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Kahlua buns stuffed w/ mascarpone cream and salted pistacchio powder
Somewhere inside this cold hard exterior of mine, as hard as it is to admit, there’s always been this fantasy of being the person who gives out home-baked panettone every year during the holiday season. Not too early, not too late, just a couple gatherings after the first snowfall, the anticipation on the street would…
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Halloween spiral pastry stuffed with pumpkin and cheddar
It’s always hard to entice someone to try, let alone spend time to cook something which they share utterly zero cultural or emotional connections with. We are after all, creatures of habits and comforts, and both were properly brought up to not speak to strangers. For this particular reason, one might even call it an…
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Paper thin soft chewy, Sonoran-style flour tortilla
[ezcol_1half] For a couple years now, I’ve been taking jabs at creating the perfect flour tortillas. Now, any conversation evoking the word “perfect” ought to be subject to a clearer definition, doesn’t it? So here is mine. The perfect flour tortilla, in my view, should be unleavened (otherwise it’s just a thin pita), translucent, thin…
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Chewy marshmallow nougat w/ cheese crackers and pistachio
” It has just the right resistance, just the right gives, and just the right amount of crunches, dense and chewy yet airy and textural. “ [ezcol_1half] In case you’re wondering why there’s again a video instead of process photos, I’m actually thinking about experimenting with this new format from now on. Based on feedbacks,…
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Layered scallion pancraffles
[ezcol_1fifth]–[/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] ” SOMETIMES THE RIGHT THINGS DON’T MAKE SENSE. “ This is not a croissant. I know better not to call it such without the distinct lamination equally spaced across in laser-precision, if only to avoid sudden eruptive rage from the sentimental hearts of any avid croissantologists. But this is not a scallion pancake…
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Your final guide to the perfect English tea scone – all common mistakes corrected
I couldn’t explain better than I have in the video. Watch it. Drop mic. Peace out. No more bad scones. Bye.
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Long string beans stewed in Thai curry tomato sauce
” the devil lies in the impromptu dollop of Thai red curry paste, which I consider a tragically unrealized soulmate to tomato sauces “ [ezcol_1half] This may not look much. It was an accident really, the kind that perhaps only landed so simple and good because of. Yes I said “good“, to a vegetable. What…
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Brûlée Coconut, Palm Sugar, Pork floss sticky buns
” It’s savoury-sweet kinda thing, you know, obviously, but also smokey around where a mixed aroma of coconut, butterscotch and bacon meet and greet. “ [ezcol_2third] What in the world is pork floss?! And where the hell do you get palm sugar?! Or both, for that matter?! Ok fine, so I knew this is gonna…
