This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Mulled Butter Apple Pie is basically an apple pie made with all-butter pastry, filled with apples mixed with browned butter that has been cooked with some “mulling” spices (cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, ginger, peppercorns and a strip of orange zest). A touch of sugar … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie and it’s one I wasn’t sure about making since I am not really a “tea person”. I don’t like tea-flavoured things and I am not a fan of chai (note: Did you know that “chai” means “tea” in Hindi? Here’s … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. The Everything Cake is the sort of cake you need in your back pocket – much like a pound cake or a French yoghurt cake (I have recipes in both In the French kitchen with kids and French Food for Everyone: le goûter), it … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Devil’s Thumbprints are fudgey and delicious and packed with chocolatey flavour! Dorie says: I’m often asked if I ever make a mistake in a recipe and end up with something good. These cookies were that kind of a lucky accident. I must not have … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Szarlotka is a kind of Polish apple pie. This website gives a nice explanation: It’s based on a buttery shortcrust, filled with spiced shredded apple, optional custard or meringue and topped with crumble or an additional layer of pastry. Baked until golden, it’s served … Read more
(for those of you wondering about my absence from this site in the spring and my surgery in May, I’ve written it up here. I know my “Dorista” friends were surprised when I missed a few deadlines…) This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Brown Sugar … Read more