Author Archive: My Kitchen Wand

The second pastry on the menu of the fall high tea is this simple quiche style tart. One half recipe of the puff pastry dough posted previously was enough to make these and the pockets posted yesterday. This is just a reminder that the small ingredient amounts can be easily increased for projects larger than […]

Okay, let’s get on to the fun stuff. You have the recipe for the pastry and the pesto via previous posts. Now let’s put it all together. Yes, I used chicken but left over turkey will do the job as well and as many of you still have Thanksgiving to look forward to, having a supply […]

High teas are generally divided into three sections, the savoury options were often “finger” sandwiches (small enough to eat cleanly with two fingers). They were filled with cucumber slices, watercress, tuna and similar light fillings. I think I have shared the story of my grandfather as a boy, who regularly won MVP when playing soccer. The […]

One of the other prep items for the Fall High Tea I mentioned yesterday is a sage pesto. It is intended as a garnish for chicken mushroom pockets. Pesto is a quick and easy thing to prepare. Getting all the layers of flavour to come together to suit your taste is the trick. I would […]

This post is the start of a fall high tea I am doing for a friend I have known 96.6% of my life. There will be six people attending so I really only need half of what I am making here. Feel free to double or triple the recipe as needed. This is the menu […]

Speculaasjes, Spekulatius, Spekulazius, Speculaas or Speculoos (depending on where you live) are a Northern European brown sugar shortbread cookie made with a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cardamom and white pepper. Very much like a pumpkin pie spice mix with a little kick. You might know them better as Dutch windmill cookies as a box of cookies comes in many shapes, one of them being a windmill. […]

Ah, the apple, symbol of almost everything. From the consequences of the temptation of Adam to the jealousies of Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that sparked the Trojan War. From the Isle of Avalon that holds the Once and Future King while he rests to Iðunn, a Norse Goddess, who cares for the apples which give […]

If you have someone in your life that loves the sticky gooey goriness of the season, here is a simple treat, sure to delight your devouring sweet tooth zombie eater. The head and/or the brain are often used to symbolize the mind as it (the mind) was/is thought to reside in the brain. The physical brain is […]

We are getting down to the wire. A fortnight from now, the streets will be filled with a wild and wonderful assortment of other worldly creatures in crazed search of sugar. If you are the type of person who likes to plan ahead or just need something to keep slightly older apprentice witches out of trouble, […]

A few weeks ago I started a search on Facebook. ” Sweet and creamy single looking for a delicious exotic companion” is what I think I said. Facebook does not store their posts for very long anymore. I was, in truth, looking for some suggestions for fall ice cream flavours to try with a three ingredient ice cream recipe […]