Category: french

• cotija cheese gougeres

  

  I wanted to make gougeres with a Mexican cheese, called Cojita, which is named after a town in the state of Michoacan. There are two types of cotija cheese, fresh and aged. I used the aged kind, cotija añejo, which is harder and drier, like parmesan. I added slightly less salt than the original recipe […]

  Dave G

  May 3, 2021

  appetizer, baked goods, baking, cheese puffs, choux pastry, choux pastry,, food blogging, french, pate a choux, snack

  cheese puffs, cotija cheese puffs, cotija gougeres, gougeres, pate a choux

• pissaladière

  

  Happy Friday! At long last, I made my first, and second pissaladière! Do you ever bookmark recipes in cookbooks so that you can easily find them when you decide to do them, only the problem is you never actually decide to do them? This is one such bookmarked recipe. I think I bookmarked it almost […]

  Dave G

  March 5, 2021

  baked goods, baking, bread flour, flatbread, flatbreads, focaccia, food blogging, french, olives, savory, yeast breads

  anchovies, appetizer, french dish, niçoise olives, pissaladiere, Provençal recipe, savory tart, spanish onions

• Fougasse aux Herbes de Provence

  

  This recipe is the same one from the BBC recipe for Fresh Herb Fougasse. The only difference is that I used Herbes de Provence in place of the fresh herbs. It was enjoyable to make this, and irresistible to eat. I figured that since Fougasse is the French equivalent to Italian focaccia, why not add […]

  Dave G

  December 6, 2020

  appetizer, baked goods, baking, bread, bread flour, flatbread, flatbreads, focaccia, food blogging, french, yeast breads

  flat bread, fougasse, fougasse aux herbes de provence, herbes de provence, herbs de provence, maldon sea salt

• french apple cake with opal apples

  

  At first glance in the grocery store, I thought these Opal apples were just huge yellow bell peppers, and I wondered why they were selling them in a different area than where the other bell peppers were. Then I noticed the sign that read “Opal Apples” This variety of apple was developed in the Czech […]

  Dave G

  February 7, 2020

  baked goods, baking, cakes, dessert, food blogging, french, Italian

  apple cake, apples, cornmeal, french apple cake, opal apples

• fauxstock

  

  For those of you that are already familiar with bostock, I need to ‘fess up that these may look like the real thing, but they are actually sort of a fake bostock. Hence the name. The bread part is an enriched sweet dough, similar to cinnamon roll dough, but it’s not brioche. Everything else follows the recipe […]

  Dave G

  April 1, 2018

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, bread, bread flour, brioche, brunch, dessert, food blogging, french, snack, sweet rolls, yeast breads

  almond brioche bread, almond extract, almonds, apricot jam, bostock, enriched dough, fauxstock, french, french pastry, frnagipane, pan dulce, rebanadas de bostock, rebanadas de mantequilla, sweet dough

• pistachio madeleines

  

  Aaargghh! I got the flu bug. At least getting the flu shot back in October seems to have helped somewhat. I don’t seem to be having any gastrointestinal issues. Very grateful for that. But that’s why you’re seeing another post from me within the same month. My blog rule for this year was to just post […]

  Dave G

  February 20, 2018

  baked goods, baking, cakes, cookies, dessert, food blogging, french, pistachios, snack, teacake

  bouchon bakery madeleines, brown butter, madeleines, pistachio, pistachio flavor, pistachio paste, thomas keller

• Benedictine Pear Loaf Cake

  

  If ever there was a recurrent theme for me here, it would be a quick bread made in a loaf pan. That’s just how I roll, I guess. Maybe I should change the name to Dave’s Quick Bread Recipes? Hmmm. This came about actually while initially searching online for an apple cake recipe, and finding […]

  Dave G

  October 22, 2017

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, brunch, cakes, dessert, food blogging, french, fruit, quick bread, Uncategorized

  aprioct jam glaze, benedictine, bosc pears, pear bread, pear cake, pear loaf cake, pears

• saffron madeleines

  

  “I’m just mad about saffron…saffron’s mad about me…” Actually, I don’t know if I can say I’m mad about saffron, but I think these are quite rightly delicious! Just think of them as little personal cakes that you don’t need to feel guilty about. One or two isn’t going to ruin whatever diet goal you may have […]

  Dave G

  October 15, 2016

  baked goods, baking, cookies, food blogging, french, teacake

  brown butter, madeleines, saffron, saffron cookies, saffron madeleines, teacake

• guava cheese canelés

  

  My new silicone canelé molds are no longer new. I bought them online, and they’ve been waiting to be used for two years now. Is it sacrilege to make canelés in other flavors besides vanilla custard? I looked around online and do see a few other flavors, (and even things that were only canelé in shape–the […]

  Dave G

  March 4, 2016

  baked goods, baking, cakes, cupcakes, custard, food blogging, french, mini cupcakes, pastry, snack, teacake

  canelé, canelé molds, canelés, custard, french pastry, Guava, guava paste, queso fresco, vanilla