This weekend was my first weekend at home without assessments for quite a few weeks now. While I have done a little bit of baking (creative religion assignment and cupcakes caused by procrastination) I have been longing to get back into the kitchen. I started off with a trip to Woolworths and the markets to gather all that I would need for a hopefully successful weekend of cooking. For the Saturday i decided to treat my family to an Italian dinner of Chorizo Pasta and Ricotta Filled Cannoli. The pasta recipe i acquired from my Food Technology class at school and the Cannoli I came upon browsing a magazine. This was what gave me the idea of an 'Italian Feast'.
I was really happy with how the Cannoli turned out but unfortunately due to many hungry bellies in my house I didn't have time to get a photo of the pasta.
My past few attempts at Macarons have been disasters unfortunately and after sitting down with my dad and doing some troubleshooting, we thought we had found the culprit. This time after following the recipe closer than ever, they finally worked out. I'm really happy with how they turned out and I even sprinkled a few with some shimmer powder (I think I really was over the moon....). This time I chose I nice simple flavour that has worked for me before - Marshmallow.
