This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is the first thing I’ve baked or cooked for over a week. Yup, these are strange times indeed and I’m JUST settling into my new normal which involves: – self-isolating after travelling home from Australia. That means NO … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was one of the simplest recipes I’ve made in a long time. It’s a macaroOn – so, coconut, egg white, sugar and vanilla, NOT the almond flour “one ‘o’” macarOn and takes no time to make (and even less time to eat!). This recipe requires … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was a simple cookie that surprised me – I guess because the ingredient list was so short I wasn’t expecting much, but these really were lovely – the perfect accompaniment to an after dinner espresso. Dorie says: Made with ground almonds and flavored with vanilla […] … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is Dorie’s simple version of a Pierre Hermé classic – the Carrément Chocolate cake. “Carrément” is a useful French word meaning (accoring to Dorie)”completely, absolutely, incontrovertibly, wholly good (or bad)” (i.e. really!) and Hermé used it as a play on words to name his intensely … Read more
Gâteau Basque is one of my favourite desserts – it’s definitely not fancy but it’s ever so delicious! I’ve made this countless times over the past few years (the first time using Dorie Greenspan’s recipe in a tiny galley kitchen in a Paris rental apartment) Dorie describes a Gâteau Basque as “a dry cake, but … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was a riff on an old favourite of mine – jam drops or thumbprints as they are called in North America. Dorie says: No matter where I am, I always have a notebook at hand, and I’m pretty good about scribbling down ideas as they come … Read more