tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54506466543241178232024-03-05T13:48:02.755-08:00Tricia & Nana Cooking With DorieCooking our way through Dorie Greenspan's "Around My French Table"......and using one of the many, many cookbooks we each own.tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-7789746790968531602016-03-21T20:05:00.001-07:002016-03-21T20:05:16.656-07:00Matcha Financiers ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of the things about cooking together through any specific cookbook </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">is that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">we eventually come across ingredients in a recipe that are not </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">familiar </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">to us. This week's recipe for matcha financiers is a perfect </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">example. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">I had not heard of matcha tea before (I am not a tea</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> drinker at all) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">but was fortunate to locate a small tin of it</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> at Wegmans (.07 oz). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">When I opened it I was positive</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> that I would not like the recipe at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The aroma and color of the matcha did nothing to convince me these </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">little </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">cakes were going to be tasty. That said, I decided to go ahead </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">and</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> try it</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> but </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">prepare only half of the recipe. The recipe was quite simple </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and I </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">l</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uckily</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> had some frozen egg whites in the freezer. The baking time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> was exactly </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">14 minutes and I ended up with 15 financiers. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With all my </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">complaining </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">about green cake, I will admit </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">they tasted very good</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">........ and certainly disappeared quickly. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week's recipe reminded me of the many other times during our blogging</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> adventures </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">that </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">my mom "ran recon" and secured some unusual ingredient</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> for us </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">well before </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">I had even read the recipe ! She gave me the heads up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> we were going to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">need "match" and that she was going to find it for us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> SOLD. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">While I am </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">a tea drinker, </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">I have not tried matcha. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">I took one look at</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"> the bright green </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">powder Nana delivered in one of her little blue </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">tupperware and </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">wondered how this one would play out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I decided to go the madeleine pan route. I was still </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">skeptical as the batter took shape. The color reminded me of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a huge</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> bowl of baby food. And not our favorite flavors...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The concept of "eating with your eyes" did not play favorably for this </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">one. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once baked </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">and in the madeleine shell shape they looked more appetizing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And the actual flavor ? Pretty darn nice frankly. We enjoyed</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> them </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> I was relieved. They had a subtle flavor that was actually quite nice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That said, I will likely not revisit this recipe when their are many other </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">financier recipes to enjoy- not to mention the actual madeleine recipes !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But it was truly fun to try something new (and hip).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Funny story, I was in</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">a trendy store this week and no lie- they young couple </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">behind </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">me in line </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">were discussing whether they would pick up more matcha. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The young man</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> said</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> no because the matcha he got from Wegmans "blows his</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> mind every </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">morning- it is just so phenomenal". (I can't make this stuff up....).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> And I sat there thinking that at </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">some level I may have actually</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> "out-hipstered" </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">them because I not only had </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">that same mind-blowing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">matcha</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> but I was making fancy little cookies with them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Score.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, serif; font-size: 15px;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i></span></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-2387589834235032442016-03-07T20:27:00.000-08:002016-03-07T20:27:41.592-08:00Odile's Fresh Orange Cake ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana ~</u></span><br />
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This week's recipe from <u>Baking Chez Moi</u> was a simple cake </div>
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infused with orange flavors. Not only is there zest flavored sugar </div>
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in the batter, but freshly squeezed orange juice is added as well. </div>
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I attempted to make the poached orange topping that Dorie suggests as her </div>
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"Bonne Idée" but I did not end up poaching enough orange slices to cover</div>
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the top. Actually, when I poached them, the slices ended up falling apart</div>
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so I had to do a patch job and decided to only cover the center of the cake.</div>
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I then added the orange syrup to the cake and finished with an orange </div>
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marmalade glaze. We both thought the cake was moist and quite delicious. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia ~</u></span><br />
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This was a fun little orange cake. </div>
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I found myself charmed at Dorie's backstory about receiving the recipe from</div>
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her friend Odile de Lannoy. Arriving at Dorie's home for the first time, Odile </div>
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brought not only the namesake cake but the handwritten recipe as well. She</div>
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said she hoped the cake was not "too simple", but wanted to share it because</div>
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it is one that she actually prepares for her family (i.e. not fancy food). </div>
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Right up Dorie's alley.</div>
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And mine.</div>
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I was lucky enough to score some blood oranges at the local market so I used those. </div>
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We hemmed and hawed about whether I should try to cut the recipe in half but I </div>
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decided to just make the whole thing (the devil on my shoulder usually wins.....). </div>
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I was glad I did this time around, as it does not make a large cake. </div>
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My pan is actually a German braided loaf pan. Bought at Williams-Sonoma</div>
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in the late 80's, it is evidently now considered "vintage". Ouch.</div>
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tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-2101037879214009242016-02-24T06:13:00.003-08:002016-02-24T06:20:11.385-08:00Soft-Centered Chocolate Teacup Cakes ~ Baking Chez Moi<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana</u> ~</span></b><br />
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This week's recipe from Dorie Greenspan's "Baking Chez Moi" is a soft-centered teacup</div>
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cake that would be a chocolate lover's delight. The batter came together easily and </div>
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baked in only 10-12 minutes. Unfortunately, I over baked mine by about 2 minutes</div>
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but they still had a soft center when I removed them from the oven.</div>
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I used the bittersweet chocolate, melted with butter, for the cake portion but since I ran </div>
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out of chocolate I used some semi sweet chocolate chips for the centers instead. </div>
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The only cups I could find that were small enough to use for these cakes were my Dansk </div>
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coffee cups, which were still a bit too big. I decided to remove them from the cups after</div>
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baking and served them on a platter with a dusting of sugar.</div>
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Having had two cakes leftover, the next day I found them to still be tasty but extremely chewy.</div>
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In any event they were still quite good, almost like eating a brownie. (A very rich brownie....)</div>
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This is my first time posting from an iPad as I am away on vacation in Vermont.</div>
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The photos are from my iPhone so that is also a first. I hate it and want my Mac.</div>
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Luckily this week's recipe could not have been more of a breeze and while I am late<br />
to the whole "mug cake" party, it was a revelation to find out how quick and<br />
delicious these little desserts are. Dangerous, in fact ;)</div>
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I typically have baking chocolates on hand, not to mention the other standard ingredients</div>
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(confectioners sugar, bit of flour, butter and eggs) so it will be a cinch to knock this recipe</div>
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out again on a cold winter's day when a chocolate fix is needed.</div>
