It is strawberry season. Strawberry Shortcake For the Shortcakes I use my traditional   Scone recipe made with heavy cream. Scones 2 1/4 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 Tbsp. cold butter 1 cup heavy cream   (Option: Substitute Buttermilk  and add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda) 3/4 cup…

Edited to add recipe in Imperial  See end of Post. Artisan Bread made by hand using the Stretch and Fold Method.     750g flour (High Protein/Bread Flour) 525g water (70% hydration) 4g yeast  22g salt     The flour and water are mixed together by hand,  and then covered and given a 20 to…

Hand-mixed a 1500g batch of dough on Monday. After the last stretch and fold the dough was divided into three containers and refrigerated. Early Tuesday morning I took one of the containers out of the fridge and left it on the counter for over two hours. Baked three baguettes and one little round. One of…

Not sure why, but I had a craving for Coq au Vin. I prefer it cooked with  white wine rather than red. So I found a recipe on BBC Food Recipes and I used  it with just a couple of minor changes, mostly in method, not ingredients.   Coq au VinSource:  BBC Food Recipes1.5kg/3-1/4lb chicken, jointed (I…