Category: pastry

• amarena cherry brûlée tart

  

  Greetings! Once the beginning of February rolls around, I often look for Valentine’s Day dessert ideas. This recipe was based on a similar dessert that uses raspberries instead of Amarena cherries, from a book called Tarts: The art of baking irresistible sweet and savory pastries, by Maggie Mayhew, which was published 2002. The crust was […]

  Dave G

  February 11, 2021

  baked goods, baking, custard tarts, dessert, food blogging, pastry, pie, tart

  amarena cherries, amarena cherry tart, brulee tart, cherries, pie, tart

• sausage cheese biscuits

  

  I feel like we always have some random piece of meat or meat product in the freezer begging us to be used or to just throw away already. Recently we had to sort out stuff in our small freezer, and we came across some “pork sausage breakfast rolls”, which I found odd, because when I […]

  Dave G

  July 1, 2020

  baked goods, baking, breakfast, brunch, food blogging, pastry, savory, scones, snack

  mozzarella, mozzarella cheese, parmesan, Parmigiano-Reggiano, sausage biscuits, sausage cheese biscuits, savory biscuits, savory scones

• pasteis de nata

  

  I tried making these a few different times using different recipes online, and although this was probably not as authentic as others, I found the streamlined steps made this the easiest to follow, and the results are spectacular! If you have an extra 12-count muffin tin, you’ll want to double the recipe, because 12 custard […]

  Dave G

  March 19, 2020

  baked goods, baking, custard, custard tarts, food blogging, pastry, pastry cream, Portugal

  pasteis de nata, portuguese custard tarts

• santa lucia buns (lussekatter)

  

  The more I’ve learned about Santa Lucia Day in Sweden, and about saffron buns, and why they are called lussekatter, the more I am in awe of how traditions come to be. And how good these buns are with hot cocoa on a cold, dark, and rainy night! I remember the first time I made […]

  Dave G

  December 11, 2019

  baked goods, baking, buns, christmas, food blogging, pastry, snack, sweet rolls

  lussebullar, lussekatter, saffron, saffron buns, st. lucia buns, st. lucia day buns, st. lucia day food, sweden

• ensaïmada

  

  It’s Friday!! Happy Friday! And it’s my birth month, so I decided to share with you my new favorite thing! If you are Filipinx or Filipinx American, you may be more familiar with ensaymada (sometimes spelled ensaimada), which is a sweet bread roll that looks very similar to the ones I made above, but instead […]

  Dave G

  March 1, 2019

  baked goods, baking, bread, bread flour, buns, dessert, filipino food, food blogging, Latin American, mediterranean, pastry, snack, sweets, yeast breads

  ensaïmadas de mallorca, ensaimadas, mallorcan, spanish, sweet bread roll, sweet roll

• ampalaya chorizo quail egg tart

  

  Ampalaya, or bitter melon, is very popular in the Philippines, India, and other Asian countries. Although I didn’t have any on my recent trip to the PI, I did think about this vegetable while I was there. Which made me think of my mom. My mother used to prepare it very simply, usually just sautéed with […]

  Dave G

  September 16, 2017

  appetizer, baked goods, baking, breakfast, brunch, egg dish, food blogging, pastry, puff pastry, savory, side dish, snack, tart

  ampalaya, ampalaya chorizo quail egg tart, bitter gourd, bitter melon, puff pastry, quail eggs, soy chorizo

• butternut squash galette

  

  One Word: Flakey! By the way, is it “flakey” or “flaky”? I’m going with flakey. If you like a flakey crust recipe, and you don’t mind the “rusticity” of a galette, then this recipe from Epicurious is for you! Autumn roasting of fruit continues! That’s right, butternut squash is technically a fruit. Crazy, huh? And yes, […]

  Dave G

  October 8, 2016

  baked goods, baking, dinner, food blogging, galette, pastry, pie, savory, side dish, vegetarian

  butternut squash, butternut squash galette, caramelized onions, galette, gruyere, pepperoni, sunflower seeds

• 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

• brioche ice cream sandwiches

  

  Is making brioche dough relaxing, or is it a pain? Do you ever start doing something, only to lose interest in the middle of it? Making brioche dough is perfect for that. Because right when you want to take a break, the recipe gives you one, telling you to put everything away and call it a day. […]

  Dave G

  April 19, 2015

  baking, bread, buns, dessert, pastry, snack, sweet rolls, yeast breads

  brioche, brioche dough, brioche ice cream sandwiches, buns, cream puffs, ice cream sandwiches, rolls