. sous vide . fermentation . dry curing .
Beer and Bread. How cool is this!? My first beer-fermented-poolish bread! Poolish: 75g bread flour 75g Blue Moon witbier beer (lukewarm) 1/2 packet of highly active yeast Let ferment for 5 hours (should try overnight though) NOTE: A poolish semidry mixture will favor lactic acid formation giving the bread more of a milk-like taste. A […]
Brined a la Thomas Keller sous vide turkey breast in mushroom butter sauce with pommes duchesse. I’m sure there were some veggies somewhere in there as well haha! This recipe is a bit more technical and time consuming but the results are worth the effort. Preparation is key… “meez” it up! Two Step Turkey (Recipe […]
I finally found some time to make classic puff pastry dough. Been extremely curious about it for a while, well, after tasting the results, this dough has to be the best combination between engineering and food making. Ah… the french, they sure know what they’re doing. I own Jacques Pepin’s “La Technique”, a beautiful book […]
Adapted from David Levobitz “Baked” Altoids Brownies: By the way, David Levobitz blog is an amazing resource for anyone interested in high end baking, cooking, and a good read. First reaction when i read this was, wtf. But it really isnt that crazy a concept, mint and chocolate, eggs… I’m just not a dessert person […]
I’ve been posting way too many fails lately, I have been trying way too many new things too, so not feeling terrible about it….yet! The best thing about failing in the kitchen is… knowing i dont own a restaurant. This trenzas de brioche recipe is one delicious thing I remember eating back in Venezuela, of […]
Thought I’d log a few new things when making this bread! which ended up in disaster (I’ve made many French bread loaves following what I had learned and had no problems, but changed a few variables around….I guess I will have to figure out what went wrong ), or go check out a successful recipe […]
In the search for the original empanada, the mom of all empanadas!, I turned to this Galician dish, something I had when i was like 5 and I can still remember the experience, yes, an awesome one i meant. It’s like this baked steak sandwich (or tuna or chicken or just bell peppers, in either […]
Here’s a quick one: Eyeballed ingredients: 2 tbsp chives chopped finely 3 tbsp sun dried tomatoes, chopped coarsely 3 tbsp feta crumbs 2 tbsp roasted pine nuts ( roast to taste) 250g fetuccini pasta made al dente in salty water (ocean salty) done! Wanna get more sous-vide cooking guides and cool cooking how-to’s in your […]
I have learned that if I prep everything in advance, this baking business is not a messy experience and it’s actually rather quick to get something ready for the oven. So “mise en place” is as always the way to go. I’m trying something a bit different this time. I’m prepping all the ingredients by […]
This cake is super moist and airy, very delicate in texture, not overly sweet, just right. Courtesy of Maribeth’s mom 🙂 Wet ingredients: 1+1/2 sticks of soft butter 1+2/3 cups of regular sugar Beat until creamy (10 mins) 3 eggs 1 tps vanilla extract One egg at a time incorporate until airy, 6 more minutes. […]