As I mentioned in a post last week, I do not make my own puff pastry. There’s really no need these days unless you’re doing it as some sort of flex, or you’re staging for a job in a bakery (and that would be super-mean of the potential employer to do to you). There’s some…
Category: Baking
Recipe Post: Mincemeat Muffins
There are few more traditionally historical British Christmastime recipes as a mincemeat (“mince”) pie or tart; but outside of the British Isles, they’re not as well-known. In a nutshell, traditional mincemeat pie was a savoury pastry, and did contain actual meat; the pies were originally quite a good size, filled with a mixture of finely…
Recipe Post: Puff Pastry Raspberry Chocolate Cream Cheese Bites
Confession time; I, a trained pastry chef, do not make my own puff pastry. I mean, it’s a real labour of love, not to mention time, energy, and patience. And with some really high-quality frozen puff pastry available in grocery stores these days, my question is, why would anyone go through the effort when it’s…
Recipe Post: Buffalo Cauliflower Wraps
I know I’ve been posting a boatload of recipes starring or including cauliflower lately (see my posts on Cauliflower Steak, Beer Battered Vegan “Fish” and Chips, Sneaky Veggie Mac and Cheese, and Cauliflower Cheese Pie), but I’ve been turned into a real convert about how versatile and delicious this humble vegetable can be. Move over,…
Recipe Post: Fruity Oatmeal Almond Bars
This is such a great winter fruit recipe; much like my post on making berry swirl cupcakes in winter when fresh fruit is scarce using your favourite flavours of jam, these bars are as easy, if not even more so, to make in a jiffy. For this version, I’m going to use up some amazing…
Back to Basics: Pantry Staples – DIY Spice Mixes
Now we’ve been dealing with the Virus That Shall Not Be Named for several months now, I feel like I may be somewhat late to the table with this advice. However, I feel that in this new year there may be a few people still out there who have decided the drive-through and Uber Eats…
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