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While the ingredients were not exotic, it was a special treat to use farm fresh </div>
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eggs brought by our friends Bryan and Karen of nearby Two Mountain Farm. </div>
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And that wooden spoon turns out to be quite exotic. </div>
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Sourcing your ingredients locally always makes them taste better but having the farmers</div>
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as friends - well that just adds a smile to your face as you taste the results. </div>
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The beautiful spoon you see in the photo was also a gift, hand carved in Ghana and brought<br />
to us from Bryan who is an amazing volunteer and has set up a non-profit school<br />
educational foundation. I will share more about that in a post when I am not fighting<br />
with "i-related" technology and just trying to get this published. (if curious, please<br />
check out their site- www.BlackStarEdu.org, it's an amazing foundation).</div>
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<a name='more'></a>tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-65927026603309367292016-02-09T19:25:00.001-08:002016-02-09T19:25:19.365-08:00Hot Chocolate Panna Cotta ~ Baking Chez Moi<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first time I tasted a panna cotta was in July, 2015 when we made </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the vanilla mango version for this blog. I'm not fond of mango at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">all </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">so I made two plain </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ones for myself, but Jim enjoyed the original recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But this week's panna cotta rendition, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">made with unsweetened</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My first taste made me think of chocolate mousse but as I continued </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">eating </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it I realized that the gelatin really gave it a much thicker texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I added a dollop of whipped cream but it really wasn't necessary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think Dorie's idea of serving it with a cookie would be better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made the panna cotta this evening as the Tuesday deadline loomed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The weather has finally been wintery and we have gone from snow </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to more </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">snow. As a result I have started way too many of those </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"save it for</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> bad </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">weather" projects (and finished too few). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The "storm </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">before the calm" scenario. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I decided I would only knock out this week's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">recipe, prioritizing my projects </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">instead, if I had all the ingredients on </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hand and no special trip to the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">store was needed. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As it turned out, I had it all. Lucky for us :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The most unusual ingredient for this rich and company worthy </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">dessert was a box of unflavored gelatin. Chocolate, cream, sugar, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">unsweetened chocolate, milk - all present and accounted for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Average ingredients with minimal effort and above average results. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While we typically enjoy "hot" hot chocolate as we watch the snow fall, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this chilled hot chocolate panna cotta was a lovely change. And provided</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> some wonderful inspiration and energy for getting back to those other projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Tomorrow, that is ..........</span></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-84629291499689592532016-01-26T05:47:00.003-08:002016-01-26T05:47:35.628-08:00Lemon Squares, French Style ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Per Nana~</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The lemon squares that we baked this week from BCM are so delicious </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am not a big fan of lemon flavor and seriously considered cutting the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The crust, made with the addition of almond flour, is so delicious, and then</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I first removed the pan from the oven I thought they were</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> over-baked, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">but when I cut through them, the crust was tender, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the lemon curd held </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nicely, and the crumb topping did not fall apart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are still trying to decide whether they are more delicious at </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">room temperature or refrigerated. In any event, they will not</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> go to waste and I will be making these again. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Per Tricia~</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unlike Nana, I love lemon flavored desserts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Granted there are few desserts I am not a fan of, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">but lemon is a true favorite. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No wonder that this was a hit in my house. My only regret is that I didn't</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> make t</span>his </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ahead of time when my older taste tester was still home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - he adores lemon. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But I <b><i>was</i></b> like Nana in having to put the little </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">temptations in the freezer, so </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lucky for him there is a stash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> waiting</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> when he visits home. A little incentive never hurt.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this was only half way through the snow fall - another foot or so fell....</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Incentive was also involved as I made this recipe during "the Blizzard of 2016". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(hopeful thinking that we will not be having another big storm, even though it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is only January). My hubby was a trooper and handled the almost 30" of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> snow outside while my contribution was a lemon reward inside. He was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">happy. Ok, there may have been a well earned single malt involved as well.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doris's wonderful crust, ready to go-</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assembled, before baking. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out of the oven.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was the first time that I made lemon curd at home and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">would not hesitate to do it again. I have always enjoying it </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">when </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">buying a container and like most things, making it at home </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a value. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since the quality was fantastic (not all things are better </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">made at home....or at least in my kitchen ) I'll gladly revisit the curd </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">even if not making the lemon squares. But likely I will be doing both.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, serif; font-size: 15px;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i></span>tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-32601635515441059132016-01-12T19:54:00.000-08:002016-01-12T19:54:26.059-08:00Fluted Carrot-Tangerine Cake ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The group's selected recipe for this week from <u>Baking Chez Moi</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> is a delicious carrot-tangerine cake. I was fortunate to have all the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> ingredients on hand even though my carrots were small ones for snacking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A lot of fun on a box grater without losing skin, but I succeeded. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In place of tangerines I used two clementines which were delicious</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> and very juicy. The cake baked up beautifully and was easy to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">remove</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the pan without a problem. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I prepared a drizzle using confectioner's sugar, a bit of milk </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and orange extract. It accented all the flavors in the cake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cake is very moist and wonderfully delicious. I will definitely be </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">keeping </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this one in my files for a great snack cake that is quick to prepare. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This cake is exactly the type of recipe that I enjoy cooking as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> part </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of a blogging community, because had not been "assigned"...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I likely would have just skipped right over it in the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not because it sounded bad but simply because I could not</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> get my head </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">around the combination of carrots with citrus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I likely would have kept thumbing through until I hit something</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> chocolate :) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And that would have been a shame because this was</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">citrus from the orange I used (yes, neither of us actually used the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> tangerine for which the cake is named...) was a welcome combo for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a cold winter's day. The fact that this was truly a quick and easy</span></div>
