Pane Rustica Recipe

From the title you have probably already assumed that this bread recipe requires no particular baking skills or equipment. I have made this Italian Bread many times with great success. There is no kneading, no bread machine, no mixer – just flour, water, yeast, salt and little elbow grease for mixing. Here is what you’ll… Continue reading Pane Rustica Recipe

Sesame Chicken Teriyaki

I used a whole chicken instead of all thighs. We did the whole chicken because hubby does not eat dark meat. I love a good chicken teriyaki so I was looking forward to making this. Let’s start with the sauce. It had a lovely Asian flavor and aroma. I doubled the sauce so I would… Continue reading Sesame Chicken Teriyaki

Baked Meringues

Well, I did make meringues. However, as you can clearly see from my picture I departed from the recipe and traditional Iles Flottantes in general. Personally, I needed to make a lighter dessert for myself so I wanted to stay away from the creme anglaise. I knew I wanted to do something fruity with a… Continue reading Baked Meringues

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

These cinnamon rolls were made during our recent battle brioche that my husband has been posting about this week. How do you have brioche dough in the house and not make some cinnamon rolls or sticky buns? The answer is you don’t. I used the winning brioche dough. However, I made the rolls following the… Continue reading Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Chocolate Sable Cookies

These cookies are essentially chocolate sable cookies accented with some lovely fleur de sel. The recipe says they are the brainchild of French pastry genius. It just so happens that this week we are also talking about good ole’ Pierre in husbands posts on our recent battle brioche. I was excited to make these cookies… Continue reading Chocolate Sable Cookies