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Archive of posts from June 2006
Danish Slices
Taking a cue from Sherry Yard’s recipe in The Secrets of Baking, I added a half teaspoon of ground cardamom, a few drops of pure orange extract and a half teaspoon of pure vanilla to the Danish dough. Instead of the fillings recommended in the recipe, I used a 200g tube of mar...
Layered Green Tea and Black Sesame Cheesecake
I think the article is syndicated, as there are many abridged versions of the original column floating on the Web but the source article is no longer freely available. (Update: Article is back online and linked now.) For maximum flavour, I toasted the black sesame seeds in a s...
Apple Date-Nut Bars
The simmering apple and date mixture needs attention, so you may want to add a bit of water from time to time to prevent it from scorching. I only made half of the flour mixture and used it for the bottom, patting it firmly into the pan as suggested by one of the reviewers. Fo...
Mediterranean Phyllo-Semolina Pie
The authors say this is a Lebanese dessert but don’t give the name. I found recipes online for muhallebili baklava which don’t use egg, and galaktoboureko which is pretty similar to the one in this book. I only used 10 layers each for the bottom and top so it wasn’t very flaky...