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arancini o’clock

28 Friday Nov 2025

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I swear the main reason I make risotto is so I can make arancini from the leftovers. This was a smoked salmon and baby spinach one but almost any risotto will work. I used to just add more grated parmesan when I made the rice balls, but now I put a small cube of cheese in the middle (usually manchego) and bread them twice, first in fine breadcrumbs, then egg, then panko.

Fried until nicely browned in evoo and then finished in the air fryer. That way they get all hot and melty inside without burning. I usually cook them all at once (to get all the messy frying out of the way) and then freeze half, which are then ready to thaw and reheat in the air fryer any time. 

more tomato madness

22 Tuesday Jul 2025

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Well, look at these! Went a little overboard at the market on Saturday, but I loved those gorgeous tomatoes from the other day so much that I had to get some more. Then I saw they had more varieties so I ended up with the mar azul (asurcado antociano) again, cherokee, tomate rosa and also some cute little kumat & cherry-plum hybrids.

The only way I’ve ever enjoyed cherry tomatoes has been roasted so I decided to do that with these baby kumats and found a recipe online for “upside down” tomato puff pastry thingys (three mini pastry tins fit in the air fryer perfectly). I added roasted shallots and garlic, and some herb cream cheese, which made them tricky to flip over as you can see on that messy plate below, but they were delish. The others I just ate sliced with evoo and maldon salt. So much flavour there it would be a shame to miss out.

twice fried fryer

19 Thursday Jun 2025

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I mean what the hell? Remember the first time this happened? I honestly thought it was a one-off bad luck thing and it took FOREVER for Cosori to come through with a new basket. In fact, it took so long that I asked a different division as well and ended up with two baskets (!!!).  I tucked the second one up in the storage room thinking, you know, I wouldn’t need it but just in case. Sure came in handy today.

But now I don’t know. One the one hand this shouldn’t keep happening (is it me??) so maybe I should try and get another replacement from Cosori, again just in case. On the other hand the beast is three years old now and is used several times a week. A few months ago the fan started making weird growling noises when I turned it on but if I banged it on top a couple of times it settled down (???) so I was thinking it would have to be replaced soon anyhow. But then it suddenly fixed itself? In any case it’s been working fine lately… until this. I’m actually okay with upgrading but times are tight atm and if I can keep on with this one for now that would be best. 

Has this happened to any of you?