Focaccia is a pizza-esque Italian bread enriched with extra virgin olive oil and usually herb flavoured. With focaccia you can experiment with lots of flavours, stuffing & toppings. When I was thinking about baking this bread, I intended to do a plain rosemary focaccia, but then I caught sight of some leftover olives in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Baking’
Macaroon
This is what I got upto this weekend. I made my first batch of macaroons ever, they tasted good. Never having made macaroons before, this was a fun bumbling experience. Will make some more next weekend, hopefully the next batch will grow some cute macaroon feet. Watch out Pierre Herme lol! I want to give [...]
Simplicity: Banana Bread
Just wanted to share this amazing banana bread I made today. I got the recipe,from joyofbaking.com, this is my favourite banana bread recipe. Try it out, its great.
Simplicity: Gooey chocolate brownie with creme anglaise
Brownies are supposed to be easy to make but the three brownies I have had recently at different cafes here in Nairobi have not done it for me. First one was very dry but very buttery(a good thing for me! hehe), second was dry with almost no chocolate, & third was a dry brick. I [...]
Mille Feuille of Strawberry with Vanilla Chantilly & Strawberry Coulis
This is the classic combo of strawberries & cream. Quite easy to make, it tasted quite good but I think I could tweak it
Cheddar margherita pizza with pimento meatballs
This is a really fast pizza I made for lunch, it is assembled rather than cooked from scratch. This is the lazy pizza that tastes better than anything Debonairs pizza or Pizza inn in Nairobi can do IMO. It is probably cheaper too. Grill ready made meatballs. I used the KMC(kenya meat commision) one’s, sprinkled [...]
Espresso almond biscotti
Baking racks my mind at times, its either because it’s unforgiving or everyone seems to complain about how hard it is. I have not baked bread,cakes or biscuits long enough to develop my own internal compass. So every time I bake it’s a learning experience, however Harold McGee’s “On Food & Cooking” book has been [...]
Chocolate Pithivier
Pithiviers are a speciality from the town of Pithiviers in the south of France. They are usually served as coffee cakes. The traditional filling is an almond cream mixture with a hint of rum. This recipe is adapted from Liam Tomlin’s book “Season to Taste”. Liam Tomlin is current executive chef at Cape Grace,Cape Town [...]
Square Banana Tarts
Inspired by Jacques Pepin’s Tart Carree from his book “La Technique(Complete Techniques)”. This tarts were amazing, banana & custard(creme patissiere) is one of my favourite flavour combinations. Puff pastry shell I used frozen Puff Pastry bought at Nakumatt, not as good as home made one. The commercial varieties use random vegetable oils/fats instead of butter. [...]
How not to make brioche
This is a very hilarious experience, with really great tasting results.When you cook/bake you should pay lots of attention. This is what happens when you don’t. Adapted the recipe from lots of sources, whole meal flour added because i have run out of plain flour. Use 3 egg yolks because that is all I have [...]