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<i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i>tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-40001023122480980782015-12-29T21:07:00.002-08:002015-12-29T21:07:13.454-08:00Stained Glass Cookies ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia ~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a makeup week, or "rewind", as the <i><b>Tuesdays with Dorie</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> community </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">calls it. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hadn't yet completed the Stained Glass Cookie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> recipe from <u>Baking Chez Moi </u>so </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I decided to go for it. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I expected </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Christmas, but while both sons were still home on break. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The process WAS time</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> consuming. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even with Dorie's detailed instructions, when you start thinking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">tweezers would be a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">useful tool as you are cooking it's a good </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Off the charts delicious and fun to look at. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That said, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have <b>no intention</b> to ever make these cookies</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> -per </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the recipe </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">holidays -again. I also have <b>every intention</b> to make the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">COOKIE</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> part</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> of the</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> recipe many times. I'll just omit the labor intensive/</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">arts & </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">crafts </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cutting and filling with </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">candy I have crushed by hand.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut the edge of a plastic bag and piped in the crushed candy, rethinking my choice of snowflake cutter the whole time.....<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The cookie recipe is hands down the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">best butter cookie I have ever made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While many might not think its a compliment, the fact that the cookies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> tasted </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">like </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the old school blue tins of little shaped butter cookies I grew </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And while it was labor intensive to this admittedly lazy baker, I really did </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">enjoy trying - at least once - Dorie's technique for decorating the cookies </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">this way. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Trying is what it is all about. And I am totally planning to steal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the idea </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of one of my blogging peers who's going to revisit this with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">heart shaped </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cutters and red candy for Valentine's Day. Love it.</span><br />
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is an incredible dessert and so decadent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought the best part was the syrup made from sugar and vanilla bean, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">added to the chestnuts. The chocolate ganache came together beautifully </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and when it was added to the tart, looked fantastic. Because it is so rich in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">flavor, I only served small portions and did not serve ice cream with it. I also</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> didn't have any :) And the leftover syrup I have saved for another time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I chilled the remaining tart and found that the next day it tasted just</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> like </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fudge with a crust. I loved it and just cut small portions. This </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia ~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We knew the family would love this one because Nana sent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> over </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a portion </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of hers ahead of time. So I had to deliver on </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this one </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because of course, the family </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">wanted more :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">disproportionate share of grumbling from me simply because </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it's the </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Internet lies...that new technique of blanching & cutting a single line (not X) before roasting only added to the time lost.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I should have </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">known better and bought a pricey jar of the ready to go </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">version, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I got </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">caught up in the cozy holiday illusion of how fun it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">would be</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to do these myself. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That ship has sailed and took with it the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">immediate </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thought of making </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">those stained glass cookies we are to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">also knock out </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this month too (we'll see about that one.....)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My complaints are unjustified considering last year I was staring down a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">shelling the chestnuts, and then prepping the syrup too - so that the vanilla </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Truthfully we are simply not that HUGE of chestnut fans for me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to likely be </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">making this one again, but that is no reflection on the recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">enjoying round </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">two after tasting Nana's :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Happiest of Holidays to All ~</i></b></span><br />
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unfortunately this turned to be a disaster for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The cookie dough was so easy to prepare and turned out perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I froze it for approximately one hour as Dorie suggested. I even had </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hubby </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">working on the lifesavers using my mortar and pestle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He had a lot of fun </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sorting out the colors and pulverizing them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I realized later that this should be </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">done at the last minute, as the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">candies all stuck together. When I started to fill </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the little holes in the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cookie the candy had melted together and I could not push </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">through the pastry tip. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I baked one sheet of cookies with the holes </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"sort of" filled and then just sprinkled candy onto the rest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The cookies were good, they just did not end up with a stained glass design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This month the "Tuesdays with Dorie/Baking Chez Moi" schedule is</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">be holding off baking and posting </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">till later in the month so my college</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> Now, to get a hold of some of Nana's stained glass cookies....</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-47721727687616644932015-11-24T12:39:00.001-08:002015-11-24T12:39:36.767-08:00Pear Cranberry Roll Up Tart ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kitchen shenanigans ensued as I baked this tart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> And they added to the fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My four legged sous chefs were busily monitoring the blowing leaves </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">saving our home from "intruders"..... when an actual squirrel dared</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">invade the back porch. I managed to catch the moment on camera </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">since </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">already taking tart photos. Suffice to say that the scene below </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the last </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">moment </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of calm for quite some time after this sighting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The seasonal ingredients, wonderful aroma of the added ginger and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the accepted (but dangerous) devil-may-care attitude to my spilling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This proved a lovely addition to our Thanksgiving week recipes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">really </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">looking </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">forward </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to all of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">my taste testers being </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">home to share </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">their opinions </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">this evening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A happy holiday indeed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And as to the continued shenanigans, I came back to the kitchen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This pear and cranberry tart was so easy to make and delicious to eat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's also absolutely wonderful as a leftover. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love using Dorie's recipe for Galette dough because it is so easy to work with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This time I rolled it out before chilling. I found that easier than trying </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">spread instead of orange marmalade and it was just perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This dessert reminds me of a strudel so I am anxious to try it with apples</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week's recipe for Baking Chez Moi was such a delight and would </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">make </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">adorable little packages for a Christmas cookie exchange. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I do have to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">perfect my technique for spreading the candy mixture as </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">well as spreading </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the chocolate covering because it came out a bit thick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However it was </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">still very delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used a mix of toasted pecans and almonds with semi sweet chocolate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jim raved about these toffee breakups as soon as he tasted them </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- so I would call that a winner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Definitely a recipe to be repeated as we come into the holiday season, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with most of the ingredients being staple items in the pantry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've seen recipes for various chocolate barks and toffees but had not</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> taken </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the plunge to try one myself. This week changed that. I am </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">almost sorry to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">find out how easy (could be deadly.....</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">) it was to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">make </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">something this decadent at home. And out of routine pantry items no less. