Recipes

Hi everyone,

let’s talk about making candy, cookies, treats, etc. for yourself, family, friends and neighbors, whatever your cause for celebrating may be!

ANY kind of edible treat is fair game –

Please note that this thread is in addition to the Holiday Cookies Thread, per ch-ers requests.

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One of my food goals is to bake more cakes in 2020. I’ve been totally inspired by the beautiful cakes being made here. However, I plan on gifting the cakes to friends who are single or small families of 2. Thus, I’m interested in getting smaller pans. So what do Reading More May Cause Envy…  

I am catering an event for 25 people. They requested coq au vin. I have made coq au vin quite a bit before but not for 25 people. Anyone have any advice on making this dish in a large quantity… warming to serve, keeping carrots in tact, Reading More May Cause Envy…  

Hi, I intend to poach some pears in red wine using my Staub dutch oven and let them sit in the fridge for 24 hours. I’m wondering if its safe to keep the wine in the dutch oven for so long even if it is enameled? Will the acid destroy Reading More May Cause Envy…  

Since I can’t find the exact recent discussion of this cake … I was just in Buenos Aires for a week, renting a lovely studio AirBnB. I met the owner and we started discussing recipes and I told her I would send her the recipe for Cardamom Cake. Reading More May Cause Envy…  

Ceviche is about the freshest seafood one can ever enjoy. I was lucky enough to come across 3 fishermen on the rugged desert coast of Peru (the home of ceviche) and watch them make a cracking fresh ceviche right then and there: here is how they created the most original Reading More May Cause Envy…  

Hi all,

I’m looking to get my hands on some heritage pork (Berkshire, dare I dream of Mangalitza?) for some homemade charcuterie. Quicker, smaller stuff, like guanciale, homemade bacon, pancetta, etc.

Healthy Butcher has some good stuff on their website as do some other places- but I’m looking for proper recommendations Reading More May Cause Envy…  

Yeah sure, it may even be tastier. Browned butter and all – I made a cookie recipe a few weeks ago with browned butter. Go ahead. But make sure the butter has cooled a bit before you add it to the cookie dough. Reading More May Cause Envy…  

In the 70′s, my mother used to make a citrus dessert – probably rounds of oranges and grapefruit plus perhaps bing cherries? I suspect it had a healthy dose of alcohol in it, and it was served hot / warm as a complete dessert (ie, not on top of Reading More May Cause Envy…  

Several days ago, I put together a mashed potato casserole with chopped green onions and cheese and (I think) egg. I did not have a chance to make bake it, so its been in the fridge for the last three days. Is it safe to cook and eat? Reading More May Cause Envy…