Posts tagged "salty"
Today's Special: November 21, 2012

Today’s Special: November 21, 2012

Today’s Special: Baked leftover pastry scraps Hold it right there, buster. I better not see you re-rolling your pastry scraps. In a cold kitchen, with cold hands, you toiled to ensure that your butter was not overworked. You can’t negate that effort by re-rolling and watching your tender dough go from flaky to tough. I...

Sugar Hearts Salt

Salt. So simple, so perfect, it completes nearly everything. Since Fleur de Sel became one of my kitchen staples, the “everything” has expanded to things I never would have imagined finishing with a pinch or two of salt. Fleur de Sel, translated from French to “Flower of Salt”, is a delicate, moist, pretty, French sea...

I baked with Dorie.

It’s clear that I like to make cookies.  It’s clear that I like to make cookies for others.  But, when it comes to cookie recipes, I’m rarely surprised.  A cookie is a cookie is a cookie.  Butter, sugar, flour, salt, eggs. I have a number of recipes that I gravitate toward, but only one go-to...

Holiday Baking Hangover—Epilogue

After rolling and cutting over eight dozen fig rugelach, your mind tends to wander.  Away from Christmas, away from “the spirit,” away from good tidings.  The hangover starts earlier than it should.  What do I want?  What would taste good to me right now? With a circle of dough in front of me and apparently...

Simply Salty…

Sometimes the most delicious meals are the simplest, and in the spirit of simply tasty, I present the ham bun in all it’s glory. I will admit that my first reaction the proposition “Do you want to come over for ham buns?” was not one of excitement and anticipation, but I would soon have my...