I have all the ingredients on hand to make the baked ricotta with figs and lavender honey I’ve been eyeing on the Ottolenghi’s site. More than that, it’s the…
The grilled figs with Shaoxing dressing is a variation to the figs with basil, goat cheese and pomegranate vinaigrette. They have so much in common: recipes from the same…
Fry/ Gluten free/ Roast/ summer/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Fresh Figs | Jerusalem
I have been waiting for the seasonal fresh figs to arrive so I can make this dish. Roasted sweet potatoes and fresh figs, combined with chile, green onions and…
Braised chicken is not as popular as roasted chicken in my kitchen. Simply because it’s more time consuming to do. And you need to watch the pot while you…
How true is it that bacon makes everything better? Does bacon enhance ice cream and fruit dessert? We’re putting the bacon ice cream with roasted figs to the test.…
I like eating duck pâté and terrine. When it comes to making one, I’m not so sure. I thought making charcuterie is only for the professionals. Without a cooking…
Fresh figs are available in the summer, but just for a brief few weeks. When I see them in the market, I can’t resist getting a few boxes of…
It’s never too late to find a classic cookie that you instantly like. Hermits are New England natives which have been around since the late 1800s. I know nothing…
Bake/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Side/ year round
Christiane’s Dinner-Party Terrine | Everyday Dorie
The Christiane’s dinner-party terrine brings me back to the last terrine I made which was a duck terrine with figs. It is hard to compare a gourmet duck terrine…
brunch/ cheese/ cocktails/ Dorie Greenspan/ meal type/ quick cake
Blue Cheese Bites | Baking with Dorie
The blue cheese bites are two-bite morsels which deliver a cheesy and fruity flavor. In Baking with Dorie, the suggested ingredients for the blue cheese bites are blue cheese…
Making the honey lavender ice cream, I’ve found out the remarkable flavor affinity between honey and lavender. This is not a flavor pairing I’ve put together before. However, I…
Cream/ dessert/ Fruit/ Nut/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Fig, Orange & Mascarpone Cheesecake | Ottolenghi’s Sweet
Figs are not in season. However, the fig, orange and mascarpone cheesecake is well within reach on this Super Bowl weekend. All you need are dried figs, which are…
A good alternative to a tomato-based pizza is a white pizza. Make the white base with mascarpone, pecorino, anchovies, sage and lemon zest and a good grind of pepper.…
Cream/ dessert/ Fruit/ genius recipes/ my favorites/ Nut/ summer
Fig and Pistachio Frangipane Tartlets | Ottolenghi’s Sweet
These figs and pistachio frangipane tartlets are joy to make and to eat, period. Forgotten how many times we’ve made these tarts since we discovered the recipe from Yotam…
Figs, clafoutis, sponge cake, dark chocolate, Ottolenghi, New York Times… These ideas, taste and images are fantastical and compelling. They jammed into my head space and prompted me to…
The chicken with Mustard is the last recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen. Meanwhile, I can proudly say: I’ve finished cooking through the book from cover to cover.…
A List of Eric Ripert’s Recipes Listing all of Eric Ripert’s recipes I’ve explored in the last six months (April to September 2018) in one summary post is illuminating.…
I have these silicon rectangular financier molds, each shaped like a gold ingot, for baking my favorite cakes. Last I baked were these pretty matcha financiers. So I decided…
Which amazing salad would hold up against an epic French charcuterie? That’s the spirit when I chose to make the grilled radicchio and sugar snap pea salad from Yotam Ottolenghi…
Fresh figs are one of my favorite fruits to eat. I so look forward to finding them in the markets. When you happen to have fresh black Mission figs…
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 project at Tuesday…
As seen in this brioche tart video on PBS, Julia Child got all choked up and was lost for words in a brief awkward moment as she and Nancy Silverton, the…
Gluten free/ Healthful Eats/ King Arthur Flour/ my favorites/ Nut/ Sweet
Almond Tart with Seasonal Fruits and Gluten-Free Crust
The Almond Tart I have baked the almond tart several times this year using the King Arthur Flour’s (KAF) recipe. It has proven to be a crowd-pleasing dessert that…