Galette require shortcrust pastry. It impedes the gluten strands, because flour is blended with butter. This kind of pastry is soft and crumbly. You can make a delicious tart with your own hands and make a surprise meal for your family members. Ingredients for dough 0.8 lb flour 0.4 lb butter 0.4 pt cold water salt Ingredients for filling 2.2 lb plums 10 ... Continue reading...
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Focaccia is a popular Italian scone-like bread that is always welcomed at picnics and goes along well with tasty Italian dishes. Focaccia is made with different stuffing – tomatoes, onion, garlic, spicy herbs. We suggest you make Focaccia with olives which is one of the best. Ingredients for Focaccia with Olives 0.7 lb flour half a cup of ... Continue reading...
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
If you make dough in accordance with this recipe it will be very soft. These homemade buns don’t get stale as quickly as store-bought ones; they remain soft and puffy for a long time. You can fill the buns with everything you have: any dried fruits, candied fruits, nuts. We had walnuts, dried figs, dried ... Continue reading...
Wed, Mar 10, 2010
Pretzels are very popular in Germany; they are typical for the Bavarian cuisine. Traditionally they are dusted with coarse salt and served with beer. We prefer Pretzel sprinkled with some seeds. For example, sesame seeds emphasize the delicate taste of the dough nicely. Pretzels with sesame or poppy make a perfect breakfast. In short, they ... Continue reading...
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
This is our favorite recipe for fried pies. The dough is made with cottage cheese and yoghurt and it comes out very soft. Since there is no cottage cheese in Italy we use ricotta. It is creamier than cottage cheese and it is made from whey not from milk. You can cook these pies very ... Continue reading...
Tue, Feb 9, 2010
There are some secrets how to make your pancakes thin. First, the frying pan should be cast-iron. It should be well heated. High temperature makes dough go bubbly and small holes appear in it. Second, you need to pour but a little dough on the pan and you should turn the frying pan quickly to ... Continue reading...
Sun, Feb 7, 2010
This simple and straightforward dessert is just right to delight your family and loved ones with on St. Valentine’s Day. And why confine yourself to this holiday? Tasty fresh doughnuts will be just as welcome on other days too. Everybody loves doughnuts especially with chocolate. Ingredients for Doughnuts with Chocolate 2 eggs 0.8 cup milk 0.9 oz yeast 4 tablespoons ... Continue reading...
Thu, Feb 4, 2010
Esterhazy is a well-known Hungarian politician and aristocrat. There is no way to know now whether it was he who invented this recipe or he just loved this cake. Some sources say that his court cook made this pie for his son’s birthday. But it’s no big deal. The fact remains that this almond cake ... Continue reading...
Thu, Jan 7, 2010
You don’t put any sugar in these cakes. They get sweet naturally due to dates and figs. We got two baking sheets of cakes from the given quantity of ingredients. We give an approximate amount of flour; you should feel the moment when the dough is not sticky any more, then stop adding flour. These ... Continue reading...
Wed, Dec 23, 2009
We would like to share our favorite recipe of homemade shortcakes. You can bake these cakes for Christmas, children adore them. The recipe is very simple, but despite very few ingredients the cakes come out exceptionally tasty, crispy, crumbly and soft. If you bake them for holidays you can garnish them with cream, colorful confetti, ... Continue reading...
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