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Further Adventures in Baking
Apr. 28th, 2020 08:34 am I've finally decided to try my hand at a butter-folded danish. This is one of those things like making croissants at home that I would normally leave to the experts because it is picky and time-consuming. But, the pandemic really has me in CHALLENGE ACCEPTED mode.
In fact, just the other day, we made tortilla wraps from scratch... and now we may never go back. I did not know tortillas could be light and flaky! I will happily post the recipe to that if people are interested, but, be warned, we have a tortilla press. You can, apparently, roll them out by hand, but.... with the press I only have to roll them out a little and then they end up looking almost exactly like store-bought. We also have a really nice round griddle to finish them off on, so we may have some advantages that your kitchen might not.
It's raining in St. Paul today, a nice soaking rain.
I realized, looking back on it, that I had said that I had planted 'cover' seeds yesterday. That is true, but the majority of the seeds are actually CLOVER, though I also tossed in something colloquially known as 'self-heal' or 'heal-all' on the ground as well, as my bee resources (namely the University of Minnesota's bee pages) told me that the bees like those. The internet informs me that, if I get a good crop, I could also eat it. myself.... hmmm, hopefully, it won't come to that. Self-heal/heal-all is apparently also a home for a specific butterfly's eggs (clouded sulfur butterfly), so that would be cool if it takes off. (Prunella vulgaris: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=prvu).
I'm just not interested in mowing and now that I can post signs that say "Excuse the Mess, It's for the Bees!" I am doing that EVERYWHERE.
...
Okay the pastries came out of the oven. I nailed the butter/puff pastry from scratch thing, but failed presentation. They look like angry blobs of jelly. But, they are really, really tasty.
I am an angry pastry, mes ami! I should be beautiful because I am delicious, but no, I am a blob of mess! Sacre bleu!
In fact, just the other day, we made tortilla wraps from scratch... and now we may never go back. I did not know tortillas could be light and flaky! I will happily post the recipe to that if people are interested, but, be warned, we have a tortilla press. You can, apparently, roll them out by hand, but.... with the press I only have to roll them out a little and then they end up looking almost exactly like store-bought. We also have a really nice round griddle to finish them off on, so we may have some advantages that your kitchen might not.
It's raining in St. Paul today, a nice soaking rain.
I realized, looking back on it, that I had said that I had planted 'cover' seeds yesterday. That is true, but the majority of the seeds are actually CLOVER, though I also tossed in something colloquially known as 'self-heal' or 'heal-all' on the ground as well, as my bee resources (namely the University of Minnesota's bee pages) told me that the bees like those. The internet informs me that, if I get a good crop, I could also eat it. myself.... hmmm, hopefully, it won't come to that. Self-heal/heal-all is apparently also a home for a specific butterfly's eggs (clouded sulfur butterfly), so that would be cool if it takes off. (Prunella vulgaris: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=prvu).
I'm just not interested in mowing and now that I can post signs that say "Excuse the Mess, It's for the Bees!" I am doing that EVERYWHERE.
...
Okay the pastries came out of the oven. I nailed the butter/puff pastry from scratch thing, but failed presentation. They look like angry blobs of jelly. But, they are really, really tasty.
I am an angry pastry, mes ami! I should be beautiful because I am delicious, but no, I am a blob of mess! Sacre bleu!