SAVOURY
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HOT SWEETCORN DIP…Totally addictive!!
“The belly rules the mind” Spanish Proverb A new recent discovery has been Closet Cooking, Kevin’s fabulous blog that had me wanting for more with each label that I clicked. As I said to him, each post of his made me more anxious as I went through a bookmarking frenzy the first time I visited it in depth!! Was just a matter of time before I attempted one of the bookmarks…the HOT CORN DIP! I love the use of colour in making food…just sets the place on fire. Spend half my time playing with colours. I had to make my deviations because I tend to avoid mayonnaise (because of raw…
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MAKE MINE SAVOURY…A GALETTE WITH A DIFFERENCE!
“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. ” Henry David Thoreau Savoury Spinach, Tomato & Cheese Galette The happy feeling the rustic Peach & Plum Galette gave me was indescribable. High on confidence, I decided to venture further & make what I would possibly love … a savoury version of sorts. Donno what the purists of the pastry world would call this, forgive me if I have erred, but I called this a savoury galette. Since it’s screaming the colour RED, am sending this off as an entry to Sunshine Mom for her event Food In…
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TURKISH PIZZA ANYONE..Serving Pides with Pride!
“Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.” Anna Quindlen Turkish pizza anyone? …they call them PIDES, street food from Turkey. Quite similar to something called lahmajoun, an Armenian pizza. Scrumptious, I tell you!! I saw this post by Elle @ Elles New England Kitchen while following DB Filbert Gateaus posts 2 days ago & I was sold…hook, line & sinker. Pide – Turkish Pizza Pide is a staple Turkish food and you’ll find it all over the country. The Turkish eat an astounding four times as much bread as any other nation. Most of this must be mouth-watering pide, the Turkish flatbread sold in every store and…
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HAMBURGER BUNS…TO YEAST OR NOT TO YEAST!!
“It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it.” M. F. K. Fisher Hamburger Buns…made at home “To yeast or not to yeast” seems to be my call these days. It’s been a while since I gained my yeastly confidence, & now, every weekend I wake up early to try a new yeast bread. Last weekend’s choice ended up being hamburgers because I found this nice recipe posted by Nicole Weston @ Slashfood. Looked like just what I wanted…perfect buns, ever so tempting. The buns didn’t come out as perfect as the ones on Nicole’s post, but they…
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RUSTIC ITALIAN FOCACCIA…IN A RING & MORE!
“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.”Robert Browning as rustic as it gets… Italian artisan bread… Thicker than a pizza, this dimpled bread, focaccia, gets it’s name from the Latin word focus, meaning ‘hearth’ , because it was originally baked on an open hearth. Italian bakers use focaccia dough to make many different speciality breads, such as this ring, stuffed with fragrant pesto, or for that matter, with any other flavouring you might like ( quoted from Le Cordon Blue; The Cook’s Bible). I made one with home made pesto, & the other with a mushroom, garlic, cheese filling (we liked…
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MAKE WAY FOR THE DANISH BRAIDERS…Ooooops, I mean the DARING BAKERS!!
“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight. “ M. F. K. Fisher ‘Danish Braid’ from Sherry Yard’s ‘The Secrets of Baking’ Hello from a Daring Baker who is now a Danish Braider!! The day is finally here when this ‘daring group of bakers’ present their monthly challenge. This month, we were dared to bake a Danish Braid…a challenge hosted by Kelly of Sass & Veracity, and Ben of What’s Cookin’? What a fun challenge it turned out to be, even though I was overtaken by agony & ecstasy when I read about it. Agony because…