Candied nuts seems like the quintessential holiday treat. Since I can’t remember the last time I had a candied nut, I was looking forward to these. I took the practical approach and used what nuts I had on hand so my mixed nuts included almonds, macadamia and peanuts. I was worried the cayenne pepper would…
Author: Diane Zwang
Granola-Topped Squash and Root Vegetable Gratin
Happy Thanksgiving! I made this gratin as part of our recent Friendsgiving. It was well received and disappeared. I did not care for the granola and neither did my son who passed on this dish but my husband welcomed the texture it added to the dish. I also did not like the two step process…
Cranberry Spice Squares
Happy Thanksgiving! I managed to bake on time and take a picture but posting timely still proves to be an issue for me 🙂 I served these for our annual Friendsgiving and they were a big hit especially the cream cheese frosting. The holiday spices made for a perfect dessert. Definitely a make again recipe….
New England Clam Chowder
It has been a while since I have made soup and I don’t think I have made clam chowder before. The hardest part was sourcing all the ingredients including the oyster crackers. My family wanted the traditional recipe as oppose to Dorie’s version. This came together pretty easy the only work was chopping the vegetables….
Pear-Comté Tart
This week on Tuesdays with Dorie we are baking from the Salty Side Up section of Baking with Dorie. The base is an all-purpose tart dough which is partially baked then brushed with Dijon mustard. The filling is quiche-like with eggs, milk, heavy cream and cheese, lots and lots of cheese. I picked Gruyère cheese…
Caramel-Pear and Cinnamon Upside-Down Cake
We are in a caramel mood with the Dorie baking groups having just finished a caramel-apple crisp from Baking with Dorie. We really enjoyed the caramel sauce so another version was welcomed. I purchased D’Anjou pears as they looked the best. I was out of Chinese five-spice so I took Dorie’s substitution for cinnamon. I…
Goat Cheese Bites
My husband does not like blue cheese so I knew I was going to have to make a substitution. I asked one of our good friends his take on blue cheese and he sent me this response, “Cheese is white, yellow, orange or similar shade but never blue.” Blue Cheese Bites turned into Goat Cheese Bites…
Marinated Flank Steak
Dorie gives a choice of hanger, skirt or flank steak. I had a flank steak in the freezer, so that was my choice. The marinade has an Asian flare; Thai red curry paste, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, oil, lime and cilantro. We substituted basil for the cilantro since we have a cilantro hater in the…
Basta Pasta Potato Salad
This was the weirdest potato salad recipe I have come across in quite some time; seasoned with pickles, capers, wasabi, orange, and saffron oh my. I had been waiting for the right time to make this recipe as I needed guests to eat it, my son doesn’t like potato salad and my husband dislikes mayonnaise….
Caramel-Apple Crisp
Fall baking season has begun and I am looking forward to it. I took Dorie’s advice and purchased a variety of apples; Fuji, Gala and Granny Smith. I made the crumble a day in advance which made for easy assembly. The caramel sauce was to-die-for and will definitely be seeing a scoop of vanilla ice…
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