With all the flavor of a pound cake, this lighter variety has a wonderfully springy mouthfeel. I love to pair herbs with desserts and found orange and sage to be a gorgeous match, but you can play with the combinations to suit your preferences- perhaps grapefruit with rosemary, or lemon...
Yield: 12-14 scones Ingredients 10 oz. rhubarb, diced large (about a quarter-inch) 3 T granulated sugar ½ vanilla bean, seeds scraped from the pod 2 t dried lavender buds 540 g / 4 ½ c all-purpose flour 1 T baking powder 3/4 t baking soda 106 g / ½ c...
Yield 30 cookies Ingredients 1 ½ cups (7.5 oz.) all-purpose flour ½ cup (2.5 oz.) polenta 1 t baking powder ¼ t fine sea salt ½ cup (3.5 oz.) granulated sugar ½ cup olive oil (use a fruity, flavorful oil as it will stand out in this cookie) 2 eggs...
It’s summer in New England which means that our weather has changed to incorporate heat & humidity on the regular, thus speeding up the decomposition process for our room-temperature fruits & veggies. Bananas are no exception to this, and when they turn completely brown I pop them into a container...
Yield: 16 squares Ingredients 1 cup / 80 grams rolled oats 3/4 cup / 95 grams all-purpose flour 1/2 cup / 95 grams dark brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt 6 tablespoons /85 grams unsalted butter, melted 1 teaspoon cornstarch 1 tablespoon / 15 grams granulated sugar 1...
I came down with a cold last week and had to miss my baking class lecture & lab. Chef was kind enough to allow me to make up the lab at home with the stipulation that I document the process and show it to her. This I could do! My...
Ingredients 600g/21 oz. rhubarb, washed, trimmed and chopped into 1-inch chunks 4 large eggs 200g/7oz. unsalted butter, diced 8 tsp cornstarch 175g/6 oz. powdered sugar Directions Put the rhubarb chunks into a food processor and work them until a fine pulp is achieved. Transfer the pulp to a food mill...
From the edge of winter, my mind is already on the brink of spring (which officially kicks off in 16 days- not that I’m counting or anything) and all of its sunshine, happy flowers, and fabulous flavor trends. Top of my thoughts this week has been lavender and creating these...
I work a 9-5 type of job so Saturday & Sunday are my days off and I tend to use them for food prep. This includes the soaking and cooking of dried beans which tend to take more time than I have to spend on dinner on any given week...
One recent weekend Neil and I were invited to a small gathering where the theme of the night was soup. The basic idea being that the hostess makes two or three varieties of soup to choose from, someone brings bread, someone else brings handheld nibbles, and we eat, drink, and...