Pretzels and bagels, it seems, are quite closely related: both are given a particular and highly symbolic shape, and they are also boiled prior to baking. But when I came across Irina’s beautiful post about obwarzanki, the twisted breads sold in Krakow during Lent, I knew I was onto something promising … Obwarzanki are a…
It’s Friday again – and just in time. Fridays call for something special, preferably slightly spectacular, to bring along to Angie’s Fiesta Friday party. But then, again, the end of the week also leaves us with a few bits and bobs, leftovers from various meals and baking experiments. That’s not necessarily a bad thing –…
Pretzels clearly are the puffer fish of baking – not only can you get killed making them, thanks to the use of lye or caustic soda, but even eating them is not without hazards, as George W Bush’s near-death experience with a pretzel has shown. But don’t fear – these ones are not only completely harmless but…
I had been promising you this as the last word in apple cakes: apples, raisins and almond, wrapped in sheets of paper thin pastry. If apples could aspire to something, it would be a place in this strudel. The reason it has taken me so long to get this post written is less to do with…
I have been dying to share this recipe with all those gnocchi enthusiasts whose posts have been cheering me up over these cold winter months: here’s the German version of these delicious potato dumplings, which is traditionally served with Sauerkraut. What else. It’s been cold and miserable here in Old Blighty, The strong winds have…
Today was the first time we had snow this winter – not a lot, but enough to make my son’s school send out text messages to all parents advising them that the school was open as normal… To celebrate, I thought I’d give the famous Salzburger Nockerln a go, a dessert that imitates the three snow-capped…
I have been dying to give these a try – and they were well worth it! If you don’t have a tortilla press it’s a tad time consuming, so bear that in mind (It took me a good hour to roll them all out … never mind cooking them!). Once cooked you can keep them…
Some of you might remember my Zeljanica, the traditional Bosnian spinach pie I made last year as part of my challenge to post a recipe for each country taking part in the football World Cup. Incidentally, it’s been the most popular recipe on my blog last year, followed closely by my cheesecake strudel recipe. How closely…
I have a very fraught relationship with Mexican food, I have to admit. I am left completely cold by the uniform tortilla-with-meat-and-random-stuff stuff that you get in Mexican-themed restaurants. Seriously, nothing can be improved by adding a few complimentary nacho chips. Over the last months and years, however, I have come to accept that there…
Let’s be honest: Christmas pudding is not everybody’s first choice for dessert. But it just looks amazing, sitting there in its sheer indulgence – a traditional English Christmas on one plate. Let’s keep the looks, I thought, and work on the flavour and texture … For my fusion-ice bomb I went all Italian: cassata ice…
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