Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Alsace is France’s easternmost region. This cheesecake, sans cheese, is made with Greek yogurt, heavy cream, eggs and baked in a Galette crust. My guests deemed it custard-like. Baked in a springform pan, my crust shrank during baking and I feared I ruined my dessert. But fear-not the filling…
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Chocolate Creme Caramel
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Chocolate Creme Caramel started our Valentine’s week off right. Made with few ingredients to dramatic effect. I had eight inch round ramekins so I ended up with flat creme caramels. I used milk chocolate because that is what I had available. I made one mistake, I forgot to press…
Crunchy Granola
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi My second turn at making granola this month and this time I was more successful. Dorie’s detailed and easy to follow recipe made for a great batch of granola. The key for me was adding the sweetened coconut at the end of baking, I added it at the last…
Real Hot Chocolate
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I make hot chocolate all the time, usually for my son, but I make it with nonfat milk and cocoa powder. Dorie’s version with whole milk and melted bittersweet chocolate was really a treat. This rich chocolaty hot beverage was a welcome drink on a rare cool night in…
Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate is my favorite flavor and I have never met a truffle that I didn’t like. Ina’s chocolate truffles were easy to execute and delicious to eat. Ina uses a combination of bittersweet and semisweet chocolate. I substituted my trusty Trader Joe’s dark chocolate which I believe is 60-70% cocoa. Along with heavy cream the…
Cocoa Linzer Cookies
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi This is the second linzer cookie I have made recently. I think rolled and filled cookies are the essence of the holiday season. I let my husband choose the filling. Dorie had chocolate or jam options. We went with traditional raspberry filling. These cookies have the makings of everything…
Brown Sugar Tart and Desert Roses
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Brown Sugar Tart Desert Roses I recently hosted a friendsgiving and served both of these desserts to my guests. It is nice not to have to think up a dessert. First up Brown Sugar Tart. I voted for this one since we made the Caramel Tart last year and…
Babas au Rhum
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I tried for the first time a babas au rhum on our cruise earlier this year and ever since I have wanted to make these. According to Dorie, “babas au rhum have been around for about three hundred years. The baba is a tight-grained yeast-raised cake that is soaked…
Moka Dupont
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Moka Dupont is the French version of an American Ice Box Cake. Dorie suggested serving with coffee ice cream but I had vanilla on hand which paired nicely with the chocolate. Dorie states that in France the cake is made with The Brun cookies but they are not readily…
Brown Butter Peach Tourte
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Tourte is French for pie. This was a lovely peach pie with Dorie’s magical sweet tart dough. The partially baked bottom tart was filled with summer’s sweet peaches covered in brown butter. With the addition of a little sugar, a little flour, a dash of vanilla and a squirt…
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