Tag Archive: pastry

Cranberry Crostata (Daring Bakers November)

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The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well.

This is the third month in a row that I have actually participated in a Daring Bakers challenge! Can you believe it? I had a bit of a rough spell with very little inspiration/energy, but I’m back!

Challenge: Pastry Doughs and Batters (Kitchen Bootcamp October)

Are you ready for another Kitchen Bootcamp challenge?  I hope so… And, I think this is going to be a good one! With the holidays right around the corner, I thought it would be good to flex our baking muscles a bit this month.  I always like to test out my holiday recipes ahead of…

Friday Favorites – Episode 57

It’s Friday again, which means it’s time for my Friday Favorites! I’m doing my best to get back to posting a weekly favorites post (despite a busy summer schedule), so I’m making a special effort to write this week’s post a bit early. We’ve had a busy week of relaxing (isn’t that always how it…

Broccoli and Cheese Quiche

Quiche or tart?  That is the question. At least, that is the question I posed to my twitterverse yesterday as I was making this dish.  When baking an egg mixture in pastry shell in a tart pan, is it a quiche or a tart? Turns out (thanks to @EpicureanJourney) that a quiche is actually a…