Sesame Brussel Sprouts

Sweet sesame soy roasted brussel sprouts. Quick and easy side of roasted tahini and sweet soy glazed brussel sprouts. This recipe is probably one of the easiest I’ve posted. The hardest part would be trimming the root tip and cutting the sprouts in half. Not really hard, but it does take a few minutes. Once […]

Chorizo Arancini with Tomato Fondue

Panko-crusted smoky Spanish chorizo risotto balls with tomato concasse and manchego. Crispy panko on the outside, creamy chorizo risotto inside, served with a light tomato sauce, and a little extra manchego cheese. Making the tomato fondue is a bit of a process. It involves coring, scoring, blanching, shocking, peeling, deseeding, dicing, pureeing, and finally cooking […]

Strawberry Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Buttery strawberry shortbread cookies filled with a strawberry Italian meringue cream-cheese buttercream. Freeze-dried strawberries make these dainty little cookies pop with strawberry flavor. Why use freeze-dried strawberries? For a couple of reasons. One, freeze-drying removes moisture from the berries, which would compromise the structure of recipes like shortbread and buttercream. Two, freeze-drying concentrates the fruit’s […]

Irish Coffee Cake

Chocolate Guinness cake, with Jameson ganache, and Bailey’s buttercream. Rich chocolate cake infused with Guinness and espresso powder, soaked with Jameson, and layered with Jameson ganache and Bailey’s buttercream frosting, it’s boozy and delicious! This recipe requires three different alcoholic beverages, which can be expensive, especially if you only buy them to make this cake. […]