Makes ~ 1/3 cup

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp fermented black beans
• 1 1/2 tablespoons tahini
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tsp rice vinegar
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp five spice powder
• water

Instructions

1. Mix the fermented black beans with twice their volume of boiling water
2. After soaking, mash...

Makes enough to fit in a 250mL container

• 4 tbsp sichuan peppercorns
• ~12 star anise
• 2 tbsp fennel seeds
• 2 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground clove

Toast the peppercorns in a heavy pan, until aromatic. Grind peppercorns, star anise, and fennel, and the mix all together.

Makes ~500mL (4 heads) of pickled garlic.

Ingredients

• 4 heads of garlic
• 1 cup of distilled white vinegar
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp chile flakes

Instructions

1. Keep the heads of garlic intact, but remove the exterior skin as much as possible
2. Place garlic heads in a 500mL mason jar, and fill...

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...

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...

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...

Ingredients

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

For roasting:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• fresh rosemary
• garlic
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

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...

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...

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....

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...