Mmmmm, crepe.

[kambriel]

An exciting surprise ~ I was nominated for Alt Fashion's Best International Designer!
If you'd like, please feel welcome to add your vote here: http://www.altfashion.co.uk/int-designer-2010.html

Also ~ Another Neil Gaiman in his original Kambriel frock coat sighting today. I'm rather enjoying seeing its travels through time and space... This time it made an appearance whilst Neil is at the Marge Simpson studio recording his part today as a British Author on "The Simpsons"! My imagination is running rampant with the enjoyable (even if remote) possibility of them drawing him in this for the episode:



On the other side of the country, we're coated in a thick, serene blanket of snow. Inspired by that theme, we made crepes filled with lemon curd and grated lemon zest, with a snowy dusting of confectioner's sugar over the top.




Wishing you all much beauty and warmth.

~ Kambriel

[Kambriel.com ~ Etsy ~ Bluesky]

Comments

[logospilgrim.livejournal.com]

How wonderful! Congratulations :-)

[xdarkstarx.livejournal.com]

Hurray for more Neil!

Do you make or buy your lemon curd? The crepes look delicious.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Doesn't he look happy? I'm really looking forward to the episode, entitled "The Book Job".

The lemon curd was something I picked up at Trader Joe's with absolutely no plan for how to use it, and the lemon zest was fresh :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Apparently his collaboration with them was some years coming, so it's great to see it all pulling together now.

[xdarkstarx.livejournal.com]

Another easy lemon-curd recipe, courtesy of one of my employees:

1 package sugar cookie dough (or make a batch of your own)
1 jar lemon curd
1/2 c. pecans

Roll out cookie dough and place in the bottom of a 13x9 pan. Save the leftover bits and bobs of dough that result. Bake according to directions for about 6-8 minutes to firm up the dough and brown it a tad. Spread lemon curd over the dough. Mince the pecans and mix them with the leftover tiny bits of dough (and some brown sugar if you like). Sprinkle over the lemon curd and bake until the top is browned.

Voila! Easy and delicious lemon bars!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

I've got a handed down through the generations English lemon bar recipe which is vastly more time consuming and henceforth, infrequently made even though it's a real treat... I'll have to remember this as an option when something needs to be made *fast* :)

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

I made little tarts for a party a couple of years ago using a standard gingerbread-cookie dough and some lemon curd, and they were marvelous. Thumbprint cookies would work as well.

And now I'm craving crepes, darn you. ;)

[xdarkstarx.livejournal.com]

Quick and easy is my MO these days! Maybe in a few years i'll have more baking time. :)

[missmoonlight74.livejournal.com]

mmmm crepes....
:)

[oldhalloween.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. Oh... you are such tease showing us pretty Neil and crepes knowing we can't have either one! :0 )
My tummy grumbled as I scrolled down the page.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

My very favorite high school teacher taught me how to make crepes like that - in a classroom, on a hot plate. Seriously.

He passed away this year, and I miss him terribly. (And yes, he was my French teacher. Dear, sweet man.)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about your teacher. But your story? That is precisely where and how I learned to make them as well! My teacher was born and raised in Bretagne, and just today, I was wishing there could have been some way to give him a plate of these, and let him know how highly I thought of him.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Crespo di limone, right?

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

My tummy grumbled as I scrolled down the page.

I'd have loved to have been there to witness that occurrence ;)

[mystressprynne.livejournal.com]

omg could those crepes LOOK any yummier!!

[aoi-no-neko.livejournal.com]

I see a big head of fluffy hair occurring. Maybe your jacket will get a guest appearance too?

Your crepes look delicious. Ummmmmmmmmm!

Btw the machine arrived just fine. Thank you!

[missmoonlight74.livejournal.com]

crespelle al limone :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Ahh, grazie :)

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

I just voted! How exciting for you! You really deserve to win.

[alonewiththemoon]

those crepe photos are making me drool :-)

[diannadinoble.livejournal.com]

Voted!!! Congratulations that's fantastic news all around!

Neil looks smashing in that jacket - it would be so fantastic to see him "Simpsonized" in it!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the yum-quotient showed up in the photos :) I think C is ready for another next batch... definitely good enough for a repeat performance!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not terribly off from Sideshow Bob's hair, only darker and a touch more sinister? I look forward to seeing how his character gets incorporated into the script... They should have him help on one of the Halloween specials.

I'm so glad the serger arrived safe and sound ~ thank you for letting me know :)

[aoi-no-neko.livejournal.com]

Ah, a Neil Gaiman Simpson Halloween script, now that would be rather epic!

[missmoonlight74.livejournal.com]

di niente! :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much ~ for both the vote and most of all, the kindness!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

They were definitely an experiment *gone right*!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you Dianna ~ I'm wishing All The Best for you on your grand trip to LA this week! May many good things come of it!

[anricat.livejournal.com]

Yuuuum. I love me some lemon curd. Whenever I have a ton of egg yolks left over from making meringues, I use them up making curds of carious flavors, but mostly lemon.

[tadesignsbynya.livejournal.com]

OOoooohhohohoh you just made my mouth water, I can tastes them now. See my boyfriends Mom made these for me once, and I was hooked. I have GOT to make these at home sometime.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

I've yet to make my own curd... and now that you mention it am trying to remember where the yolks went last time we made meringue (maybe elsewhere in the recipe for another part of it?).

Please be sure to post a photo after you take that croissant making class ~ I want to see the end results :)

[zerovixen.livejournal.com]

Congrats! The crepes look yummy.