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[thingsfromthedirt]

dandelion cupcakes

[fullcravings]

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

[enuicooks]

A Simple Homey, Coconut-y Red Lentil Dal Recipe on Food52

I've adapted this coconut dal recipe for the stove, since red lentils cook so quickly. I've dialed down the spice, but you can add a few cho

Soft Wrap Bread

Like a thick, soft, flexible tortilla, this wrap bread is perfect for sandwiches.

[ilovemygfz]

Five Star Soft Red Velvet Cake

Soft Red Velvet Cake

Okay I am SO EXCITED to finally be sharing my red velvet cake recipe! This red velvet cake is so incredibly soft, full of flavor and is topp

[saltngarlic]

4 December 2023 - spicy miso ramen - added extra noodles. short on shiitake, added baby bella to make up for it.

Spicy Miso Ramen

Spicy Miso Ramen with an umami-rich broth, mushrooms, and sweet corn. Ready in 40 minutes, this homemade ramen recipe is pure comfort.

[petermorwood]

Donal Skehan's beef hot pot with dumplings

Serious levels of warmth and comfort will be found bubbling beneath the lid of this winter warmer. The stew itself is best made in advance and the dumplings added before you are ready to serve. Use the best-quality ingredients you can for this dish to really make it sing.

We don’t often go for TV Celebrity Chef stuff; a lot of it seems over-complicated and indeed frequently prompts the “we’ll go to a restaurant for that one”. (YouTube often has better.) There are, however, some TVCCs who get our attention because of their non-nonsense approach, and Donal Skehan is definitely one of those.

We saw this recipe on the box * mid-week, got the ingredients the day after, and made it for Friday evening. ( * Given how flat TVs have become, “the (goggle)box” is probably a term on its way out. Just saying.)

The hotpot, made with great shin beef from Patersons our local craft butcher, was an excellent warmer while the edge of Storm Arwen whizzed round us, and the other half was if anything even better on Saturday because the flavours had got extra-chummy overnight.

We didn’t follow the recipe exactly because @dduane​‘s IBS has been acting up and onions are a trigger, so instead we used parsnips whose delicate pepperiness more than made up for the change.

Highly recommended.

[trubaking]

Pistachio macarons

A very condensed backstory: About a year and a half ago, I got diagnosed with a mix of anxiety and depression. It wasn't a fun time, but I did my best, got on medication, talked to a counselor for a while, tried to be kind to myself. This summer, I phased off my meds. I was in a much better headspace, I had a new job, I was not subjected to the kind of stress that had landed me in the situation in the first place. I still get bouts of anxiety and depression, and yesterday was one such day. Sometimes, keeping busy helps. Sometimes keeping busy just makes me angry at everything. Either way, I usually end up baking.

So, yesterday saw these depression-fueled not-exactly-beauties:

Pistachio macarons, fillled with a pistachio-flavoured buttercream and homemade salted caramel.

I am a sucker for pistachios, but I seldom find them unsalted, so a while back when I stumbled upon them at a grocery store near work, I absolutely HOARDED them. Shelled, unsalted pistachios??? HECKIN YES.

So, naturally, they've been sitting in my pantry since then, because not quite unlike a dragon, I like to guard my hoardings. I don't know when I'll find unsalted pistachios next time, so I need to save these for something superspecial, right?

Like depression macarons.

I found the recipe for these via Pinterest, and it calls for both almond flour and pistachio flour to really get that pistachio flavour to pop. I could have done with working the batter maybe ten seconds longer once I added my flour-icing sugar mix to my meringue, because as evidenced, they didn't float out enough to bake with a completely smooth top, but they still turned out okay.

I cooked the caramel slightly darker than I normally do, for me it adds depth and pairs off really well with the salt. Once the macarons were all assembled, I reheated a bit of the caramel to get it runny again, and drizzled it on, topping with a little of the leftover, coarser pistachio flour.

Macarons - depression tested, trubaking approved.

[reynardinetrenau]

It's been a veritable age, but lo! Here is cake - salted caramel cake, to be precise. I absolutely adore salt and sweet, and spicy and sweet, BUT I am definitely not on board with salted caramel everything. It relies too much on the bitter of the caramel burnt taste without the punch of true salt, and...anyway.

This is a cop out version for a colleague - using salted caramel flavour. No boiling sugar, no salt.

It's an easy all-in-one recipe, make sure the butter is either truly soft before you make the batter, or beat it until slightly fluffy before adding the other ingredients. Let me know if you have questions!

Salted caramel cake at waitrose.com. Visit the Waitrose & Partners website for more baking recipes and ideas