tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10089060.post114399015063799201..comments2024-01-09T00:18:56.818-08:00Comments on kayaksoup: Good Food and FriendsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14813626651945758141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10089060.post-1144377342141082882006-04-06T19:35:00.000-07:002006-04-06T19:35:00.000-07:00Sounds like a great menu...Sounds like a great menu...Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301210229326791245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10089060.post-1144120149222048722006-04-03T20:09:00.000-07:002006-04-03T20:09:00.000-07:00Hi Linda!For anyone who's interested, here's the l...Hi Linda!<BR/><BR/>For anyone who's interested, here's the link for the gingerbread cake:<BR/><BR/>http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/<BR/>views/105842<BR/><BR/>I followed the recipe pretty much exactly, but took one reviewer's suggestion to increase the amount of cinnamon and ginger by half a teaspoon each. It's not necessary to make the mascarpone topping; I just had lots in the fridge. Let everything come up to room temp if you make it in advance, as the texture of my cheese was more crumbly (not smooth enough) than I was hoping.<BR/><BR/>This is a rather long post for a comment, but since you asked for the apple compote recipe, Linda, I'll just include it here. Peel and chop 2 apples (mine were Fujis) to a 1/2" dice. Chop up a 1/2 cup of dried cranberries, and toast and chop a 1/2 cup pecans. Saute everything in a tbsp of butter until it starts to soften a little, then add a tbsp of brown sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, and maple syrup to taste (maybe 2 tbsp or more). I had made something similar a few nights earlier as a garnish for pork chops, and that was also quite nice.<BR/><BR/>The suggestion to serve with a strong cheese like Lancashire came from a different gingerbread recipe out of a Nigella Lawson book, and that was a brilliant idea, I thought.<BR/><BR/>Hope you're having lots of fun at the Bones event tonight, Linda...thanks for a great time on Saturday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10089060.post-1144075690936249102006-04-03T07:48:00.000-07:002006-04-03T07:48:00.000-07:00Hmm... we have birthdays that are close. Mine was ...Hmm... we have birthdays that are close. Mine was just this Saturday.Deetsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261827929150786107noreply@blogger.com