This is the second time I’m thinking of a recipe, I make it and then I discover it’s a french recipe. The first time I made creamy leeks and now I’ve made Confit D’Oignon or savoury onion jam. As it has to cook slowly, the taste is so much different than fried onions with tomatoes.
It’s chocolate week, best week at Great British Bake Off. I was awarded star baker again by Jenny for my Religieuse a l’ancienne and I’m so proud and happy for this. I made a small tart of 18cm diameter. Only this morning, when I was setting up the linky I realized that the pastry should
I like potato bread because it’s so different than normal bread, the texture is lighter and it doesn’t take longer to make. Ingredients for 2 loafs: – 400g wholemeal strong flour – 400g white strong flour – 400g mashed potatoes – 550ml lukewarm water – 14g fast-action yeast – salt Mix the flours together, the
I make creamy pasta with mushrooms, but I never made risotto like this until now. It is easy, delicious and I will make it again. Ingredients for 4 servings: – 500g rice for risotto – 500g mushrooms – 200g reduced fat soft cheese – garlic – 3 spoons of oil Heat the oil and fry
I love eclairs, so deciding to make the showstopper for Patisserie week at GBBO wasn’t difficult. I used the classic recipe of choux pastry that is already on the blog. The only modification was that I made it with very strong flour, to have extra strength. After that I saw that some of the bakers
The extra work made me delay another post, but this is the last week this will happen. The 7th week was Victorian, a period I’m very found of and I also like baking Victorian recipes. The signature was game pie, obviously not suitable for me as a vegetarian. The other two challenges were fruit cake
I’ve been away with work for a little over one week and my posting schedule suffered because of that. I baked the Frangipane tart a few hours before leaving for Birmingham. Well, it was a very busy and exciting week. I posted the picture of the tart on Wednesday on Instagram and Twitter, but didn’t
