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    Quick Yogurt Donuts (Sufganiot)

    November 26, 2014

    Ingredients 2 eggs 20 grams (2 Tbsp.) sugar ½ tsp. salt 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil 160 ml. (⅔ cup) thick goats-milk yogurt or sour cream (For a non-dairy version: Tofutui dairy-free sour cream) 140 gr. (1 cup) Tami GF flour (or all-purpose flour, if you do not adhere to a gluten-free diet) 1 packet (12 gr.) baking powder 1 tsp. Brandy/Araq 1 tsp. vanilla extract oil for frying caster sugar to sprinkle Preferred filling: jam/chocolate ganache/Dolce De Leche/Crème pâtissière Preparation In a bowl, lightly whisk eggs and sugar. Add salt, oil, yogurt/sour cream, flour, baking powder, Brandy/Araq, and vanilla extract, and whisk until smooth. Heat oil in deep pot to 180C/360F and…

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    Melt-in-your-Mouth Quick Cheesecake

    November 20, 2014

    This is the only cheesecake my son likes. Ingredients 750 gr. 5% soft goats-milk cheese (or plain soft cheese) – room temperature ¼ cup of sugar 3 eggs 1 packet (80 gr.) instant vanilla pudding 1 Tbsp. corn starch 1 Tbsp. Tami Gluten-free flour (or a good all-purpose GF flour), or plain flour (if you do not need a GF version) Preparation Preheat oven to 150C/300F. Place small tin with boiling water at the bottom of the oven (to create steam). Mix cheese with sugar, and set aside for 5 minutes (for sugar to melt). Beat in the eggs (do not whisk). Add the instant pudding, flour and cornstrach, and…

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    Pavlova

    October 27, 2014

    Ingredients 200 gr. egg yolks 400 gr. sugar Preparation Fill a pot with about 2cm/1inch water and bring to a boil. Place a heat-proof bowl over the pot (I use the metal mixer bowl), so that the bowl’s edges rest on the pot, and its bottom is not(!) touching the water (this technique is known as Bain Marie). Place the egg whites and sugar in the bowl, and whisk using a beater until the sugar melts completely (take a drop between two fingers and make sure it doesn’t feel grainy). Remove bowl from heat and pour to mixer bowl. Whisk on high for 10-15 minutes until very thick and glossy.…

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    Goat’s Milk Vanilla Ice Cream

    October 26, 2014

    Ingredients 4 cups (1 litre) goat’s milk ¾ cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract, or scrape 1 vanilla bean for seeds pinch of kosher salt 4 egg yolks Preparation Warm milk, sugar, vanilla and salt in sauce pan until sugar dissolves. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks. Add approx. ½ a cup of the warm milk to the egg yolks and temper. Add egg yolks to the milk in the pan and cook for ~2 mins, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and let cool. Transfer into a bowl and refrigerate until completely chilled. Churn in an ice-cream maker for 25-30 minutes. pour into freezer-friendly lidded plastic container, and freeze.

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    “Rustic” GF Buns

    August 3, 2014

    Ingredients 350 gr. (2½ cups) Tagmish GF flour 5 gr. dry yeast 25 gr. sugar 6 gr. (1 tsp.) salt 210 ml. milk 30 gr. soft butter-flavored Mazola margarine (or soft butter) 1 egg 120 ml. water 2 Tbsp. ground Flax seeds Coating: 1 egg, beaten + 1 tsp. vegetable oil Ground Kosher salt for sprinkling Preparation In a your stand-mixer bowl with the kneading hook, mix ½ cup of the flour, the yeast, salt and sugar. In a small sauce pan, lightly heat milk with Mazola/butter until warm (do not bring to a boil – even if Mazola/butter not completely melted!) Add egg to flour, then add warm milk…

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