Category Archives: Food

Banana Cream Pie

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Tartine Bakery style Banana Cream Pie. I followed the exact recipe from Tartine’s cookbook but I marinated the bananas in lemon juice for 20 miutes. This was to preserve color and to add a little tart to cut the sweetness. Best pie ever.

Recipe found HERE!

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Minnie Mouse Cookie

Royal icing base with fondant detail.

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Meet Maude!

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Caramel Pecan Cheesecake + Easy Caramel Recipe!

Oreo cookie crust, of course.

Cheesecake recipe via DULCE DELIGHT! I used Oreo cookie crust rather than graham cracker crust and I used my own caramel recipe.

Oreo Cookie Crust:

1 bag of Oreos ( about 35 to 40 cookies w white center removed)

1/3 cup of sugar

6 tablespoons melted butter

1 pinch of salt

Crush cookies in a blender or food processor. Add sugar and salt and pulse. Slowly add melted butter.

Caramel Sauce:

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1/1/2 cup heavy cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 pinch of salt

6 tablespoons butter

Over medium heat melt sugar and stir constantly with a whisk. Once sugar is melted and becomes a nice amber color remove from heat, add heavy cream. Whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk for days! Once the caramel has stopped bubbling and cream is fully incorporated add salt, vanilla extract, and butter. Whisk, whisk, whisk. Refrigerate.

P.S. If you find that your caramel has a few sugar lumps strain it a few times using a mesh strainer and rubber spatula before refrigerating.

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February 26, 2012 · 12:54 PM

Lemon Curd

A versatile lemon butter used in everything from pies to cake filling to oat bars and tarts. In my opinion , the best way to eat is spread over toasted sourdough with a cup of coffee.

Ingredients:

3 eggs + 3 egg yolks

1 cup white sugar

1 cup fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1 pinch of salt

12 tablespoons unsalted butter

Combine eggs, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt into a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until liquid becomes thick (12-15 minutes). Remove from heat. Liquid should be thick, lighter in color and able to coat the back of a spoon. Slowly add butter to the hot liquid and mix until butter is fully incorporated. Place curd into a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate.

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This is my iPad!

And I shall call her Bertha!  Now I have to cook fancy things with wine, and truffle oil, and duck, and… NOT!

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Apple Crostata

Apple Crostata recipe found HERE!

I added some lemon juice and a tablespoon of flour to the apple mixture for some extra flavors and to thicken the syrup. I also covered the crostata 30 minutes into the baking to avoid burning the outside. 

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Turkish Coffee

“Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.” – Turkish Proverb

Click here to learn some turkish coffee brewing basics!

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Fazıl Bey’in Türk Kahvesi. Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey 2011

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Lemon Macarons at your Service


Macarons in the garden, in the house… in the belly.
My dog, King, eating his macarons. He pronounces it like the French. 

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Chocolate Macarons





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Petit chocolate macarons with a chocolate ganache center.

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