Plate Lickers August Party

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Summer is starting to feel like a distant memory but I wanted to share the menu & photos from our end of summer Plate Lickers party. The incredibly generous Justine & Matt of the Flying Pig pub let us take over the beer garden on a Saturday afternoon & we were even lucky enough to get an appearance from the sun. Not only were we celebrating Jo's exciting news but my mum's 60th birthday so it was lovely, if not a little nerve racking being surrounded by so many familiar faces. 

Cambridge Cropshare also very kindly shared with us some of their fantastic end of summer crop. The cucumbers were pickled with chilli and sesame, and we had lots of fun frying up the beetroot crisps.

Menu

Watermelon Margarita Ice Lollies

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Courgette & Blue cheese Arancini

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Jerk & Coconut Corn on the Cob

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Mexican Spiced Spatchcock Chicken with Quinoa, Black Bean & Mango, Cropshare lettuce & pickled cucumber

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Champagne Jelly & Macaron

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Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Black Pepper Fig Compote

Last but not least, thank you to my dad for taking these fab photos. You can see more of his photos on his flickr account

Platelickers Summoning the Summer

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Last week Jo and I tried our hardest to Summon the Summer from behind its miserable grey skies by pulling out our summeriest recipes and ideas.

15th May Menu

Gin Fizz & Spicy Bean & Sweetcorn Empanadas

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Ricotta Dumplings with a Rocket Pesto dressing

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Pulled pomegranate lamb on flatbreads with homemade hummus, tabbouleh & tzatziki

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Cucumber, Apple, Mint & Lime Ice Lollies

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Passionfruit Pavlova

The recipe for the ricotta dumplings can be found here on my blog.

 Guests were left to decide whether to tuck in with knives and forks or roll their wraps up like a posh kebab. I went for the latter.

The ice-lolly recipe is coming soon so watch this space.

Thank you Kaylan for letting me use some of your photos!

Sweeteasy

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A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to bag a ticket to Jo's 2nd Sweeteasy event at Hot Numbers. I had heard so many great things from the first event that it was all I could think about all week. It was a real struggle not to get sneak previews and tasters from Jo before the event but I knew it would be worth the wait.

My highlights were the Egg Nog Custard tart and the Rhubarb Crumble Martini which was particularly enjoyable given that the rim of the glass was dipped in crumble so you could drink and eat at the same time, my two favourite pastimes rolled into 1! I'm so glad I managed to go along this time and am eagerly awaiting the announcement for the next.

Keep an eye out on her blog for the announcement of the next, its sure to sell out just as fast as the others.

Plate Lickers Pig Out

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I just wanted to quickly share the photos and menu from the last Plate Lickers Pig Out Supper Club. As always we had so much fun coming up with the menu and we both agree this was our favourite so far. May sees our 1st Birthday so keep an eye out for a birthday party invite coming soon!

Menu

Zubrowka & Apple

Pork Crackling & Rosemary Infused Apple Sauce

Pea & Ham Soup

Jerk Ham Hock with Celeriac & Radish Lime Remoulade & Cornbread Muffins

Raspberry & Ginger Float

Maple & Bacon Doughnuts

or Peanut Butter & Bacon Biscuits (gf)

Recently

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Salted Caramel Macaron

The last few months have been pretty food heavy in terms of cooking and eating. It seems that since the Eat Cambridge festival sprung up lots of new events have been occurring in and around Cambridge. I don't always take my big camera out with me these days but I do still get a little snap happy on my phone. I just wanted to share some of the things I've been making and eating over the past few months. On a side note, we head to New York & Chicago in just over a week and I couldn't be more excited. I have a big old list of restaurants I want to visit in that time I just hope we can fit them all in. This time around we will be staying in Brooklyn so I'm looking forward to exploring new neighbourhoods. I have just started a google map of the places I want to visit so if you have any other suggestions just let me know in the comments.

Black Forest Gateaux made at work

Orange, Pistachio & Carrot Birthday Cake 

Hot Cross Buns

Cofee & Walnut Cake

Steak & Honour Pop Up at Fitzbillies round 2

Jack's Gelato Doughnuts & Coffee Ice-cream at Steak & Honour Pop Up, Fitzbillies. Place-mat design by Tim

Jack's Gelato Baked Alaska at Steak & Honour Pop Up. Fitzbillies

Attending my first Supper Club (First Rule) & the first rice pudding that I actually enjoyed

Masala Dosa at Ceylon Cinnamon

3 Horseshoes Madingley

3 Horseshoes Madingely

Passionfruit 'Snow Egg' at Three Horseshoes in Madingley, quite possibly one of the best desserts I've ever eaten

I have a slight addiction to these peanut & sesame buns at Zhonghua Snacks as well as their pork & kimchi dumplings

I finally made it for brunch at Caravan. This Salt Beef bubble did not disappoint.

A special mention where I didn't manage to get photos is The Pint Shop pop up at Gogs Farm Shop was a meal I won't be forgetting for a while. I really can't wait for them to open up in the summer, you won't be able to keep me away! I am secretly hoping they do another pop up so I can take Tim along.

Upcoming

After missing out on the inaugural Sweeteasy I am really looking forward to Jo's event tomorrow night. 4 cocktail inspired cakes and 3 cake inspired cocktails, whats not to like? You can read more here

Stickybeaks Cafe have some exciting new Demonstration Supper Clubs coming up in the next few months. I have already signed up to the Intro to Sourdough but you can find out more on their facebook page 

Platelickers EAT Brunch

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I know its wrong to start a blog post with an apology but I'm sorry to admit that the more I cook for other people, the less I cook for myself. Which therefor means a lot less blog posts too. However, I have to admit that I'm having a great time of it!

The last Plate Lickers supper club took place at Eat Cambridge, where Jo and I hosted a 4 course brunch for 60 guests over 2 sittings. As always we had so much fun planning the menus and cooking together and I just wanted to share the photos from the day. A huge thank you to Ozzy for taking these photos and sharing them with us.

Before sounding too much like an acceptance speech at the Oscars (I told you I'd get this in Jo!) I just wanted to say huge thank you to Sian, Heidi & Caroline for all your hard work with Eat Cambridge, what a success! Northrops for their irresistible bacon, Neil of The Cambridge Fruit Company for our delicious avocados & other veggies too. Earth's Crust for the mountain of bread we collected from them in the morning and to Kandula & Hot Numbers for their wonderful tea & coffee which our guests seemed to really love. Finally I need to say a huge thank you to the Cambridge Brew House for very kindly lending us their beast of a toaster which made things run a lot smoother. 

Pretty much every guest requested the banana bread recipe which can be found on Jo's blog here. With 4 bananas in each loaf theres no surprise its the moistest, tastiest banana loaf ever! If anyone has any other recipe requests let us know and we may be able to divulge.

Speaking of Eat Cambridge, tonight I'm heading the Pint Shop pop up at the Gogs farm shop, seeing all the photos from the last 2 nights have just made my hunger grow. After all, what could be better than meat, bread & beer rolled into 1 fun evening? Don't forget to go and visit Jo today on her pop up cake stall, her route is here and you can track it in real time using the #caketracker hashtag on twitter. I know some of the treats she has up her sleeve and trust me, you don't want to miss out!

On a final note, we have a new Plate Lickers event coming very soon so join the mailing list on the Supper Club page (link above) to find out first.