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Appetizers/Starters, Breakfast/Brunch, Savory Snacks

Chanterelle + Caramelized Onion Breakfast Tarts

Here a bit using the of bounty from my weekend in Maine: Chanterelle and Caramelized Onion Breakfast Tarts with the chanterelles that I foraged in the woods myself. Let me start with this disclaimer: If you do not know your wild mushrooms, please don’t go foraging; just buy them in the shops. Even if you know your mushrooms, please be exceptionally careful. I have been “mushroom hunting” since I was a toddler with my family … it’s a German thing.

1. July 2024

Breakfast/Brunch, Sides, Sweet Snacks

Strawberry Vanilla Bean + Wild Flower Honey Jam

As is tradition in my little world, I went strawberry picking over the weekend, and what comes after strawberry pickin’? Jam makin’! Every year, I try to make something a little different, and this year, I used a little bit of honey. It’s just a little bit of a taste of floral, but nevertheless adds something nice.

24. June 2024

Sweet Snacks

Sabayon (Zabaione or Zabaglione) a la Ben

I went PYO strawberry picking today. It was great weather, thankfully the heatwave has broken and it was just “normal” June weather. It’s the end of the season here, but the picking was still good, but the berries were smaller. Not that that matters because they are still delicious.

I made some Sabayon (aka Zabaione or Zabaglione, depending if you want the French or Italian spelling). It’s a dessert cream great for berries but also for things like pound cake.

22. June 2024

Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Rhubarb Bars

Well, yes, it’s been nearly two weeks since I posted anything. Let’s just say that lots of things are wrong, I am feeling a lot of complex feelings and while I am have been baking and cooking, it’s been a lot of “just the usual” things, without much fanfare.

But I had promised another rhubarb recipe, so here we have some Old Fashioned Oatmeal Rhubarb Bars. Rustic and simple, these are great for a dessert at a potluck picnic. Not too sweet.

3. June 2024

Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Ruby Rhubarb Streusel Bars

It’s rhubarb season: that short time where this weird plant comes out to play for a very short time and people flock to the farmer’s markets to get their fill — and just wait until the strawberries are out! In the meantime, I made these lovely Ruby Rhubarb Streusel Bars, buttery and rich on the bottom, tart and sweet on top.

17. May 2024

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