Picspam - February Recipe Clearance

[a_boleyn]

I'm clearing out some pictures from my camera hard drive so here is an assortment of meals/dishes that I ate in February that didn't warrant posts of their own.

Feta Scrambled Eggs and Duck Crackling Biscuit washed down with a glass of orange juice

Comments

[isiscolo]

Hee, I made coconut macaroons the other day, too! I also added chopped almonds, and I added chia seed to about half the batch as an experiment (yay for upping nutritional content of cookies).

[isiscolo]

Huh, I have never had a problem with macaroons. I use unsweetened coconut, 3/4 cup sugar, 2.5 cups coconut and 2 egg whites. This time I only had 2 cups of coconut so I added a half cup of almonds - I should have reduced the sugar for it was a little overly sweet, but not bad.

[a_boleyn]

The only shredded coconut that I had was 2 small packages of the sweetened stuff. I reduced the sugar but I don't think that was the problem. Maybe I should have let the mixture sit so the liquid could soak into the coconut first.

[ext_870394]

You've been eating very well! All the dishes look fantastic. I had some egg whites in the fridge waiting for me to make coconut macaroons. So easy to make and it's one of my favorite homemade sweets. Would love to try panna cotta one day...

[a_boleyn]

The panna cotta is an easy no bake recipe. I like to heat up the cream in the microwave so you don't even need the stove let alone the oven.

[anonymous]

Zsuzsa here

Maria you got me all fired up with duck. I just picked one up yesterday. I haven't roasted a duck for 3 decades! If you have advice for me... I will check back in a day or two.

[a_boleyn]

If I was just going to roast a duck, I'd take the backbone out and roast it flat. That way I could cover the breast so it wouldn't dry out too much while the legs were still cooking. If you want a rare duck breast, cut up the duck, bone out the duck breast and pan fry it just till done to your preference.