KitchenAid Mixer up for Grabs!
Celebrate the sixth anniversary of Ed Charles's "Tomato M" blog, and win a lovely KitchenAid KSM150 in a colour of your choice! Head across there now for full details! Don't forget to follow @tomatom for updates. By the way, this blog turns 6 as well, so it's a double celebration!
Yellow is a great colour for the kitchen: just look at how well the KitchenAid mixers match the kitchen tiles. From left to right, colours from KitchenAid: Yellow Pepper, Buttercup, Majestic Yellow, Almond Cream.
Pick me, I'm a lemon WINNER!
Right now, life's a lemon....
- the wall tiles belong to a "lemon" of a 60's kitchen, with matching sink and upright stove.
- the lemon tree looks straggly, in a distressed mess, and produces juiceless, half-sized fruit.
- the neighbour's majestic lemon scented gum suffered severe lopping for the sake of views, never mind everybody else's privacy.
- the lemon myrtle struggles under the hot summer sun and receives burns to 30% of the leaves.
... can do with a bit of yellow from a beautiful KitchenAid to brighten the day.
- you have no kitchen to use your favourite classic red KitchenAid when a gas explosion kicks you out of your home into temporary accommodation.
- hot meals mean eating at local eateries, with dishes plated up like cow pats.
- the insurance company leaves you cold while you fume red hot, like the tomato in your blog banner.
- your backpacker neighbour, unlike the gum and myrtle, suffered more than superficial burns and cuts.
... can do with a bit of yellow from a beautiful KitchenAid to brighten the day.
And things usually get worse before they get better....
- in the almost bare 60's style pantry that houses this year's grape jam, the last jar of jam looks half empty. It's shock and disbelief that the entire bumper grape crop, from 2 vines grown over 50 year old leached drains, has vaporized. Darn, it's John the villain again, handing out jam to everyone after tweeting chirping boostingboasting of grape bunches that need two large birds crows to steal carry.
- meanwhile Ed Charles is really in a jam with his insurer not paying. He's giving away apricot and blackberry jam to his 5000 Twitter and Facebook followers to effect a solution.
... can do with a bit of yellow from a beautiful KitchenAid to brighten the day.
Then things start to look a bit different...
- the pantry isn't bare anymore since it has SPACE for a new KitchenAid mixer now that the jars of jam are gone.
- the last jam jar is really half FULL, till next year's grapes.
So, pick me, I'm a lemon already a winner!
... of the self-nominated Best Food Blog Award for the least readership.
So as to not end on a sour note over the jam war, as to who has more pantry space for a KitchenAid mixer, here's something sweet for Ed Charles. It's lemon in a tart! Yes, there is even a RECIPE with PICTURES of REAL food, sans food styling glue, real food that makes your saliva runs, to entice a RETURN visit. The food at this restaurant is 100% free! Just leave a comment as a "tip", will you?
Lemon Tart
homemade pastry for 1 x 20 cm tart shell
2 eggs (50 g each)
1/2 c lemon juice
2 t lemon zest
1 lemon myrtle leaf, finely chopped
1/4 c thick yoghurt
1/4 c + 2 T sugar
icing for dusting
1. Blind baked pastry shell for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius
2. Mix the rest of the ingredients.
3. Strain the mixture into the pastry shell.
4. Bake at 160 degrees Celsius for 25-30 minutes until just set.
5. Cool completely.
6. Refrigerate until serving.
7. Dust with icing.
Olive Oil Pastry
Adapted from recipe by Stefano de Pieri
100 mL cold water
125 mL olive oil
300 g plain flour
1/2 t salt
1. Mix everything together to form a dough. Do not overwork.
2. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
3. Roll out and press into tart shell.
4. Refrigerate until ready to use.
To blind bake, pierce all over with a fork. Weigh down with a flat bottom saucer. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes, removing the saucer after 10 minutes.
The tart can do with a meringue topping, with the help of a KitchenAid mixer.
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