I’ve been meaning to post this for about a month so it’s a bit out of season now, but it was so good I had to put it up. I decided to give mince pies a miss this year (although Belle’s were very tempting!), and have a go at some stollen from a recipe in [...]
Not to be confused with the closely related Slavic Pirogis, Russian Pirozhkis have more in common with English pastys. Pirozhkis are generally made with leaven bread and are either baked or fried. They tend to be about half the size of a standard pasty. Pirogis (from my little knowledge) tend to be more like dumplings, [...]
Posted in Baking, Lunchbox, Vegetarian on Dec 3rd, 2008
Jenny recently got given a new cook by Alice for her birthday – Bread Matters by Andrew Whitley. The book’s approach is to rejuvenate the British public’s view on Bread, showing how real bread is made and the flaws in current bread practice. Since Jenny had made a tasty Onion soup for our lunch I [...]