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I’ve had a pecan pie recipe on my “to make” list for a year now. It was one of the first recipes I put in my blogging plan for the winter back in July. I was very very excited to try it. I had my favourite shortcrust pastry recipe and ideas for how to lower…
Oh.my.word. You guys, this is THE best vegan equivalent of a roast dinner. We LOVE celeriac (celery root) in our family. It is one of my all-time favourite veggies. In fact, it is one of my all-time favourite foods. I often swap out white potatoes in recipes for celeriac, partly because it is healthier and…
Guys, guys, GUYS! These.profiteroles. This may be the best thing I’ve ever made. Seriously. Move over simnel cake, this is THE perfect Easter pudding. A true showstopper. Chocolate, egg-shaped buns, cream, decadence, feast-worthiness. Just what Easter needs. That amazing low sugar chocolate fudge sauce from earlier in the week. Poured over light-as-air choux pastry buns…
When I was growing up, there was a dessert I would order every.chance.I.got. No seriously. Every chance. It was called a “Dame Blanche”. It’s on a lot of restaurant menus in Belgium, and is beautifully simple but completely delicious. You take a few scoops of vanilla ice cream and pour over it a generous amount of chocolate…
A couple of years ago on The Great British Bake Off, the contestants were set a difficult technical bake called “Povitica“. It was an Eastern European sweet Christmastime bread with a chocolate and walnut paste swirl, and the dough had to be stretched as thin as possible to a ridiculously large rectangle and rolled with…
Stollen is one of my favourite Christmas treats. I adore marzipan, and the soft, not-too-sweet dough combined with the marzipan centre and mincemeat-flavour is just delightful. I truly feel like it must be Christmas when I get to bite into a snowy piece of stollen. When my parents lived in Bratislava, Slovakia, I went to…