Fluffy…soft… squidgy.. I only discovered marshmallows quite late in life, once I moved to the UK. I hated them initially, as the plasticky, gosh knows what is inside shop bought ones. In my view they are not really that nice at all. Yet once I tried the real thing, home made, I was hooked. I thus decided I had to try and make them myself. Sounded pretty simple at first… Not really. I failed a few times, until one day…
Dessert tasting menu? Why not. We spend an afternoon stocking up on sugar
This week I was kindly sent a large box of Medjool dates to taste and test before Christmas. Until a few years ago, dates did nothing for me. I used to find them oversweet, dry and just not very nice. It all changed when I went to Morocco two years ago and tried some local, really juicy and plump medjool and decided I actually love dates. Mostly grown around North Africa and Middle East (but some species, like medjool, are…