apples. Browsing the internet i found lots of recipes including pears. So i decided to give it a go with peaches.
The recipe:
4-5 peaches, 'peeled' and cut in quarters
55g flour
1 tsp baking powder
5g vanilla sugar
25g caster sugar
pinch of salt
2 tbsp melted butter
60ml milk
1 egg
Mix everything together except for the peaches. Pour the batter in a small springform pan and press the peaches into it. Put it in a preheated oven (190C) for about 35-40mins.
It turned out that i also haven't got the baking for 1 person down, so i'm now stuck with lots of pie. Anybody wants a slice?
So today i managed to make okra for the first time ever (and had a taste of it for the first time ever), and it turned out to be very nice!
At the same time i managed to find exactly the amount of elderflower heads to try out something that i have wanted to try for over a year now: Elderflower champagne. I'll let you know how this project is going in a few weeks...
"Mevrouw, kunt u mij misschien helpen? Ik ben mijn geheugen geloof ik een beetje kwijt"
