Google Translate had no suggestions for the word ripassatela when transcribing Saturday’s pizza recipe: lavate bene la cicoria, scottatela … More
Author: cookinshorts
New Regimen
Presuming the starter retains its mojo, here is the new pizza base production programme. This quantity of dough makes 2 … More
Roast and Brioche
Missed Father’s Day last week, so made a batch of prodigal brioche via Dorie Greenspan to take to morning tea. Reached … More
Sweet Smell of Sourdough
Relieved to see signs of vigour in the sourdough starter accompanied by a pleasant acetic odour, particularly as the last resurrection … More
Spring
Spring blossoms are motivation to get out in the vegetable patch and work over the hibernating beds. Envious of the … More
Composition of Quinces
Quince Crumble Poached Quinces Boil up a poaching liquid using 6 cups of water, 1 cup of sugar in a … More
Ad-lib scones
Preheat oven to 220 degrees (Celsius). Tip 1kg self-raising flour, a teaspoon of cream of tartar, and 150g butter into … More
Rhetorical Imagery
“Bad food photography must have overtaken cute kittens and naked ladies as the scourge of the worldwide web” writes Felicity … More
Resurrection Pizza Dough
The method for preparing Saturday’s sourdough pizza bases is a combination of two recipes: A nugget of sourdough from the … More
Lost in Translation
Pizza fagioli e salsiccia has been the least favourite selection from Gabriele Bonci’s Il Gioco della Pizza so far. Maybe the cotechino sausage … More
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