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Homemade Pistachio paste
There are some products, especially the high-end ones that you think, wow it’s expensive but totally worth it because I can’t possibly make this at home, Pistachio paste is not one of them. In fact, making a pistachio paste at home is not much more difficult than let’s say making a vinaigrette sauce, or tapenade […]
Gluten Free Crispy Pistachio Cookies
Pistachios are one of my favorite grains, its natural fat along with super aroma and crunchiness makes a winner flavor, so you can see why I’m trying to integrate pistachio into as many recipes as possible. I was asked by a friend to bring gluten free pistachio cookies to a dinner party, usually the gluten free cookies […]
3 Stage Rye Sourdough Bread
The 3 stage rye sourdough bread is a kind of loaf you need to have patience in order to get it right, the process of making this bread takes from a day and a half to 2 days. Between each building there is a different time gap, each with its purpose of producing a healthy […]
Sourdough Rye with walnuts bread
I’ve always been a big fan of bread with walnuts, I think it’s the nutty flavor that really compliments the earthy deep feeling a good bread have, especially a good sourdough one. In this sourdough rye with walnuts bread the rye culture supply the yeast to our first built of the bread, this will impact most about the flavor […]
Homemade Sourdough Culture
Whether you’re a home baker or a professional one, sourdough culture is one of the cornerstones of bread making and poses a challenge for all of us. I started in making sourdough cultures for my breads a few years ago but even though I am familiar with the sourdough maintenance, it is still a big commitment […]
Baking powder
Using baking powder in baking is quite common and contribute to the texture of the pastry, no doubt about that, let’s dig into this powder a bit to understand its role in baking and how to use it better. Baking powder is so common we hardly stop and ask what’s in this chemical powder that makes […]
How To Make Self-Rising Flour at Home
I had a different conception of self-rising flour in the past. I always thought it had some sort of proofing agents that are not accessible for the home baker to make at home. I was very wrong, self rising flour is just your usual all-purpose flour mixed with baking powder and salt, nothing more to it. Advantages in […]
Grandma’s cheesecake
I’ve made quite a few cheesecakes over the years, starting from the heavy New York cheesecake, light baked cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, chocolate cheesecake etc. however I always go back to my simple grandma’s cheesecake, because for me this is the winner cheesecake recipe of them all. The idea in this recipe is simple, low-medium fat cheese of […]
Brioche Buns
Brioche is a great rich yeasted French bread, it is very rich in butter and eggs almost resembling a cake texture, so how can you go wrong with brioche buns? you guessed right, you can’t, the only downfall is that it’s hard stopping eating them. I decided to go for the buns version because I’ve been searching for a good […]
Cheese and olive rye bread sticks
When I first made these incredible bread sticks I didn’t believe bread can be so addictive, I mean these cheese and olive bread sticks are just too good. The process for the cheese and olive bread sticks is similar to making regular bread dough, I started with a rye biga, don’t skip this part. In a short proofing dough, […]