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THEY’RE READY

I had to package them up in order to stop eating them. I felt so dreadful this morning after eating far too many last night. Merry Xmas to you all dear readers, may peace and love be with you always. 

SHARE SOME LOVE!
recipe for some “little loves” Amaretti

Ground almond, caster sugar, and egg whites are all you need to make these delicious little pieces of love (that is literally what amaretti means - little loves). So sweet and gooey with goodness oozing out from the middle and a crunchy crust and what a treat. 

Here is the recipe and it makes 80. It couldn’t be more simple and easy.

750 g almond meal

500 g sugar

4 egg whites

mix them all together very well. its easier to use your hands which involves less washing up than using the food processer. It’s up to you.

then roll them into wallnut size balls and decorate. 

You can use crushed pistachio nuts if you like, or dust with icing sugar or just leave plain. I think it would be yummy to roll them in cinnamon. 

Line them out on the tray, they don’t spread out much, so you can put them fairly close

Then squash a half piece of glace cherry or half an almond onto each one so that it spreads out a bit and is no longer spherical

bake at 180 degrees celsius for 15-16 minutes. check them tho at 14 mins as they can burn quite easily at this critical juncture of time!

enjoy the little pieces of love and share them with your friends. I need to give mine away coz i can’t STOP eating them!

A Sweet Little Creek called the “Merri” I live on the Merri Creek, and it is where I practise the Art of Walking every day. It is really a merry little creek, full of ducks, swans, geese, water hens, the odd rat, and many also where i pass some many merri doggy derringdooness out running so happy with sticks in their mouths.. The creek is arbored by lovely gum trees and willows, and some beautiful grasses, and also a magnificent old bluestone bridge that you pass underneath as you head north. I am so lucky to live on the Merri. If you want to find out more you can see pictures of it here: http://tumblr.com/ZPVFExAmpjP1 These are my personal merri creek xmas cards i have made this year which pertain to my personal space of the merri. They are my first foray into screen printing again after doing a screen printing course last year on FABRIC mind you.  There has to be an easier way though. You know the way things take 5 times longer than they should when you don’t know what you are doing:) first of all, I had to cut the stencils X 2 (1 for each of the 2 colours) when I kept having disasters with the stencil bleeding. I was using that plastic stuff called Mylar. The moral of the tale is this: If you want to print onto paper, Mylar = certain disaster.  Then the second issue was registration. It was near on impossible to align everything perfectly. Does ANYONE out there in reader land have any tips please oh please:) And finally.. the clean up process has to take at least 6 times longer than the actual making.  Anyway, they do look cool, and I am going to make some sweet amaretti to give to people with them.. quite a lovely present to receive I think! I’m off to have a well earned ice-coffee and read some more fantastic Leanne Shapton (can’t get enough) Happy Xmas everyone… 

A Sweet Little Creek called the “Merri”

I live on the Merri Creek, and it is where I practise the Art of Walking every day. It is really a merry little creek, full of ducks, swans, geese, water hens, the odd rat, and many also where i pass some many merri doggy derringdooness out running so happy with sticks in their mouths.. The creek is arbored by lovely gum trees and willows, and some beautiful grasses, and also a magnificent old bluestone bridge that you pass underneath as you head north. I am so lucky to live on the Merri. If you want to find out more you can see pictures of it here: http://tumblr.com/ZPVFExAmpjP1

These are my personal merri creek xmas cards i have made this year which pertain to my personal space of the merri. They are my first foray into screen printing again after doing a screen printing course last year on FABRIC mind you. 

There has to be an easier way though. You know the way things take 5 times longer than they should when you don’t know what you are doing:) first of all, I had to cut the stencils X 2 (1 for each of the 2 colours) when I kept having disasters with the stencil bleeding. I was using that plastic stuff called Mylar. The moral of the tale is this: If you want to print onto paper, Mylar = certain disaster. 

Then the second issue was registration. It was near on impossible to align everything perfectly. Does ANYONE out there in reader land have any tips please oh please:)

And finally.. the clean up process has to take at least 6 times longer than the actual making. 

Anyway, they do look cool, and I am going to make some sweet amaretti to give to people with them.. quite a lovely present to receive I think! I’m off to have a well earned ice-coffee and read some more fantastic Leanne Shapton (can’t get enough) Happy Xmas everyone…