Tan square

[caramarie]

Because someone mentioned sweetened condensed milk last week, I have been thinking about tan square. This is a kind of caramel slice which I think is peculiar to New Zealand, and it is my favourite!

( Recipe! )

Sesame paste sauce and some serving options

[redsnake05]

I developed this dish when I lived in China. I had the most basic of kitchens - just a gas burner. I didn't even have a toaster oven at first. Anyhow, I developed an inordinate fondness for ru gan mian, or sesame sauce noodes, a staple breakfast in my part of the country. The sesame paste was just so tasty! It was made with toasted sesame, so it was much darker than tahini, and it was grainier than peanut butter. When I discovered that you could buy this dark sesame paste from the oil shops (rapeseed, soya bean and sesame oils, processed in the little shop), I was so excited that I immediately bought some and was determined to make a delicious something from it. What happened was a kind of satay-ish sauce that I ate all the time.

( A ramble masquerading as a recipe )