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pears & roquefort

It’s time for another quiche. Some time ago I bought Meike Peters’ 365 The Cookbook. From the idea it’s covering a whole year w/ recipes – day by day. I’m pretty sure it was a huge challenge, but in the end this comprehensive book dedicated for home cooking emerged. I’m always a little vague concerning my approaches for the pastry shell of any quiche or tart. In general you can work w/ different pastry shells…

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quick & dirty tart

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. I didn’t plan this post. Usually I think about what to cook or to bake or to create, then I buy whatever I need if it isn’t already lounging in my kitchen pantry or fridge … Then I start the adventure & take lots of photos … This time I simply decided to make a tart – an adhoc decision. I had no plan so far to create a…

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what to do w/ homemade apricot jam?

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I made lots of apricot jam some weeks ago. Of course it’s absolutely delicious to have some homemade apricot jam on your fresh roll or croissant or crispy toast or soft French bread or … nevertheless what else can you do w/ the jam?   For the record: I already used my homemade summer jam for homemade ice cream.   So I started surfing … I thought about…

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sweet little temptations

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   We are at home. Wir bleiben zu Hause. Obviously lots of people start baking at home now because flour bags seem to have vanished into thin air when crossing the flour-sugar section in my trusted food store. (No – I didn’t restart my „Bake your own bread“-Phase … although when roaming the food blog universe I get the impression that it’s one of the hottest subjects at the…

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thyme & lemon – sweet & savory

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   Shortbread time: we are approaching sweet & savory shortbread today – both linked by the flavours of lemon & thyme. Twice we’ll get these wonderful crumbly texture of shortbread almost melting in our mouths… once together w/ coffee (or espresso!), once w/ wine or long drinks…     The procedure doesn’t change: shortbread is shortbread is shortbread…

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