Initially, I was looking at a fritatta recipe but I couldn't find some of the seasonal ingredients, so after flicking through Melissa Clark's new cookbook Dinner: Changing the Game I switched to her recipe for Herbed Parmesan Dutch Baby.
Growing up in the UK, Yorkshire Puddings are a staple for Sunday Roasts, so any kind of puffy, crispy and larger scale version of it is going to catch my eye!
Yay or Nay: Yay
This was rich and flavourful yet being fluffy and light (in texture!) when it came out the oven. However, it did turn dense and deflated after leaving it out for a while. I would've left this in a little longer than on the recipe, only because I wanted the outsides to be more browned and crispy. Note, this will rise in the oven so make sure you have a pan/dish that is deep enough to handle that. - I had a lot of cleaning to do after this dish.
I love a good pie, mainly because of the crust more than the filling! I've used Jamie Oliver's recipe for a while now and figured I'd share it here. I got this from his cookbook Comfort Food but I found it here on the 'net!
Yay or Nay: Yay
So easy to make and even easier to eat!
Last week was a bit of a dud week in terms of new recipes. I had a whole stack of new recipe books but being snowed under by work I had to resort to fail proof dinners. This coming week there will be a new and interesting recipe that I haven't ever made before so I'll be leaving my comfort zone on that one.
Meanwhile, I love The Great British Bake Off (TGGBO) and the colder nights mean catching up on the latest series and being inspired by some delicious baked goods. One of the most recent technical challenges is one of my favourites, the Bakewell tart. I love the almondy taste of frangipane and a crispy, buttery base all tied together with fruity raspberries. I have cake slash tart as I don't really like icing so with the cake recipe I get to have the bakewell flavours without all that excess sugar. I could have made it without the base but it wouldn't be a tart without one! So I combined the two together; the tart base was from here and the cake from here!
Yay or Nay: mid-Yay to the cake, Nay to the base
The base was more crispy and flaky as opposed to buttery and crumbly for me so I had to give it a Nay. For a savory pie this recipe would have worked better, I admit that I did add more water and less butter than the recipe but I think I was expecting more of a shortcrust. The cake however was good, held together although hard to spread when wet. There wasn't a huge almond taste to it (I didn't have any almond extract) so was mild but worked as a vanilla-like sponge. I would however, put waaaay more raspberries in it as I thought I covered the middle but once it was baked they disappeared a little.
