This rosemary, olive oil and orange bundt cake debuted in the New York Times food section on Wednesday, March 8. I’ve already baked this cake twice.…
classics/ Cream/ Fruit/ Sweet/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Lemon Posset with Roasted Butternut Squash – IHCC Ingredient Challenge
Lemon posset got on our radar screens and captured our imagination when a group of us, volunteer sous chefs, got together and helped chef Amanda Cohen…
Baking anything classic can be challenging given all the longstanding expectations of what it should taste like and look like. I’m jumping in with both feet.…
This Dorie Greenspan’s custardy apple squares remind me of another custardy fruit dessert, clafoutis, in which whole summer fruits, such as cherries and peaches, are…
Is it a tart or is it a pizza? Dorie Greenspan says that everyone in France thinks that apple tart flambée is a pizza, except…
bread with preferment/ Fruit/ quick cake/ sweet bread/ Tartine/ whole wheat
Zucchini-Kumquat 100% whole-wheat Tea Cakes
This zucchini kumquat cakes is one of the trio 100% whole-wheat teacake recipes in Tartine Book No.3. I have posted the other two: apple walnut…
The project at hand is to make a 30-minute express meal. (See IHCC for details.) The clock is ticking. Time is a blur. I wonder how…
Who could have thought of using blueberries and corn with the iconic Philadelphia cream cheese to make a cool summer tart like this? I have…
Two pounds of fresh apricots in a tart to start, what an amazing mound of summer fruits for a dessert? I’m keen to buy up…
Summer galette puts a smile on my face for the wide variety of juicy and delicious fruits I can use in it. This is the…
When there is abundance of fresh summer fruits around more than you can eat and you want to extend the peak-of-the-season fruits beyond the summer…
These extra moist lemon cakes came about from Yotam Ottolenghi and his team cooking their way through the dessert recipes for his new book, yet…
Another fancy cake from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi (page 103) is a challenge I can’t resist. Le Fraisier is the French cake that celebrates the…
breakfast/ Fruit/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Sweet
French Toast with Microwave Brioche, Berry Sauce and Vegan Whip Cream
French toast is great for weekend breakfasts, especially with company. It takes more time to prepare but its elegant taste and look is making up for…
Smoothies of any flavor, berries, tropical or greens, are among the best and easy eats that I like to make when I have fresh fruits…
There is only one ingredient in this recipe. One-ingredient recipes hardly exist in our style of cooking. Not even sugar or salt and pepper are needed…
Putting fresh or frozen cranberries in a tart gives me pauses. Are cranberries too tart and acidic for sweet pastry? After baking along with Dorie Greenspan’s Baking…
How do you like eating the beloved apple pie as finger food? Or if you like to touch and taste food in your hand, the way…
The name is a mouthful and its identity, questionable. This recipe probably comes from the Alsace region in Eastern France adjacent to Germany. I don’t know…
Meyer lemons are used in this curd I started using the sous vide technique before I ventured into cooking and baking. It must have something…
A darker “French baked” tart Cherry has been on my mind since that weekend in Washington DC when we set out to see cherry blossoms. The…
One of the best things I like about the summer season is the abundance of fruits and vegetables. The fresh and diverse choices in the markets…
Berry/ breakfast/ Fruit/ modernist/ Pantry essentials/ Sweet
Strawberries and Homemade Cream with a Whipping Siphon
What do strawberries and cream and forty-love have in common? Yes, it’s the Wimbledon. Wimbledon is the oldest and the most prestigious tennis Grand Slam…
white peaches in batter infused with fresh lavender baked in gratin dishes White peaches and lavender are synonymous with the fruits and scent of summer.…
Best cake I’ve ever eaten Desserts with a distinctly French accent have quickly filled up the page for sweets on this blog. Not clearly knowing why!…