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
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Banana Breakfast Squares was a recipe I nominated to make this month because I think a good breakfast square is always welcome at the start of a new school year. These were SO good that: I didn’t get any photos except for the one … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Giverny Tomatoes are slow-roasted tomatoes that were inspired by a trip to Monet’s home, Giverny. Dorie says in this NYT Magazine article: The dish is simply a tomato, peeled and roasted at a very low temperature for a few hours … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Honey-Mustard Salmon Rillettes wasn’t a dish I was going to eat myself but a small portion of this was perfect for a light summer appetiser for others! Rillettes are a common apéritif item in France – typically using meat (pork) … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Strawberry Cheesecake- Chocolate No-Bake Pie sounds like a (delicious) mouthful but alas, the pie version of this was not meant to be for me this week. I mistakenly thought DIGESTIVE biscuits would be a good substitute for the graham crackers in the crust (I am … Read more