Baked eight baguettes the other morning. Dough started the night before and left out on the counter from 9:00 PM until 4:00 AM next morning, for a seven hour fermentation. My regular basis recipe. 1000g of flour, 1 1/2 g of yeast, 30g of salt and 65% hydration. (Note: a teaspoon is 3g of yeast…

Made pizza a couple of times this month and rather than bake in the Ooni, I decided to use Jim Lahey’s method of baking in the oven, using the broiler. The stone is placed on one of the top racks just 4 or 5 inches from the broiler. Preheated at 550°F for at least 30…

I made my favourite soup for dinner. Caldo Tlalpeno – a Mexican Chicken Rice Soup earlier this month. When I haven’t made it in a while, I forget just how good this soup is. Basically a bowl of rich chicken broth with pieces of chicken breast with rice, garnished with fresh chopped tomato, onion, avocado,…

I decided to make puff pastry savory tarts for dinner one night. I started the quick version of puff pastry in the morning and it went into the fridge. Matt cooked the caramelized onions for me. All I had to do when I got home from work was, roll out the pastry, top with the…

I started a same day “Pizza Dough” early Thursday morning at 5:00 AM. Left out on the counter all day while I was at work and was ready to use by the time I got home at 5:30. Divided the dough into three pieces. One that was 450g for Matt and two at 235g each….

A few “cooks & bakes” first half of the month. Buttermilk Biscuits Roast Rack of Pork. Homemade Sourdough Rye Bread Sliced Smoked Salmon on homemade sourdough rye. Potato Leek Soup for breakfast with toasted baguette. Roast chicken dinner.

I’ve never actually thought about a pizza being pretty. But I think this is the prettiest pizza I have made. Just a simple Margherita pizza. This is the remainder of the dough that I made on Monday for pizza, left in the fridge until Saturday. (Five Days) Left out on the counter while I was…

Usually I make a dough and leave it in the fridge for a cold bulk fermentation for up to 4 days or longer. I decided to make a same day dough for pizza. The dough was made very early Monday morning and left out of the counter all day. Was ready to use when I…

At 4:30 this morning I decided to make homemade Ball Park Hot dog buns. At least that is what Moe calls them. The recipe is called New England Buns, used for hot dogs as well as Lobster rolls, etc… Moe has always love the buns that are split down the middle on top rather than…

Tried a new recipe tonight. Definitely a keeper. We both thought it was wonderful. In fact Moe he would be happy to have this any time. And so easy. I didn’t leave work until 5:15, got home just before 5:30 and we were eating before 6:15. Recipe is from Fifty Shades of Chicken A Parody…