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I read through the recipe and knew there were several steps involved, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">plus waiting time, so anticipated a "production". Instead, I was able </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to knock most of it out during a lunch break and then just applied the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> melted chocolate and garnishing nuts after work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And pretty delightful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The completed candies did not disappoint and care packages have </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">already been made to send to the boys at college. I sent them pictures </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from my iPhone and as expected, they requested mailing ASAP :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And it is SO worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the first time that I used Dorie's Galette Dough and I just love it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is so easy to prepare and make a delicious tasting crust. For the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used some apricot preserves that I had on hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After baking them for 45 minutes I added another 5 minutes to give t</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hem </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a bit more color. Dorie calls this a "french bake" and it was perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These pielettes are such a simple dessert and perfect for Fall, with all the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">delicious apples we have available. Definitely a recipe to be repeated, and the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Genius. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As usual, Dorie merges American and French influences beautifully. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No wonder, as she states, this dessert is enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As soon as I saw the photo of the tiny apple pies, or "pielettes", in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Baking Chez Moi</u>, I wondered why I hadn't thought of this myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of course it is more time consuming to prepare a dozen little crusts, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">fill them and add a top crust - but the results are worth it in my book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having the little individual sized desserts was a fun change and while </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And yes, they were absolutely delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am a big fan of "crust" so the crust to fruit ratio in the muffin sized pies </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">right up my alley. This was also one of those recipes that reminds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">added Gala apples, raisins and dried cherries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was fabulous and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">will be a repeat for sure - in any time of year. </span><br />
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whenever I cook or bake, I always try to have everything measured,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week was no exception. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, after chopping the Baker's chocolate into fine pieces </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">adding it to the batter, I realized that I used semi sweet </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">chocolate, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">leaving me with only unsweetened for the ganache. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I prepared the ganache topping anyway and even though it was strong </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">tasting, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it seemed to work. Unfortunately, it was not a glossy ganache </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and I'm </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">not sure if it was because of the chocolate I used or if I just screwed it up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We did enjoy these little cakes - they were quite delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because they are so rich, you can't eat too many. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These little desserts are deadly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They are simply delicious and they go down </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> too easily in this "mini-fied" size :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dorie's batter consists of the typical ingredients that you would use for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">chocolate chip cookie but she relies on almond flour with just a touch </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">all purpose flour add in. As I added the melted butter to the sugar </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">almond flour I just kept thinking "wow", this is going to be sweet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was very rich indeed and adding slivers of chopped chocolate </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(to get the "tiger" marks) added to the candy like quality of these little gems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And that's all before I added the optional chocolate ganache glaze. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A little goes a LONG way, which is actually great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And while we don't need such decadent desserts hanging around, I do </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">think these would be a great way to update the typical chocolate chip options </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and make them a more impressive and "company worthy" little treat. </span></div>
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i>tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-61578156384885993572015-10-06T05:04:00.002-07:002015-10-06T05:04:15.563-07:00Bubble Éclairs ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana ~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have made the cream puff recipe before when we made them in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I prepared everything per the instructions, the little puffs looked good in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I only filled one bubble with whipped cream, the remaining</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> puffs </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">actually no space to fill. Talk about flat.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was able to snap a few photos, but I would not call</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> this a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">success by any stretch of the imagination. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This recipe was a "rewind" (make up) for a reason.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These were originally scheduled for a busy week and no lie, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I took one look </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">at the title and photo and said "forget it". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Little did I know how straight forward they would end up being. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Not sure why I didn't choose straight lines on that pan (what was I thinking ??)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While I have distant memories of creating actual éclairs for Dorie's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have distant memories of making éclairs some time ago with a recipe from </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> "Around My French Table". It is far easier to make "bubble" éclairs instead, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">since they are merely scooped cream puffs placed next to each other on a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> piping the long log shapes and it was much trickier to pull off for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I even sprayed non stick Pam onto the scoop to hedge any sticking bets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I actually picked my pearl sugar from IKEA a while back (who knew ?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and it </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was perfect topping for this dessert. I made fresh vanilla whipped</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cream for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the filling. My hubby and I expected these to be good but they </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">were great- so great in fact that after we enjoyed far too many the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> others went right into the freezer ! Dangerously good....</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i></div>
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tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-26664522107894650992015-09-22T20:14:00.000-07:002015-09-22T20:14:26.493-07:00Apple Kuchen ~ Baking Chez Moi<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana ~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The recipe for this week was interesting and not something I had </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">tried </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">before. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love pie crust and this one was no exception. It was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">easy to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">make, as most </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dorie's crusts are, and using graham cracker </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">crumbs </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as the first layer definitely added another level of flavor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I baked the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">kuchen for 70 minutes </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and after I tested it I added another </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10 minutes,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> then another 20 minutes. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In all I had baked the cake for over</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> two hours </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and finally removed it from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the oven, hoping it would set up </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">while it cooled. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After a few hours (when </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it had reached room temperature) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I cut into it </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">found it had a soft, pudding </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like texture and was a bit </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I chilled the leftovers and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thought it was even more delicious when cold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will definitely add this to my collection of pie recipes. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia ~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can honestly say the change in weather has made it a delight to be back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> in the kitchen. With the oven actually turned on :) The air is crisp and the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">days are shorter and making an "apple anything" is as full of seasonal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">memories</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> as it is full of taste. And calories, but we will not speak of these with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dorie's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">delicious recipe that includes butter, sugar and heavy cream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yup- it had to be good with that line up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> And it was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Even though the recipes describes what appears to be a long process, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as usual I ended up doing it one evening after work. It was not the game </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">dinner, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ate it and then popped the kuchen in for the long bake afterward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition to gaining a great new recipe this week, the kuchen served</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> as a wonderful reminder that you don't need special occasions to enjoy a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">homemade dessert or new recipe</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. In fact, I think I appreciate them even</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> more on a typical weeknight when they are the star and get all the attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week's recipe reminds me of shortbread, but a lot sweeter.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I did find </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since I only had a 2-1/2" cookie cutter my yield was only 9 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I filled a few with cherry jam and the rest of the cookies with marmalade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Both were delicious. I added additional time to the baking (because</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> of the size) but they turned out pretty good. </span></div>
