Cooking

My adventures with yeast continued this weekend, when I attempted a much more complex recipe than usual. Pane Pugliese is a simple, rustic bread, but some effort is required to achieve the seemingly nonchalant result. First, this is a sponge based bread. This sponge, known as biga, worked overnight (unlike previous 1 hour sponges I’ve … Read more

So far I’ve been pretty successful in meeting one of my goals for 2004: learning to bake yeast breads and rolls. Many of the successful recipes have been posted here and I have been been baking 2 out of every 3 weeks on average. I hadn’t tried anything new recently, instead cycling between flatbreads, rolls … Read more

An original recipe; somewhat related to Bow-Tie Chicken. One of those, “what can I make with ingredients on hand?”, concoctions that I’m fond of creating. Ingredients 12 oz penne pasta 2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1/2 lb fresh asparagus 1 med carrot 1 celery stalk 1/2 med onion 2 cloves garlic 2 Tbs extra virgin … Read more

Continuing my adventures with yeast I tried a slightly more complicated recipe yesterday. This was my first time using a sponge as part of the process and also the first time I applied a sprinkling of seeds (sesame) to my creation. I think the egg wash really helped them to stick. Also, it was the … Read more

King Arthur Flour has a great recipe for Cinnamon Swirl Bread. The resulting loaf was very well received and has probably become a regular in the rotation. I posted the link to the recipe rather than posting the recipe itself as I usually do because this recipe is somewhat long (also, I’ve got the cookbook … Read more

Ingredients 1 Lb boneless pork loin roast 2 cloves garlic 1 C coconut milk 2 Tbs brown sugar 2 Tbs of your favorite curry powder 1 Tbs fish sauce Preparation Mince garlic and mix together with everything except pork. Thinly slice pork and marinade in coconut mixture for at least 2 hours and as long … Read more

(I made this one from memory tonight, though I did double-check the recipe before posting!) Ingredients 1 Lb spaghetti 1/2 pound pancetta (one thick slice) 3-4 Tbs extra virgin olive oil 2-3 cloves crushed garlic 1/2 C white wine 2 eggs 2-3 Tbs milk (traditionalists will want to ignore the milk) 2/3 C grated Parmesan … Read more

Swedish syrupcookies/sirapskakor that are a little sweet and chewy. Tove sent me the recipe after enjoying our Peanut Butter Cookie recipe. The sirapskakor are very good; thanks Tove! 50-60 cookies, depending on how cut Oven heat: 175 degrees Celsius, on the lowest place (350 degrees F) 200 g butter or margarin (2 sticks, 1/2 lb) … Read more

Ingredients 1 C sugar 1/2 C butter 2-3 eggs* (original recipe calls for 2) 1 tsp vanilla 1.3 C shredded coconut 1.5 C flour 2-3 tsp baking powder* (original recipe calls for 3) 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt 1C chocolate chips Preparation Cream the sugar and butter. Stir in the slightly beaten egg and … Read more