Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Wow there are a lot of adjectives in the title of this tart. This is the French version of a key lime pie. Made in Dorie’s famous sweet tart dough, the filling comprises of sugar, lime juice, eggs and lots of butter, 2 sticks to be exact. Having a…
Roasted Figs and Bacon Ice Cream
I Heart Cooking Clubs Au Revoir, Chef Eric Rupert I got this recipe idea from SHIRLEY@EVEROPENSAUCE. This recipe was a grand experiment. Bacon ice cream? Who would of thought. Well Eric Rupert would have thought. I served this for a dinner party and it went over well except for my son who wouldn’t eat it. This…
Peach Melba and Raspberry-Cassis Ice Cream
French Fridays Around My French Table Before we officially say goodbye to summer, I was happy to make this Peach Melba and Raspberry-Cassis Ice Cream. It was a lovely summer dessert and one we would like to repeat. Peach Melba is named for the famed opera singer Nellie Melba. It is comprised of poached peaches…
Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread
I Heart Cooking Clubs Potluck Week Chef Yotam Ottolenghi I am recently back from a summer trip to Israel. I went with a laundry list of ingredients to buy, sadly I did not have much time to shop. I managed to buy a few things including this date syrup. I wanted to put my new…
Basque Macarons
Tuesday with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I am familiar with Parisian Macarons which I have yet to make but this is my first try at Basque Macarons. Made from a few ingredients; egg whites, almond flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt but with multiple steps. The egg whites are divided in half some whipped to stiff…
Double- Buckwheat Double-Chocolate Cookies
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies These cookies are double good and double dangerous, let me explain. The double goodness comes from buckwheat flour and kasha as well as cocoa powder and bittersweet chocolate. I went with Dorie’s free form method and rolled the dough out between two sheets of parchment paper. I was given sea…
Hazelnut, Ginger and Olive Oil Cake
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I would never think of these three ingredients to make a good cake but they do. I had to make my own hazelnut flour which I was happy to do as I love hazelnuts. During my assembly of ingredients I discovered my ginger had spoiled and I needed to…
Chocolate-Raspberry Thumbprints
Tuesday with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies Chocolate seems to be the theme of the month. Good thing I love chocolate. These were a pretty easy cookie to make. Dorie’s Do-Almost-Anything Chocolate Cookie Dough is rolled into balls, then indented to make room for jam. I used strawberry jam since that is what I had on hand…
Cold Chocolate Cremeux, Wine-Poached Cherries and Lots of Crumbs
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I am just back from a whirlwind three week vacation. I am getting used to this time zone and the inter-workings of my kitchen again. I wasn’t planning on making this recipe as I wasn’t sure my brain could handle it after vacation but cherries were on sale so…
Frozen Hot Chocolate
I Heart Cooking Clubs Chilly Delights I have been waiting for the perfect time to make this frozen hot chocolate. With record heat in much of the country, a sweltering weekend day was the time for this frozen treat. Made with bittersweet chocolate, cocoa, half and half and whole milk; this is not a light…
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