<u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Per Tricia ~</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am very much looking forward to baking in the COOLER weather </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(whenever it arrives...) but I managed to make these delicious cookies even </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">though it was in the mid 80's in my kitchen. I am a fan of jelly cookies,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> well truthfully - most cookies, and was curious to try this French version. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used delicious Michigan Damson Plum jam that my in-laws brought us. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The cookies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">so good I don't think it would not have mattered what I filled them with :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I do find working with the dough that has so much confectionary </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sugar in it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to be more challenging, but the texture/flavor of the finished </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">product is worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I added </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">more cane sugar to the outside but next time will use confectioner's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So while I will not likely be making these often, I am making a note to find</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> my </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">heart cookie cutters and plan to make a batch for Valentine's Day.</span><br />
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com</i></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-80008766662481976112015-08-11T20:45:00.004-07:002015-08-11T20:45:39.027-07:00Cherry Crumb Tart ~ Baking Chez Moi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80TDIfe54VobHU_AVFZcPC3CAOegUjzxHzl_xxoIBMeldSYwUVs80b3CBjd0b4aEjsfZyEXAiC8mSsnjiIYDR36T2GjYrOR2mgDBkHmZpgpF1xpfRmp3Qb8aRXUXq7Ri9UqhHbKZ5vfE/s1600/DSC_0855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80TDIfe54VobHU_AVFZcPC3CAOegUjzxHzl_xxoIBMeldSYwUVs80b3CBjd0b4aEjsfZyEXAiC8mSsnjiIYDR36T2GjYrOR2mgDBkHmZpgpF1xpfRmp3Qb8aRXUXq7Ri9UqhHbKZ5vfE/s640/DSC_0855.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week's selection for "Baking Chez Moi" is a delicious Cherry Crumb Tart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I couldn't believe that the cherries were so gorgeous in the market just when</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I needed them. Hubby loves cherries so I knew he would love this tart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I prepared the sweet tart pastry and gave it a quick freeze </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">while I pitted </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the cherries. A messy job for sure.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the filling I substituted a package of almond flavored pie filling that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> purchased on one of my travel adventures. It worked well with the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> fruit and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">had a delicious taste. Almond filling is a favorite of mine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made the streusel per the instructions but it did not get as </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">clumpy </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as I had hoped, or as dark, but it was good all the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We enjoyed the cherry tart although I personally picked out the fruit because it is </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">not a favorite (hubby got the e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">xtra share) - but the rest of the tart was delicious.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia ~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No one should be surprised that I subbed out blackberries, the "gift </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">that just </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">keeps giving" from my yard, for cherries in this tart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While my family was simply </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">pleased the results tasted great, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was delighted to find a new use for the berries...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Knowing how sweet Dorie's crust is I chose not to add sugar to the tart blackberries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I took 3/4 of a pound and whirled them through the Cuisinart and then finished </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with last quarter pound 1/4 of the berries whole. After preparing the filling with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As per the recipe, this was baked for about 40 minutes and then the streusel </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">added and it went back in for another 35. My husband kept raving about </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">how </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">delicious it was. Not sure we have ever met a recipe involving streusel that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">we </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">didn't </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like - the crumb topping really took this tart over the edge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My son said </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it was the best </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">dessert he's had in a long time, proclaiming </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it "outstanding". </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wow. My goal was simply use</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> up some of the berries :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The "Baking Chez Moi" success story continues ~</span></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-87366555583625265032015-07-28T18:07:00.001-07:002015-07-28T18:07:09.607-07:00Vanilla Mango Panna Cotta<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Panna Cotta is something that I am not familiar with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't think I've </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">come across it in my travels, but then again, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am usually in search of crème </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">brûlée or a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">good mille-feuille. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That said, this was a lovely dessert - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">very pretty and quite refreshing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unfortunately, when I made it on Sunday I accidentally grabbed a package of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">yeast instead of gelatin. I could not understand why it was still not firming </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">up after 4 plus hours. It wasn't until that evening that I noticed the unused </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did a makeover on Monday and was very pleased with the results. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jim and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I both enjoyed this dessert. I prepared two glasses with the mango</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Both desserts were delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are deep into our first blackberry season at the house and with the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> consists </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of vanilla bean, cream and sugar among other things.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also look forward to preparing this for company since guests always seem</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">get a kick out of the individual portions created especially for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I first read over the recipe for this tart I did not understand the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the tart a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">bit too high. After mulling it over for a while I decided to follow </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used a square pan </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because it was the only 9" one I had available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My other tart pans all seem to</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> be about 10 1/2" and I am never</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> able to</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> spread the tart dough without it being skimpy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everything came together perfectly and although I did not use the pistachios</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and so typically French. I definitely plan on making this recipe again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have never met a fruit tart that I didn't like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And I didn't meet one this week either :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dorie's tart recipe was lovely and I was glad it called for apricots since I seem </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> always reach over them for peaches, but they are simply delicious. I also</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">symmetrically, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so I went with that. I think this ended up with a dryer tart as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sleeve of unopened Trader Joe's ladyfingers so no homemade ones this time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also can not rave enough about the pastry recipe of Dorie's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have made it many times </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and it is one of my favorite things </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to eat -</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> anything piled on top is going to be delicious ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy summer indeed, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this recipe is going </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to get some serious play this season ~</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com </i></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-9068377953963822012015-06-24T04:48:00.000-07:002015-06-24T04:48:00.016-07:00Strawberry Shortcakes, Franco American Style ~ Baking Chez Moi<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week's recipe for strawberry shortcakes could not have come at a better time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We were celebrating Jim's 84th birthday and this seemed perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The recipe for the ladyfinger batter was extremely easy to prepare. I started </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">pipe the batter onto the penciled circle design but it turned into a big mess </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">used a spoon instead. I have to work on that piping technique a bit more. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the roasted strawberries for the filling but I am not sure what went </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">wrong so I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">omitted them and used fresh berries instead. The flavors of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">balsamic vinegar </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and lemon did not work for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The little cakes were delicious with the homemade whipped cream </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fresh strawberries - a definite repeat. </span></div>
