Since I had found a full package of pepperoni as well as a log of sliced mozzarella at the same time, the obvious conclusion was to make pizza. Since I have more than enough of the basic ingredients to make a crust, the only missing ingredient was the sauce. I roughly followed this recipe by… Read More Pepperoni Pizza
Normally when I make biscuits, they’re simple baking powder biscuits with nothing but flour, shortening, milk, baking powder, salt, and if they’re being used for strawberry shortcakes, a little sugar. That recipe has a buttermilk variation, but I decided to use a recipe from Live Well Bake Often instead because it uses butter instead of… Read More Buttermilk Biscuits
A few months ago while I was taking a web development course I saw another student walk into the building with a large bag labeled “BRAZILIAN CHEESE BREAD.” I became fascinated. What was Brazilian cheese bread? Was it something like khachapuri? I researched it and found that they’re little puffy rolls made of something sort… Read More Pão de Queijo: Brazilian Cheese Bread
Since this week I found no bread at all; to eat with my cheese, I baked some thin crusty sourdough baguettes based on a recipe from King Arthur Flour. I used a mixture of white and whole wheat flour and baked them on aluminum foil because I didn’t have long enough pans. From left to… Read More Bread and Cheese
There are a number of great things that can be made with ricotta. The last time I found some, I also found a large amount of cream cheese, half-and-half, almonds and raspberries, and most of a chocolate bar, and I combined them into a chocolate cheesecake with an almond crust, topped with raspberry sauce and… Read More White Pizza
After bringing home a bag of six bagels to eat with my smoked salmon I ate one only to find afterward that the next day the rest of them had gone green. But that’s okay; they were just a bag of plain grocery store bagels, not particularly great ones. I could make better bagels than… Read More Sourdough Everything Bagels
I’ve been using the same sourdough starter for about 11 months. I got it from the Meyers Bageri bakery at Grand Central. This bakery will, by company policy, give a little tub of sourdough starter to anyone who asks, but they will want to make sure you understand, before they give it to you, that… Read More Sourdough Pita
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