I love mango and think everything goes with mango but sadly my family does not share my love affair with this fruit. This week on Tuesdays with Dorie we are making Vanilla Mango Panna Cotta on page 370 of Baking Chez Moi. I have never had or made a panna cotta before so this was all…
Apricot Raspberry Tart
When voting time came up on Tuesdays with Dorie, I wanted to make all the recipes with summer fruit. I just love summer and its bounty of fresh fruit. The group voted for Apricot Raspberry Tart page 145 from Baking Chez Moi. Dorie’s Sweet Tart Dough is flawless and I can get it to come…
Beef and Cheese Manicotti
July Mystery Box Madness Challenge! Make a dish containing at least 3 of the monthly mystery ingredients. Three of this month’s ingredients jumped out at me when I read them: mozzarella cheese, pasta and parsley. I was in the mood for some Italian food so I suggested a few recipes to my husband and he picked Beef…
Strawberry Shortcakes Franco-American Style
One of the great things about being part of a baking group is that I do not need to think about what to make for the next holiday. I informed my husband we were having strawberry shortcakes for Father’s Day. The only decision he had to make was plain or roasted strawberries. He went with…
Celebration Week #3: The Play-It-Again-Dorie Recipe
Down to the final 2 weeks on French Fridays with Doire. This week we were to choose the recipe from the book that you have made the most often. Given that I joined the group so late my rule was not to repeat but continue cooking the book. But as in life there are a…
Sweet and Sour Fish
It is Mystery Box Madness Challenge time again for I Heart Cooking Clubs. From the list of this month’s eligible ingredients I chose: white fish, bell peppers and cornstarch. We made marinated sweet and sour fish from Jerusalem A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. With olive oil in an ovenproof pan I…
Chocolate-Cherry Brownies
Brownies, dark chocolate, dried cherries what’s not to like? Our baking assignment this week on Tuesdays with Dorie, chocolate-cherry brownies from Baking Chez Moi page 322. I cooked my brownies the recommended time and went with the “uniformly dull” top as my done point. Completely cooled I was able to cut them into serving sizes…
Celebration Week #2: The Never-Doubt-Dorie Moment
In our second week of celebration moments with French Fridays with Dorie we are contemplating which recipe was a “never doubt Dorie moment”. Here were the instructions: “Choose the recipe that might not have been your favorite or even something you enjoyed making or even something you were skeptical about but which taught you a…
Celebration Week #1: The AHA Moment
French Fridays with Dorie will be spending the next 4 weeks reflecting about our time with the group. This week’s topic our top 5 favorites list. I cooked my first recipe with the group on 4/4/14 and it was the Visitandine cake, a sweet start to a wonderful group. I think creating this top 5 list…
IHCC May Potluck! Basil Pesto
I Heart Cooking Clubs May Potluck A simple Saturday night supper, pesto. My basil plant was very full and needed to be used. I chose Giada De Laurentiis basil pesto recipe from Everyday Italian. We have not had basil pesto pasta in a long time so we enjoyed this meal. Pretty straight forward recipe….
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