<u><span style="font-size: large;">Per Tricia ~</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having enjoyed these a bit early at my Dad's birthday,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I knew the recipe was a winner and they would be delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like Nana, I went with the fresh berries though I have heard amazing things about </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">grilled and roasted strawberries so need to play around with those myself. The </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">piping Gods </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">had pity on me as I prepared this one morning early before work</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> (5:30 am is not a time to fill a piping bag.....) and I lucked out on that front. We have </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">been having a heat wave and I could not bear to turn on the oven in the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have to admit that I loved being able to prepare Ladyfinger batter from</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> scratch (never thought I would tackle this) but since I enjoy biscuit type</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> shortcakes I was not prepared to like this one so much. I was wrong. The</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> prep </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was not as bad as I anticipated and the cakes were so lovely it was well worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another winner from this amazing cookbook. </span><br />
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com </i></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-55961010505790967782015-06-19T08:53:00.000-07:002015-06-19T08:53:06.856-07:00The Grand Finale<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ68OxZ1swrg7GIk97Bw3DgWlwEc1oKDt_n5I4j0fdp_WnXkKOMkqUtJriDFOaHucSrTrrAcpKCHgIn3V0htH1xMbJq1ZPKlcsP1_vMHwAcUeQPpTORF164ZORZPQq9MPKl0l5Df3v3U/s1600/DSC_0671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ68OxZ1swrg7GIk97Bw3DgWlwEc1oKDt_n5I4j0fdp_WnXkKOMkqUtJriDFOaHucSrTrrAcpKCHgIn3V0htH1xMbJq1ZPKlcsP1_vMHwAcUeQPpTORF164ZORZPQq9MPKl0l5Df3v3U/s640/DSC_0671.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Tricia signed us up for "French Fridays with Dorie", I knew nothing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> about</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the world of blogging. Four and a half years ago I had no idea what a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> blog was.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was skeptical about this - cooking and posting for other people to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> see my results.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> However, it didn't take me long to get in the swing of things </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and I have loved </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the experience it has brought me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each week Tricia and I did our own cooking, sh</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">aring ideas and thoughts about the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> week's recipe and had a lot of laughs at our disasters. A few times we even worked </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">on a recipe together (really, how many eclairs does a family really need ?)</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Many times we shared our results, especially when she was still living next door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back then I knew if I made the full recipe there were plenty of taste testers to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">help me out. Once the boys left for college and Tricia moved away, I had to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">start cutting the recipes in half for the two of us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After our wonderful trip to Seattle, where we met so many Doristas face to face, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">we realized it was like meeting old friends. A great time for all and I know we</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> all felt the friendships immediately. As for meeting Dorie and her husband</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Michael,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it was quite a thrill. They are so nice, so gracious and the both make </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you feel so </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">very special. If you were fortunate enough to go to one of Dorie's </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">book</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> signings, Dorie remembered you and made you feel welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These are the special moments that make us all Doristas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a sad time for all, posting for the last time in FFWD, but I know we </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">will continue to keep in touch and be friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A special thank you to Mary and Betsy for all their hard work keeping this journey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> going. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For Trevor, whose interesting blog is filled with humor, thank you for your </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">work designing the Dorista tote bag, our diploma, etc- I am sending you a big hug. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you Alice, for your wonderful idea of a Christmas Card exchange, which is </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">something that Jim and I look forward to each year. To Laurie W. for organizing </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this whole project. And a thank you to all our Dorista friends, past and present, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">who have left comments, posted results and otherwise shared their lives as well as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> their recipe results with this group on French Fridays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For my final recipe I decided to show my true French colors and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> prepare</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> crepes, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">something I think would make my mother proud.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> They were delicious and I don't</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> know why I don't make them more often. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, I do remember - they are fattening :)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I echo my mother's sentiments about our involvement and our gratitude.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She said it beautifully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> One additional and key thank you that I must share is to send a huge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">THANK YOU </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to my Mother- for agreeing to go on this (and many other....) adventures, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for always being game to try something new, for not being afraid to fail and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> even post pictures of a kitchen disaster on the internet. For agreeing to learn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> how to take photos and get them posted to a blog. For making sure I knew we </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">had a "weird" ingredient coming up and either running reconnaissance to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Wegman's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or even ordering it weeks ahead of time from Amazon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For preparing perfect little blue tupperwares of "mise en place" for me when you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">know I likely did not have the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ingredient, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or the time, that week. For being patient </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when I explained "we'll be </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">posting late tonight Mom -it's still Friday" on more</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> than one occasion. For believing </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the good of people, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">even when the "internet"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> gets </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">such a bad wrap for establishing relationships. For </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">being known as "Nana", </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with the greatest endearment, by so many</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> people who are not </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">her grandchildren. </span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdP3JK-1J9xLfrPToxZhWa-w1syT-uwL4Z5nIOglOIGlET4lns5lZ-1Znbc3Y_TJJKBlwLhszNxXHpNPx7e55-Z1sN3AhNlYcf0wqArkZNIw1fhFsqVGz9I57xIbQrpMZSUhV-4we6fg/s1600/10805808_1527617910810203_104596549826713674_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdP3JK-1J9xLfrPToxZhWa-w1syT-uwL4Z5nIOglOIGlET4lns5lZ-1Znbc3Y_TJJKBlwLhszNxXHpNPx7e55-Z1sN3AhNlYcf0wqArkZNIw1fhFsqVGz9I57xIbQrpMZSUhV-4we6fg/s400/10805808_1527617910810203_104596549826713674_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And for continuing to teach me discipline, perseverance and commitment by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">example</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - not just by word. I could not have done it </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">without you and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> on this fun </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">little lark has turned into the adventure of a lifetime, filled </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">priceless memories that expanded to include family and friends. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And so I will end where I began. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I am the first to admit some of the recipes during this time have been a blur,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I can still vividly recall our first recipe - Marie-Helene's Apple Cake. Excited for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> this new adventure, we took a trip to our local "Sur la Table" to find the requisite </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> inch springform pan...like kids buying school supplies for a new school year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We have since learned that you make due with whatever is on hand and adapt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> accordingly. You see, we didn't just learn recipes. We learned to trust - trust </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> ourselves, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in others, and in the outcome being perfectly ok no matter what</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> happened. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fact that the cake was so delicious gave us a lovely introduction </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Around My </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">French Table" . </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While we don't publish the recipes as a rule</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> since this is one that Dorie has posted on the web I am happy</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to share it now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy French Friday ~</span></i></b></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">Per Nana~</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have selected Dorie's "<b>Chicken Breasts Diable</b>" for this week's repeat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> recipe, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">something that goes over well in our house. The first time I prepared</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the recipe </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought the sauce, consisting of white wine, heavy cream, with </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">mustard </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and Worcestershire sauce was out of this world. I have used it on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> pork tenderloin </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as well as beef, and it never fails to give a delicious flavor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I even served it again </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this week, along with homemade macaroni salad and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sliced tomatoes with fresh </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">basil I am growing in containers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My next project for all that basil it to make pesto...