Real life has a way of derailing all your plans and my goals for this website went a little sideways this spring. Things are back to normal now so I’ll be posting a little more regularly.
Wow, I’ve been bad. No posts in months which generally isn’t like me. It’s not that I haven’t been thinking of cooking projects, I have, I just haven’t gotten my lazybutt to my computer to type them out.
One of the things that I’m pondering is the perfect steak. Yes, steak in March […]
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups of chopped smoked turkey (plain ol’ Turkey breast will work fine)
1 cup of aged cheddar
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp tabasco sauce (optional)
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 cup milk
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl and add milk, mix to moisten. Can be rolled out and cut into […]
I come from an incredibly blue collar background and given current economics, I’ve found myself thinking more and more back to concepts I grew up with – buying on sale, buying in bulk and batch cooking.
My plans for tomorrow include a large pot of tomato sauce and a large batch of meatballs. There are […]
1 lb (454g) Butter
4 oz (113g) confectioners sugar
1 lb (454g) pastry cream
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the pastry cream, mixing until fully incorporated. A chef friend of our acquaintance tells us that he uses a mix/boxed pastry cream (read vanilla pudding).
When made from true […]
8oz (227g) whole egg
8oz (227g) egg yolks
1lb 2oz (510g) sugar
4 fl oz (120ml) water
1 lb 8 oz (680g) butter, cut into chunks, soft
2 tsp (10ml) vanilla extract
Whip the whole eggs and yolks in a stand mixer set up with a whisk attachment on high until light and fluffy (about six minutes). Combine all […]
1 lb (454g) sugar
4 oz (120ml) water
8 oz (227g) egg whites
2 lbs (907g) butter, cut into chunks – room temperature
1 tbsp (15ml) vanilla extract
Combine 12 ounces sugar and water in a heavy bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar and then cook without stirring until the mixture […]
My step-grandmother was a bakery assistant – I was never that fond of her baking but wow could she decorate a cake! My maternal grandmother was an awesome baker but she wasn’t one for fancy icings. I fell in love with buttercream because of a local (and I use local loosely) […]
With Christmas around the corner, things are crazy at the store and real life has conspired to keep me from doing a few recipe experimentations I had planned. Then a dear good friend asked me a question on buttercream and I thought – perfect. I had eventually planned to post here about […]
One of the first things I learned when I worked in a commercial kitchen was the difference between stock and broth. Stock is produced from the roasting of bones and aromatic vegetables simmered, broth is produced from meat, aromatic vegetables and more rarely bones. Texturally, they’ve very different, stock being richer than broth.
When […]
