Eat your way around the world
Makes 8 These biscuits don't need butter and jelly. They don't need gravy. Just eat them straight up, with a smile. Crispy and golden, they get their color from a boiling oil bath. Great for plunking into soups and stews, or alongside rice and beans. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 Tbsp butter 1/3 cup milk (a few drops more, if needed) 1/4 inch oil Method: Are you wearing a black shirt? You might want to switch it for a white … [Read more...]
Serves 4 Have ten minutes? Mix up a batch of Laxoox for breakfast tomorrow. This yeasty, tiny-bit-tangy flatbread is a lot like Injera. The people of Djibouti enjoy Laxoox for breakfast with butter and honey. In the evenings they use it to dip and scoop and enjoy all manner of stews and sauces. Sounds great to me. Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup wheat flour 1/4 cup millet flour (aacceptable substitutes include rice flour or sorghum flour) 1 1/2 tsp yeast 1 tsp salt 1 … [Read more...]
Makes One 6" Cake Æblekage can be made any number of ways, but this recipe is super special because Anne A., one of our Danish readers, found it in her mother's recipe box. We did a little tweaking and, voila... Global Table's Aeblekage, a little like Anne's mamma used to make. The texture is on the muffin-side of things; you'll love it with coffee or tea. Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 … [Read more...]
Makes 2 Dozen This mildly sweet prune filling can easily be modified to suit your tastes - add more spices, thin it out with extra water... the options are endless. Ingredients: 12 oz prunes (or dried apricots) 1/2 cup water 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup sugar (or to taste) 1 batch Refrigerator Dough for Kolaches & Klobasneks Method: Roll up your sleeves and grab a 12 oz bag of prunes... Hello Mr. & Mrs. Newman! NOTE: If you don't like the word prune, feel free to say … [Read more...]
Serves 6 NOTE: Exact portion sizes depend on the dimensions you choose for the sausage. If you like Pigs in a Blanket, you'll love this authentic snack from the Czech Republic. Be sure to use high quality sausage and you'll be on cloud 9 in no time. Ingredients: 2 kielbasa sausages (about a pound each) 1 Refrigerator Dough for Czech Desserts & Snacks Method: Gather the Kielbasa - if you are using all the dough, you will probably need two packages like this one... This … [Read more...]
Makes 1 large batch of dough for... - 2 dozen Sweet Prune Buns/Kolaches (Slivkové Koláče) - a dozen Spicy Kielbasa Buns/Klobasneks/Klobasnikis (Klobásové Buchty) Refrigerator Dough takes the stress out of party prep work. This Czech recipe is slightly sweet and tender. According to LaVina Vanorny-Barcus, in My Czech Heritage Cookbook, there are four ways to shape this dough. The first three are for sweets, the last one is for savory, or Klobasneks. 1. Cut a square; add filling in … [Read more...]
Makes 2-3 loaves The quickest way to a person's heart is with homemade bread. The incredible flavor of this soft, doughy bread is unreal. I've been making bread for a long time (even wrote a hundred page thesis about Artisan bread baking in France), so that's saying a lot. Great recipe - just make sure you start it a day ahead of when you need it! Special thanks to Kitchen Warfare for a detailed post on how to make this wonderful Cuban bread. Without their help, I would have been lost in … [Read more...]
Makes one 9" square casserole Breakfasty, bready prisnats are great comfort food. You'll want to cut the ham smaller or add more flour so the little pieces won't sink to the bottom. Enjoy warm! Ingredients: 8 eggs, room temperature 8 oz ham steak, cut into small cubes 4 oz bacon diced & fried 3 green onions, sliced 1 cup cottage cheese 1/2 cup whole milk, room temperature 2 cups flour (perhaps up to 2.5 cups so the ham won't sink) 2 tsp yeast 2 oz Monterey Jack cheese, … [Read more...]
