Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
Tastings are posts about the ideas or concepts of what we decided to cook, why, how we did it, and how it turned out.
An Austrian Baking Challenge: January 1, 2019 — Friends spending the holidays in Vienna sent photos of a germknödel – a stuffed dumpling dessert that my friend, Pat, has promised to make for me for years. She was earnest, I’m sure, in this promise because I have all the weird
Two elements make the floating island dessert: meringues – the island – and a Creme Anglaise, or vanilla cream sauce that acts as the sea. Creme Anglaise: On stovetop, heat 1.75 cups of milk to boiling, with a vanilla bean. Beat 4 egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar (over the
A Swiss roll recipe from Jacques & Julia that is a very light mousse baked on parchment paper which gives the chocolate roulade the perfect Yule log texture. It is a very light, wet batter thinly filling a very shallow baking sheet – a cookie sheet with about 1/2 inch
Genoise as a Bunt Cake October 16, 2018 Prepare the bunt pan — coconut oil is a great way to grease an elaborately crevassed bunt pan. Anything but butter is the best prep for an easy release. After every fold and surface is greased, dust with fine almond powder. This
With Ripe Avocado Before the baguette slices were dipped in egg batter they were spread with a mashed, very ripe avocado. Then cooked as usual in a medium hot frying pan. Flipped. They are served with the remaining egg scrambled, hot sauce and potatoes.
Raising a cake to its full potential at high altitude is a difficult project. I live at 5,280 feet above sea level, but want to be able to make good cakes. I want: to know what is in my desserts, to choose better ingredients than many commercial bakers, and to
A Sweet Bread in a Ring Recipe: For the dough: 250g strong white bread flour 5g salt 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast 50g unsalted butter, softened 105ml full-fat milk, at room temperature 1 medium egg, at room temperature For the filling: 90g unsalted butter, softened 70g light brown muscovado sugar
British Bake-Off : Breadsticks We broke bread easily with friends at a meal to celebrate the old year and the new one with these very crisp breadsticks made of two different flavors: red chili and salty anchovy. We followed the recipe on Season 2, episode 2 of BBBO 250g
Easy Grilling Peppers Select similarly sized (2-3 inch long) shishito green peppers, wash and dry with a kitchen towel. Warm olive oil in a sauté pan — 1 T. per six peppers — over medium high heat. Add dry peppers – stand back in case of splatter – and sauté,
Lamb BBQ Mustard Glaze Using the recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 1 (p.335) by Julia Child, Steuart made a thick saucey mixture to spread on the small leg of lamb. Dijon mustard, soy sauce, garlic, rosemary and ground ginger – combine in a bowl and add