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This morning we drove to our local farm stand to see if they were open for the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> season and upon inquiring, managed to get 11 small zucchini blossoms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I was so happy because when I made Dorie's "Shrimp Filled Zucchini </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blossoms" </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I could not find any and had to use a substitution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I stuffed the flowers today with garlic an</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">d herb chèvre cheese, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">coated them</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> with tempura batter and fried them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Delicious and another "play it again" recipe !</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia~</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Phew. I had no less than <b>FIFTY</b> makeups to complete and after a few marathon </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">sessions (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the likes of which have previously only been applied to Netflix binges)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like Nana, I am now caught up and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ready for my "graduation badge" :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spoiler alert, there are many photos coming so feel free to just scroll very quickly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> past </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">them. We chose to include all of our make-ups by posting one picture to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">memorialize the recipes. That's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">what we </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">planned to do with this adventure. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our goal was for each of us to "cook the book". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before the make-ups however I will share that my</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> most repeated recipe is "<b>Beggar's Linguine"</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There have been many favorites from this book but somehow the unusual combo of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> sweet, salty, crunchy and soft that this pasta dish covers really appeals to me. I try to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> keep the ingredients on hand so this also helps out. A close runner up is the strawberry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> goat cheese tartine, which taught me that if you have hearty bread, soft cheese and fresh </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">strawberries you need to run and find your pepper and balsamic vinegar. YUM. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: small;">1. Shrimp Filled Zucchini Blossoms Bib Lettuce</span></u></b> -<span style="font-size: small;"> Lovely. More tempura in my future.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>2. Green As Spring Veal Stew</u></b> - Gorgeous. Enjoyed the veal but not a huge fan of dill so likely not a repeat.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>3. Cinnamon Crunch Chicken</b></u>- I mashed my Speculoos a bit too hard but this was delicious. How lucky that Speculoos were another make up dish and I had fresh ones on hand !</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>4. Pumpkin Gorgonzola Flan</u></b> - My husband adores these. Crazy easy, sans the waterbath part. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>5. My Go-To Beef Daube-</b></u> bacon and a bottle of wine in there, what's not to love ?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>6. Blueberry Mascarpone Roulade</u></b>- a production but what a WOW factor. And delicious !</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>7. Herb Speckled Spaetzle Dumplings</u></b> - Lesson learned; don't attempt spaetzle without a spaetzle maker. Delicious comfort food regardless of the shape. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>8. Bacon, Egg & Asparagus Salad </u>- perfect for this time of year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>9. Michel Rostang double chocolate mousse</b></u> - excited to finally make this and it didn't disappoint. YUM.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>10. Tomato Cheese Tartlets </u></b>- Perfect summer treats and great for guests.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>11. Cocoa Sablés</u></b> - Crazy good. Just crazy good. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>12. Sweet & Spicy Cocktail Nuts</u></b>- Impressive with little effort. And delicious, did I mention delicious ?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>13. Coconut Friands </u></b>- Yummy but they go down a bit too quick in this mini muffin size :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>14. Caramel Topped Semolina Cake</b></u> - lousy photo, great cake. The burnt looking part is actually delicious caramel that got a wee bit too much color but tasted divine. Looks aren't everything....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>15. Visitandine</u></b> - lovely vanilla cake. Hubby adored it so a keeper for sure.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>16. Deconstructed BLT with Egg</u></b>- who doesn't love a good salad, especially with homemade croutons (wheat rustic bread, not burnt :) tossed in bacon fat. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>17. Storzapretis</u></b>- My nemesis. Delicious finished dish but crazy amount of work involved for this lazy cook....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>18. Chicken Tagine with Sweet Potatoes and Prunes</u></b>- Lovely. I adore prunes so no surprise this is a keeper. And the tagine gets more play.....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>19. Quiche Maraîchère</b></u> - lovely but my heart belongs to Gérard's Mustard Tart.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>20. Warm Scallop Salad with Corn, Nectarine </u></b>- creative, unusual and wonderfully delicious combo. Hubby loved it and wants it again soon.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>21. Gérard's Mustard Tart</u></b> - ADORE. I absolutely love this recipe- an all time favorite. It is possible I even hide leftovers in the salad drawer so others don't find it......</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>22. Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup</b></u> - well, I tried it. Once.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>23. Cold Melon Berry Soup</b></u> - the first time I ever put a cantaloupe in the Cuisinart. Refreshing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>24. Crab Avocado "Ravioli"</b></u>- no pasta involved. Adventure but not a repeat- too fussy for us. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>25. Guacamole with Tomato and Bell Pepper</u></b>- nice guacamole. Also reminded me to make guacamole at home more often.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>26. Speculoos </u></b>- love this cookie, the taste and all the memories of Paris it brings to mind.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>27. Spur of the Moment Veggie Soup (Stone Soup) Carrot Style </b></u>- good reminder to use up on hand veggies in soup.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>28. Swiss Chard pancakes</u></b> - had fun with the colored chard. Surprised at how lovely these savory cakes were. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>29. Mushroom & Shallot Quiche</u></b> - I don't even like mushrooms and I enjoyed this one. Hubby flipped over it. Keeper for sure. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>30. Lime, Honey and Beet Salad</u></b> - delicious but my fear of red stains on <i>everything</i> will preclude this being a repeat.....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>31. David's Seaweed Sablés</b></u> - surprisingly rich savory treat. The cat adored the leftover Nori.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>32. Fresh Tuna, Mozzarella & Basil Pizza</b></u> - Hubby adores sushi grade tuna and adored this recipe. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>33. Lyonnaise Garlic & Herb Cheese</u></b> - truly just like Boursin, simply delicious. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>34. Minted Zucchini Tagliatelle</u></b> - refreshing but next time I will make tagliatelle pasta and add mint and chopped zucchini :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>35. <strike>Skate</strike> Cod with Capers, Cornichons &Brown Butter</u></b> - another unusual and delicous combo we wouldn't have tried otherwise. Hubby raved. This one is on the short list.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>36. Chicken, Apples & Cream a la Normandy </u></b>- lovely. I dodged the mushrooms and enjoyed the rest. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>37. Café Salle Pleyel Hamburger </u></b>- lots of fixings in there. We found the texture to be to soft and like "meatloaf" for us. We are old school about burgers :)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The brownies were so moist and delicious, and the aroma was incredible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">cranberries and they worked just fine. I melted bittersweet chocolate with the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm not a fan of dried fruit but Jim was in his glory with this recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next time I am going to leave out the fruit and I know they will be just delicious plain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These were extremely simple and a great update on the usual brownie recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Soak dried cherries in a bit of Port and water, then add to the brownie batter </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">created in the recipe. My hubby loves cherry/chocolate combos so he </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">could</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> not wait until this dish was finished. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sadly, I somehow managed to mess </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">up what is one of the simplest recipes I </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">have made in a long time. Whether it </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">was the early morning hour or </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> result of "too many make-up recipe fatigue" </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(as we finish the "French </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fridays with Dorie" recipes) my initial effort failed to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">include the flour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A minor detail. And no, you can not successfully add the flour </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">once it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">has been in the oven ten minutes (though the results are still</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> tasty and go well sprinkled on top of ice cream......)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A testament to how truly simple these are, I knocked out another batch when</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got home from work and the whole thing was done in about </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">35 minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Hubby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This recipe is a keeper. </span><br />
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<i style="text-align: start;">This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group. Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "<b><u>Baking Chez Moi"</u></b>. Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com </i></div>
tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-85714493905041477372015-06-05T05:11:00.002-07:002015-06-05T05:11:29.957-07:00Celebration Week #2: Never Doubt Dorie<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and the </span></u></i></b></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Mother (and Daughter) of All Make-ups" </span></u></i></b></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> - Part I</span></u></i></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia</u> ~</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have used the phrase "who knew" on many an occasion during this blogging adventure. Of course Dorie knew. And Dorie shared. I have also referenced the almost blind trust that I placed in Dorie's recipes. The recipes included such amazing details about the steps that you felt like she had just prepared the dish in your kitchen and left you notes on how to make it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So while we have had many "Never Doubt Dorie" experiences, the one I can recall as being particularly fun was the recipe for Tuna and Mango Ceviche. While I did substitute shrimp, which Dorie suggested, I could not get my head around the flavor combo of onions, avocado, shrimp and mango - or the way the lime juice would cook the shrimp. Recall I am not big on fish. The results were fabulous. My initially skeptical taste-testers ended up fighting over who was going to get more. Compliments don't get better than that in my household :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>PS- Nana is officially caught up and has earned her diploma ! </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Nana ~</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reading through the recipe for "Swap Onion Carbonara" was the first time I doubted one of Dorie's recipes. I could not imagine eating a bowl of cooked onions in cream. Somehow, the combination did not seem to go together. It turned out to be a very delicious recipe and I was really surprised. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The second time was making the Croquant cookies. Making a cookie with just egg whites, sugar, nuts and a bit of flour didn't seem right. I was all set to add another egg white but finally it all blended together and made a fabulously delicious cookie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>The following are the make-up recipes that I have not yet posted: </u></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Vistandine</u> ~</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">A perfect dessert - we loved it !</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> <u>Olive Oil Ice Cream</u> ~</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Another interesting dessert. </span></b></i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u> Scallops with Caramel Orange Sauce</u> ~</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">This one made me a scallop lover.</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Spiced Butter Glazed Carrots ~</u></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Absolutely delicious !</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Roast Chicken for Les Paresseux</u> ~</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">A favorite of ours.</span></i></b> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Spiced Crusted Chicken</u></b> ~</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Simple and tasty.</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Cod and Spinach Roulades</u> ~</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Spicy Vietnamese Soup</u> ~</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Interesting, but not a repeat.</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">Crab & Grapefruit (Crab & Orange) Salad</span><span style="font-size: large;"> ~</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">So refreshing !</span></b></i></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u> Lentil, Lemon and Tuna Salad</u> ~</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">A great warm weather salad.</span></i></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Braised Cardamom Curry Lamb (chicken)</u> ~ </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b><u>Shrimp Filled Zucchini Blossoms</u> ~</b></span><br />
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<br />tricia s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450646654324117823.post-66529940267062039682015-05-29T17:28:00.002-07:002015-05-29T17:28:50.728-07:00Celebration Week #1: The "Aha" Moment & 5 Favorites<u style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Per Nana~</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There were so many favorite recipes it is difficult for me to select just a few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If I had to pick just one, I would choose the Herbed Olives because it is a recipe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I make over and over again. I love having them on hand because they go with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">everything - lunch, cocktail hour or just plain munching. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When we originally </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">prepared this recipe I had a plumber/contractor working on a new bathroom in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> our house. I started sautéing the herbs and spices and suddenly I hear someone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> saying "Mrs D, you're killing me with that aroma". I just laughed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think my "aha" moment really hit when I decided after cooking the Twenty </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minute Honey Glazed Duck Breasts that I could cook just about anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> They turned out fantastic. Then there is the Pâte à Choux, which sounds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">difficult but is actually easy. Without that technique I would not have been </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">able to conquer the gorgeous pastry known as Paris-Brest. Learning how to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">make a sweet tart dough gives you an opportunity to prepare some of the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> most delicious tarts which look so professional and elegant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dorie's instructions are plain and simple and when she tells her stories about</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> each recipe it is truly a joy to read. There is always a "bonne idee" (French for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> "good idea") that works well if you have to make a substitution for ingredients, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">like chicken for veal or shrimp for scallops. If you can't find an ingredient or </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">one doesn't work for your family it is wonderful to have these options offered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been cooking routine family recipes for many years but I found that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">following </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">along with a specific recipe is fun. I came across so many different </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">techniques</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> that I had not tried before, such as peeling celery, removing the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"germ" </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">garlic or preparing orange segments (supreme) for a tart. These </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">little tricks of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the trade make a big difference. I could go on and on but will just</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> conclude by</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> saying this has been a fantastic experience and I have enjoyed every minute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>Five Favorites:</u></i></span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Herbed Olives</b></i></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Gérard's Mustard Tart</b></i></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Slow Roasted Tomatoes</b></i></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Rice Pudding</b></i></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Veal Chops with Rosemary Butter</b></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>Per Tricia~</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If I had to pick one "Aha" moment from this adventure it would be my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">experience </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in posting the Almond Orange Tuiles. I say posting instead</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> of cooking </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because the lightbulb went off AFTER the dust settled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We made these fancy little cookies in December of 2013, about halfway </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">through the adventure and far enough into it that I had a firm trust in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">opening the recipes and following Dorie's instructions. I didn't worry about</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> things being too complex because at this point I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">had learned to trust that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Dorie would provide great instruction through </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">anything on the pages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And had also learned to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">read the P's and Q's section of our site :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like the Nike slogan, at this point we would all </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Just Do It". </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I benefited not </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">only from the P&Q's that week but also Nana's</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> delivering </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one of the key </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ingredients (blanched almonds).</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> But the rest of the ingredients </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">were </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">purchased at 8pm on the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friday </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">night the recipe was to be made</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">then </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">taken home to cook at that later hour. Tuiles are </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a fragile </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">little </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cookie</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> that </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">involved some timing issues. And other hazards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But two years into it and with all that help, I really </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just dove in because it was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">simply habit by now. No waiting to find the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">perfect block of time or occasion </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to make a special little cookie. "Every week" </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">means discipline and that you have</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> made something part of your life, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and the community members along with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The realization hit when I read the comments we received along with my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">peer's posts, with the lightbulb going off that I had come a very long way, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> with help on that journey. I absolutely would not have spent a Friday evening</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> testing a challenging cookie recipe just to test, and share, it were it not for this </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">book and group. But what an </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">adventure it was. That cookie and the</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> rest </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the book. No looking</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> back, just lots of opportunities ahead in the kitchen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>1. Beggar's Linguine.</b> This combo simply should not work, but it is crazy good. Folks I serve it to always end up asking for the recipe. </i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirovvZW8IkfNEQUXAjV1m_ZdTnUfpGgw-vugipKavEKVOlmFmtMryS6cfZT3TW2_l_Gyf7wyqBgCit3Gs9MP9N5b_2WxqBpc1E3JMk3tboFm1zLpZZfXAGKoWM_UxF_kquL9sveGwQ630/s1600/462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirovvZW8IkfNEQUXAjV1m_ZdTnUfpGgw-vugipKavEKVOlmFmtMryS6cfZT3TW2_l_Gyf7wyqBgCit3Gs9MP9N5b_2WxqBpc1E3JMk3tboFm1zLpZZfXAGKoWM_UxF_kquL9sveGwQ630/s400/462.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2. Goat cheese and strawberry tartine -</b> Strawberries, goat cheese, balsamic and pepper. Who knew it would be </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>addictive ?</i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>4. Twenty Minute Honey Glazed Duck Breasts - </b>my guys adored this.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Cheesy Crème Brûlée</span><b> - </b>already decadent, I made it more so by serving it on home made bread toasted. I learned fellow Doristas refer to such a recipe as "stuff on toast". This wins the single recipe that added the most pounds award.....</i><br />
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