Friday, March 02, 2007

Mmm... cheesecake

Yesterday, in a fit of enthusiasm, I promised Gin that I would either send her an e-mail, or update my blog - I've been a bit slack on both counts recently.

You'll have to excuse the pics - I haven't worked out how to change the thumbnail size, make the alt text show up, or get the align the words to the appropriate image yet. Any suggestions gratefully accepted.

Inspired by Master Chef, last night Lara and I decided to make a cheesecake. We didn't really think through it too carefully, it was more a of "Oh wow, her cheesecake looks really good, let's make one of our own". We had planned to go to Saxon tonight at Katy Daly's, but the gig has been postponed until the 23rd of May, so we had some extra money. We started off by shopping for kitchen lightbulbs (£3.05 each), and then more or less guessed what was supposed to go in to a cheesecake: cream, cream cheese, lemons, sugar, butter. (We forgot things like sour cream and vanilla.) We also bought a whisk, which was quite exciting, though the pink bubbles to go with the cheesecake (or instead of, if it all went horribly wrong) were more so.

After we'd started we realised just how ill-equipped for the undertaking we actually were. No bowls, no food processor, no cake tins, an oven which door doesn't shut properly... (Although when I bought my chest of drawers yesterday Gerry said that he'd sell us a cooker for £100, including the delivery and installation, so we just need to talk to the clown - haven't seen him for a week now, and Luke-the-landlord.) We didn't let these impediments stop us, though we did consider writing a letter to Master Chef, to let them know the effect their show is having on the susceptible.

Mortar and Pestle This is how I crushed the gingernuts for the base. It would have been a bunch easier if the bottle didn't have a punt at the bottom of it.


Rolling pin This is how I flattened the base (the can in the tin is full and unopened).



Cheesecake!And this is the final product. It was really good. We decided afterwards that if we didn't drink it would never have been made.

1 comment:

Mr. Osmosis said...

Wow... are you sure that pic at the end isn't 'one that we prepared earlier'?? Looks good enough to eat!