Pots de crème are a wonderful back pocket recipe for entertaining. They have a chic French name (pronounced poe de crème) which sounds like you went to way more trouble than they actually require. A little heating, a spin in the blender, a little bath in the oven. What you end up with is an impossibly creamy and delicate and lovely dessert with the added bonus that it can be … [Read more...] about Maple Pots de Crème with Maple Tuiles
Smoky Bacon Potato Casserole
These mashed potatoes are not for the faint of heart. These mashed potatoes are the pinnacle of mashed potatoes. These are not your quick weeknight mashed potatoes. These are the mashed potatoes you serve with luxurious beef tenderloin or kobe steaks on a special occasion. These are the mashed potatoes you turn up with when someone asks you to bring mashed potatoes because they … [Read more...] about Smoky Bacon Potato Casserole
Pumpkin Brown Butter Cookie Bars
Everybody loves a little festive fall pumpkin bite, so I put together these delights that fall somewhere between a sugar cookie, cake and a brownie. Not too hard, not too fluffy, not too dense, really just that All flavored with the classic taste of pumpkin and spice, with a nice dose of vanilla for oomph. Add a little glaze of warm brown butter and you really have a treat. I … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Brown Butter Cookie Bars
Pumpkin Polenta with Italian Sausage and Pumpkin Ragu
At this time of year, pumpkin everything is everywhere. It’s a little overdone in my opinion. When it comes to food, so much falls into the pumpkin spice category, which really isn’t about pumpkin at all – just those spices we associate with pumpkin pie. But pumpkin is actually a lovely thing to cook with and I really love it in savory applications, which I think get lost in … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Polenta with Italian Sausage and Pumpkin Ragu
Molasses Bread
I never got into the pandemic trend of baking sourdough bread. Fussy, precise baking has never been my forte, and it took me a long time to feel any kind of confidence with yeast at all. But my nieces appear to be in a sourdough phase and seeing them bake inspired me to try my own loaf, but I went in a different direction with a perfect for autumn dark molasses bread. It is … [Read more...] about Molasses Bread
