Saturday 1 April 2023

Outdated holidays / 過時 過節

My younger paternal cousin's first full length film:

Cantonese Chinese title: 過時 過節.

English title: Hong Kong family.

Came out in UK cinemas on 6th January 2023 at select cinemas.







Victoria & Abdul

6:30pm: Dinner in the Great Hall, Windsor


Dinner Menu / order of events

Soup
Potage Saint-Germain with puree de Madeleine


Fish course 
Morue aux huites


Entree
Quenelle with regency sauce


Dessert
Pain d'epinards
Tartelettes a la Suisse
Profiteroles


Ceremonial presentation of a Mohur
Mohur: a Moghal coin to honour Her Majesty's service to the subcontinent.


Coffee



The Royal Pudding presented by Mr Karim and Mr Baksh

A jelly pudding made from the liquor of fruit.




Queen Victoria's Durbar Room - a banqueting hall located at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, designed by John Lockwood Kipling in an elaborate and popular Indian style. 

Carvings from Uttar Pradesh.

Carpet woven in a jail in Agra.

The Peacock Throne - an exact copy of the one in Agra.

Koh-i-Noor.




* Information derived from the film Victoria and Abdul *

Nigella's Nutella Cheesecake

This Nigella Lawson recipe has been adapted to be as dairy-free as possible


Ingredients 

  • 200 grams digestive biscuits
  • 75 grams soft unsalted butter
  • 300 grams of Islands Cocoa and Hazelnut Spread (at room temperature)
  • 100 grams chopped toasted hazelnuts
  • 500 grams Violife vegan cream cheese (at room temperature)
  • 60 grams icing sugar (sifted)

METHOD

Break the digestives into a rubble and add the melted butter and mix until it starts to clump and you have a damp, sandy mixture.

Tip into a 23cm/9inch round springform and press into the base either using your hands or the back of a spoon. Place in the fridge to chill.

Beat the cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth and then add the Cocoa and Hazelnut Spread to the cream cheese mixture, and continue beating until combined.

Take the springform out of the fridge and carefully smooth the Nutella mixture over the base. Scatter the chopped hazelnuts on top to cover and place the tin in the fridge for at least eight hours or overnight. 

Serve straight from the fridge for best results.