This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is a great way to showcase apples when they are in season. The recipe only has a few ingredients but it a little complicated and fussy to make as it basically involves constructing little parcels for the apples made out of phyllo pastry brushed with … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was a one I was intrigued by. I mean, I love a good Gâteau Basque but wasn’t sure about the whole idea of filling it with dried fruits and nuts – I mean, why mess with a perfectly good dessert, right? The traditional filling is … Read more
The Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi this week was an apple matafan (“Mata-what?” According to Genius Kitchen, “a matafan is a thick crepe; there are a few variations. For centuries, this was a daily dish for the local peasant. Eaten in the morning, matafans sustained him/her through a long day of work … Read more
You know you’re a dedicated Tuesdays with Dorie baker when you get off a 21 hour flight and you tell your mum “We need to bake a cake today so I can post about it tomorrow!” Thankfully, the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi this week was a super easy one, and one … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was more a bar than a cookie. A thick slab of shortbread-y base partially baked, then topped with apples (and dried cranberries), and then topped with more of the shortbread (this time clumped to make a crumble topping) makes for a simple (despite its multi-step process) … Read more
This term, Les Petits Chefs are trying something a little different. They’re helping me test recipes for In the French kitchen with kids (Appetite by Random House, Sept 2018). I couldn’t think of a more perfect opportunity to test my recipes with the actual target market of the book and I’m thrilled my administration are … Read more