Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Carlee of Cooking with Carlee invited us all for some Halloween Food Fun. While the fun factor is in the eyeball garnish, I have to admit that the cocktail is pretty darn tasty, too. All the Fun Creations... Caramel Apple Cereal Bars by Palatable Pastime Creepy Eyeball Martini by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Halloween Party Mix by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks Haunted Halloween Mini Cake by Making the Most of Naptime Mummy Cupcakes by Family Around The Table Mummy Dogs by A Day in the Life on the Farm Spider Web Cupcakes by Making Miracles Spooky Chocolate Bark Brownies by Amy’s Cooking Adventures Creepy Eyeball Martini Ingredients makes 1 cocktail 2 ounce gin 1-1/2 ounces syrup fro the canned lychees 1 ounce Chartreuse liqueur Also needed: cocktail shaker, ice cubes Eyeball Garnish canned lychees blueberries skewers Procedure Drain the lychees, reserving the canning syrup for the cocktail. Place a blueberry in the...

When the Precise Kitchen Elf heard that I planned to make two different sherbets for Thanksgiving, he asked if he could make them with dry ice. Sure thing.  We had seen it done at a pop-up dinner recently and he had a recipe in one of his cookbooks. So, when I was at work on Wednesday, Nonna and Nonno took him to get the dry ice. sher·bet ˈSHərbət/ (noun) a frozen dessert made with fruit juice added to milk  or cream, egg white, or gelatin R set his alarm clock and got up at 6am on Thanksgiving morning to make his bases. He did two - this one and a lemongrass-basil-raspberry sherbet. Ingredients 2 C milk 2 C heavy cream 1/2 C lychee juice (he pureed canned lychee and strained out the pulp) 1 T ginger syrup 4 egg yolks 1 C organic granulated sugar dry ice Procedure In a medium saucepan, bring the heavy cream and milk to a simmer. Add lychee juice and ginger syrup and allow flavors to steep for at least 20 minutes over low heat.  ...