Molasses Cookies
๐Ÿ•“ Dec 13, 2019

Makes ~4 dozen. Preheat the over to 350F.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup sugar
    • Extra sugar for coating
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup fancy molasses
  • 2.25 cups flour, sifted
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp ground allspice
  • 1 tsp black pepper, finely ground
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon...

Rye Sourdough with Spices
๐Ÿ•“ Dec 14, 2018

Ingredients

For a single large loaf

  • 400g water
  • 70g sourdough starter
  • 245g rye flour
  • 245g all purpose flour
  • 44g molasses
  • 12g salt
  • 8g fennel seed
  • 3g caraway seed
  • 2g anise seed (or star anise)
  • zest of one orange

Instructions

Preparation:

  • Mix starter into water, and then add molasses, seeds, and...

Lacto-fermented Mustard
๐Ÿ•“ Dec 11, 2018

Makes ~500mL of mustard

Ingredients

  • 100g mustard seed
  • 375g water
  • 13g salt

Instructions

  • Mix water and salt completely
  • Add in mustard seed, stirring
  • Cover lightly and let sit, 4-6 days
    • Note: I found that it off-gassed by sulphury, but that will not be present in the final product
  • After...

Fermented Roast Potatoes
๐Ÿ•“ Dec 2, 2018

Ingredients

  • 1.5kg small potatoes
  • fresh rosemary
  • garlic
  • salt
  • 1L mason jar

Fermentation

  1. Rinse and cut the potatoes into halves or quarters. The chunks should be fairly small (around 1/2"-1")
  2. Peel and halve the garlic cloves
  3. Layer the garlic, rosemary, and potatoes into the mason jar....

Plum Torte
๐Ÿ•“ Sep 3, 2018

Makes one 10" torte

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 16 prune plums, or 6 large plums
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

For a vegan variation substitute the eggs for 2 mashed bananas (or flax egg), and the butter with 1/2...


Pizza Dough
๐Ÿ•“ Sep 2, 2018

Makes ~3 pizzas worth of dough.

Ingredients

  • 6+ cups of flour
  • 2 1/3 cup hot water
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp rapid-rise yeast

Instructions

  1. Sieve 4 cups of flour into a large bowl
  2. Add in salt and rapid-rise yeast, mixing well.
  3. Add together the hot water and oil then mix into flour mixture....

Acar Timun
๐Ÿ•“ Aug 12, 2018

Makes ~2L.

Ingredients

  • 450g carrots
  • 450g cucumber (any kind will do)
  • 3 tsp pickling salt
  • 1.5 cups white vinegar
  • 3 cups water
  • 0.5 cup sugar
  • 2 shallots or 1/2 a large yellow onion
  • 2 jalapenos
  • 1 tsp cumin seed

Instructions

  1. Trim and peel carrots and cucumbers
  2. Julienne the carrots and cucumbers...

House Pickles
๐Ÿ•“ Aug 12, 2018

Makes 1L of pickles

Ingredients

  • 5-6 short persion cucumbers
  • ~20g pickling salt
  • 500mL water
  • spices to taste
  • 1 small carrot
  • 1-2 small red radishes
  • white vinegar (optional, to taste)

Instructions

  1. Rinse cucumbers, radish; peel and top the carrot
  2. Slice cucumbers into quarters or eights according to...

Coopera
๐Ÿ•“ Feb 7, 2018

Coopera was shared with me recently. I really enjoy the simiplicity of the idea, yet the complexity in coordinating with others.