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Keffel Crazy

 

Keffels are a cookie of lore. Well, at least lore in our world. In Maximum Flavor we created a flavorful and complex recipe highlighting coconut. Aki revisted this yeast leavened cookie, stripping down our complexities. She made all butter keffels that were flaky and light. Each parcel contained a vibrant burst of either apricot or strawberry jam. Revisiting keffels has me ready to revisit the idea of yeast leavened cookies, cakes, brownies and even pie crust.

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Passion Fruit Doughnuts

After making of the blueberry doughnuts we put my passion fruit plan into action. We used the same model as our blueberry dough. The doughnuts were intensely flavored and aromatic. The passion fruit, a secondary thought to the blueberry, was the real winner. We topped our first run with strawberry crumbs.

 

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Blueberry Lemon Twists

It is great fun creating new doughnuts. It is even more combining them.

 

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Meatball Improvements

I have always mixed meatballs by hand and done so gently. Today I did the opposite. I added the meat, ricotta, eggs, locatelli cheese and seasonings to the bowl of a stand mixer. I paddled the ingredients together until it became a semi-homogeneous mixture. The paddling helped bind the meat and cheese. I roasted the meatballs to brown them and added them to our sauce to simmer and braise. The meatballs had structure that could handle the mishandling of being overcrowded in the simmering sauce. The meatballs cooked and became tender and rich, bathed in sauce and bursting with savory flavor.

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Feeling Blue

Blueberry doughnuts have been on our to do list for about a year. We finally put it to the top of our list and have it ready to debut this weekend.

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Believe

 

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Peppermint Sticks

Christmas equals candy candy canes. Okay, not really, but its arrival coincides with the excess abundance and acceptance and the candy-cane-ification of everything. It hands out our free pass to make our candy cane crumbs and integrate them into Doughnutland. This year we topped our chocolate glazed sourdough bars with the the candy cane crumbs.

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The Choices

 

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Doughnut-ized

Every time I see anything doughnut-ized I smile and take a picture. I would not think to add doughnut graphics to sneakers, sunglasses or shorts. Thankfully many others have and I can wander the world in search of constant smiles.

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Remove the Excess

 

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Slap Noodle Prep

 

I love slap noodles. But the seemingly essential last minute slap, stretch and cook and assembly process has had me avoiding them. The other day I saw a picture or slap noodles stretched and arranged on a sheet pan. The noodles were prepared in advance. Today I tried it out. Having the noodles stretched and ready to go allowed me to have the slap noodle experience on demand. I was not struggling to slap stretch and cook. The fresh noodles were still precarious to work with. They needed to be dropped into the water one noodle at a time. The noodles ate wonderfully. Though, I really need to work on my slap noodle sauce game. One step at a time.

Years Past

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December 19, 2013

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Gift Wrapping Butter

 

 

 

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Change the Form, Keep the Experience

 

Ice cream is an excellent canvas for creativity. I came across Apple Cider Donut ice cream at Millie's in Pittsburgh. Seeing the name of the ice cream I became flooded with my own experiences of apple cider doughnuts from making them to eating them in apple orchards. The idea of an apple cider doughnut is transferred to the ice cream. If we are able connect with an experience and change its form we have the potential to create something remarkable.

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What Can Be?

 

I came across this Christmas tree made of picture frames. It sparked the idea avalanche of what can be. The arrangement of something unexpected in an understood form creates an original composition.

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Bad and Good

 

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All Gone!

I was hoping All Gone! was a cleverly delicious ice cream flavor. I tried to order it. Unfortunately is was not a flavor, yet.

 

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Reindeer Lichen

Original ideas appear simple until you realize you would never have created the connection.

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Cream Seared Steak

 

We seasoned a thick cut rib eye with salt and put it in a 200 degree oven. We inserted a thermometer into the meat. When the steak reached 100°F we removed it from the oven. We put our cast iron pan on the stove and added a layer of cream. We put the steak into the pan and turned the heat onto medium high.

We cooked the steak flipping it every 30 seconds or so. The cream eventually boiled off and cooked into fat and milk solids. We continued to cook and brown the steak. When the steak was evenly browned we removed it from the heat. We let it rest for 10 minutes and sliced it. The steak was medium rare. The outside was browned and flavored with bits of toasted milk solids.

The ongoing joke in our kitchen now is making sure the refrigerator has a full container of cream.

 

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We Discover

 

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It's Not Difficult

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BBQ Sauce

I am confused. There are tons of BBQ sauces available. But, if you listen to any diehard BBQ fanatic the sauce is unnecessary. The sauce supposedly detracts from the long slow smoking and the flavor developed. But these same fans make and create an array of custom sauces to be served with the meats.

To sauce or not to sauce, that is the question.

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December 9, 2018

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I Don't Know

As I get older, have experiences and acquire knowledge the phrase I Don't Know becomes more difficult to use. But it is those three words that enabled me to search out experiences and look for learning.

It is not always the fear of saying I don't know. What is harder is realizing that I do know and am too afraid to look at what I find.

 

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December 8, 2018

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Feeling Wicked

The musical Wicked and I get along.

 

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This One Goes to Eleven

A huge happy birthday to our baby girl.

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Caramelized Cream Cooked Eggs on Elbows

We needed a quick and hearty breakfast. I found some leftover elbows in the refrigerator. I put heavy cream in the pan, added the elbows, a pinch of salt and a heavy sprinkling of Parmigiano Reggiano. I cracked two eggs on top and turned the heat onto medium. The cream boiled and eventually broke apart into fat and milk solids. The eggs steamed and the pasta browned along with the egg whites that trickled through the noodles. It was a beautiful decadent and simple breakfast. Caramelized cream cooking strikes again.

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We Don't Cook Enough Duck

Duck, particularly the legs, have a sweet spot in my mind. While they fill my mind with joy I do not go out of my way to source and cook duck. Part of that is laziness. Part of that is duck is not always on my mind. But when I stopped by Inferno the other day and they were preparing duck legs for braising I made a point to stop, inhale and reflect on the pleasures of rich and succulent duck. I realized it is time to start cooking more duck.

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Dump Your Dough Hook

We have found that the paddle attachment rather than the dough hook mixes and kneads dough more efficiently and more consistently. That is all.

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Re...

Re-starting
Re-imagining
Re-purposing
Re-mixing
Re-inventing
Re-mastering

None of this is useful if we have not first started, imagined, mixed, purposed, invented and mastered.

 

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Practice

 

We learn to see with practice. We see the successes and failures. We see what works and what doesn't. Practice is a time to try, test and explore. It is the place where failure opens doors.

As we practice questions emerge. The biggest challenge I face daily is how to practice better? Are there steps I could be taking? Are there motions I could be eliminating? Are there questions I should be asking?

And as I looked to understand practice I came across these words:
"You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail." -- Charlie Parker (1920-1955) Jazz musician

I think we often forget the first step. The learning. In order to excel, we must be willing to learn. Basics become great through our practice.

 

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