Friday, August 27, 2021

7 August 2021

 Carrot Top Chimichurri (cafedelights.com)

1/2c olive oil [100g]

2T red wine vinegar [30g]

3-4 cloves garlic [3]

1 or 2 red chiles or 1-2tsp dried [rounded 1/2tsp dried]

3/4tsp oregano

1tsp kosher salt

1/2c finely chopped parsley [carrot tops]


Excellent!!


6 August 2021

 All-Bran Tea Bread Loaf (Mary Berry)

350g mixed dried fruit (KAF Baker's Fruit Blend)

225g sugar

300g cold tea

150g self raising flour (White Lily)

150g All-Bran

1 egg


Soak fruit and sugar in tea overnight. Add remaining ingredients to fruit. Bake at 350°F for about an hour.


Exceedingly sweet. Cut fruit, sugar, or maybe even both.

3 August 2021

 Greek Yogurt Cheese Mousse Cake (Stella Parks--she calls it No Bake Greek Yogurt Cheesecake)

Crust: (wrap base in foil & grease lightly)

250g chocolate cookie crumbs

55g butter

pinch salt

Filling:

14g gelatin

30g water

10g vanilla

680g Greek/strained yogurt (MUST be just milk & cultures--NO thickening agents)

340g heavy cream

170g egg white (5-6 eggs)

200g sugar

1/2tsp kosher salt


Whisk together gelatin, water, and vanilla. Set aside.

Whip yogurt and cream to medium peaks. Cover and refrigerate (up to an hour).

Make Swiss meringue: Heat whites, sugar, and salt in mixing bowl over simmering water (my 3-qt works perfectly with the 6qt KitchenAid bowl) to 175°F (8-10 min). Transfer bowl to mixer and whip til glossy and firm but still warm (4min or so). Melt gelatin while whipping meringue.

Whisk melted gelatin into 1/3 of meringue. Whisk in remaining meringue. Whisk in yogurt/cream in two or three additions. Pour into crust & chill.





Spice Blends

 Baharat Blend (Blue Apron)

7 parts ground sumac

4 parts za'atar

1 part ground allspice

1 part ground coriander

1 part ground cardamom

1 part ground cumin

1 part garlic powder

Friday, August 6, 2021

24 July 2021

 Country Tart (LA Times)


2 1/2# cherries

1/4-3/4c sugar [1/4]


Pastry (by Edon Waycott--de Pomiane used bread dough and butter):

2c flour [280g]

1/4oz active dry yeast [5g instant]

1/2tsp salt

1/2tsp sugar

1 1/2 sticks butter

2 egg yolks

1/3c water


Roll out pastry, top with cherries and sprinkle with sugar. Bake @450°F 30-35 min. Used a 9x13; could have used something smaller for a thicker crust. Needed more cherries for a 9x13. I liked it better the next day, after the juice stabilized and softened the crust a bit.

6 June 2021

 Cherry Frozen Yogurt (Jeni's base)

400g Greek yogurt, full fat, mixed w/135g cherry sauce

200g cream

150g milk

200g sugar

50g corn syrup

2tsp tapioca starch