I used to be mortally afraid of trying too many stunts while baking and was obsessive about just the right measurements and following steps exactly and all of that. But, as I bake more and more and more, I’ve realised, that if your gut tells you to add molasses without specific instructions, or use more…
Baked Pears with Hazelnut Praline
As incredible as diving into a box of hazelnut praline is, I found a more incredible way to eat it all up. And I decided it’s ok to have two posts come up here, back-to-back, with the words ‘hazelnut praline’ in the title. That’s just how good it is. And if you scoop it into…
Chocolate Cupcakes with Hazelnut Praline Frosting
For whatever reason, I’ve spent my entire life so far without eating hazelnuts mixed in a pool of caramelised sugar. Toasty, nutty, sugary and the kind of candy that unfortunately is so easy to make, you’ll have jars of it sitting around in your house before you know it. This my friends, is the wonder…
Crispy Rye Crackers
Time for more homemade crackers! They’re quick, fun, crispy and super delicious. Seriously, I need to make crackers every week, I have no idea why I don’t. These are made with a mix of rye and all-purpose flour, flavoured with garlic, oregano and paprika. There’s some olive oil and a bit of honey which means…
A week in Russia
A little over thirty years ago, my parents spent the early years of their life together in what was then Leningrad in the Soviet Union. They have tales of rejoicing when they saw cauliflower, taking bananas as gifts for their friends, comical mix-ups between similar sounding Russian words and more than anything, stories of my very…