Category: baking
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Italian Semolina Lemon Cookies
This is one of my most favorite cookies recipe, golden and buttery with a beautiful coarse texture from rich semolina flour. The freshness from the lemon and the added texture from the semolina makes for a perfect pairing. The jam or dried cranberries center is completely optional but makes for cute looking cookies. Yield – About 24…
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Sticky Chelsea Buns
Chelsea buns almost like cinnamon rolls except instead of the cream cheese glaze, you have a stick, toffee like buttery malt glaze. Ingredients Dough Filling Glaze Method 1. Mix together the water and yeast in a mixing bowl. Sift together the bread flour and pastry flour on top of the yeast slurry. Add the sugar,…
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Pizza Napoletana ( Neapolitan Pizza )
Neapolitan pizza is Naples-style pizza, made with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese, also with basil, oregano and olive oil as toppings. The pizza crust is thin and so light. Ingredients Method 1. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in some of the water. Add the remaining water, flour and salt and mix until it comes…
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Québec-Style Tourtière
Tourtière is a French Canadian meat pie dish originating from the province of Quebec. This pie crust is made with shortening as it makes for a more flaky pastry but you can also use butter. This recipe makes for one pie. Pie Pastry Ingredients 300g all-purpose flour 3g salt 150g shortening 110 g water, ice…
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Perfect Key Lime Pie
Tangy-sweet key lime pie is creamy, citrusy, and with a perfectly crisp crust. It’s easy to make, and sits on a thick and nutty oats and walnut crust. This recipe makes for one pie pan or tart pan. Ingredients Crust Filling Method 1. Melt the butter and chocolate together in a bain marie or a saucepan…
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Brioche
Soft, rich and buttery brioche. Perfect as a loaf or made into little buns. This puffy and light sweet bread is perfect alone or with any sweet or savory accompaniments. Instructions This recipe makes for two loaf pans or about 2 dozen little buns. Starter Ingredients Method Make a slurry with the yeast and water.…
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Tiramisu
Unbelievably easy tiramisu, no-bake dessert. Delicious layers of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and sweet mascarpone cream. This dessert could be made with eggs or an option of a egg free version using cream. Ingredients Instructions This recipe makes a 9 by 13 half size deep foil pan. Method 1. Separate the eggs and whip the egg whites…
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