Thanksgiving | Mamaliga

December 24, 2009 – 1:08 pm | 12 Comments

Merry Christmas to all Mamaliga fans! Here’s another try at baking Panettone from The Bread Baker’s Apprentice book for the BBA Challenge. I didn’t blog about it initially since there were some things I wanted to tweak and adapt from his original formula. Quite a few changes.

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Give Brine A Chance

November 24, 2008 – 2:43 pm | 5 Comments

I was commissioned by my family to take care of the turkey(s) for this Thanksgiving. They either trust me, or they are completely blind.
Either way, I will have take care of this in one way or another. Nobody showed any interest of preparing it a certain way or purchasing a certain type of free-range or kosher bird so, I took myself some liberties (freedoms)

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Peter Reinhart can like no other infuse confidence in newbies like you and me about baking bread and beyond. The Bread Baker's Apprentice can, and will get you to turn on your oven and get your hands in the dough. Literally. It definitely got mine, and I am stuck ever since!

700+ pages of pure hope for the newbie cook, and challenging recipes for the most advanced from the Mother of all Cooking herself, Julia Child!

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Bacon Wrapped Dates

Bacon wrapped dates, A delicious finger food appetizer that’s very easy to prepare. Here is the recipe with simple tips.

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The Demon Of Draft

While growing up in Romania for 33 years I got to assume certain beliefs as being undoubtedly right and incontestable. It took a wife from the American continent to pull these things out of me and bring things …

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organic gardening »

Wordless Friday - Porcini Risotto with Aragula and Tomato Salad

There’s nothing like an arugula and tomato salad that was grown in your backyard - our plot in my case. The nutty arugula flavor combines sublimely with the acidity of the tomato. No comparison with store bought produce. The porcini risotto was my first try to stick with the original recipe. But for some reason I had to go 8 minutes over the religious 14 minutes of cooking the risotto after the first stock scoop. Nevertheless it turned out wicked!

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Romanian Cuisine »

Sarmale Recipe Success!

Well Ladies and Gentlemen,
What looked like a failed cooking afternoon turned around unexpectedly into a success story. The Sarmale (stuffed cabbage rolls) turned out as it should - the rolls didn’t fall apart, they remained …

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Sourdough Starter »

Sourdough Chronicles (Day 6) - Grand Finale

This was the Happy Day! The day when everything came together. The fun. The Grand Finale. The day you can hug everyone on the street, then get arrested for being weird.

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Under $10 Meals »

Wordless Friday - Porcini Risotto with Aragula and Tomato Salad

There’s nothing like an arugula and tomato salad that was grown in your backyard - our plot in my case. The nutty arugula flavor combines sublimely with the acidity of the tomato. No comparison with store bought produce. The porcini risotto was my first try to stick with the original recipe. But for some reason I had to go 8 minutes over the religious 14 minutes of cooking the risotto after the first stock scoop. Nevertheless it turned out wicked!

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