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Have you ever made icing to decorate your cookies, donuts, or maybe a cake? Were you also amazed at just how much powdered sugar you had to add to only a very little bit of water? It’s common for recipes…
A common snack for breakfast, or in between meals, in the Netherlands is a product called ‘ontbijtkoek’, ‘kruidkoek’ or ‘peperkoek’*. It’s best translated as a soft gingerbread cake. It’s soft, and moist, and contains a mix of spices. It’s so…
Who doesn’t want a light and fluffy, airy, donut? Well, maybe not everyone, but I sure prefer a light and airy donut over a dense greasy one. So when reading that a water roux (also referred to as tang zhong)…
Every time we whip up some egg whites into a white, light, and airy foam we’re a little amazed. It’s pretty special how such a simple ingredient can hold on to so much air! Even more special, when you consider…
Honeycomb definitely is one of the more theatrical candies to make. Once you add that baking soda to the boiling hot sugar, the fizzing and puffing are sure to impress your viewers. Once the show is over and your honeycomb…
When visiting friends who regularly brew their own beer, they told us about this great sugar syrup they had made to add to their beer. It was a dark brown, almost coffee/chocolatey, syrup with a great flavor. They had made…
Crispy and light brown on the outside, soft and cooked on the inside. Strong enough to hold its shape when held up straight and definitely not oily or soggy. Sounds like quite a good french fry (or chip, as the…
Some cooking instructions are so common, that you kind of assume them to be true. However, just because most recipes on Google tell you something, doesn’t mean it’s true, unfortunately. There are enough statements that are just copied along and…
It’s impossible to count all the different types of breads made in this world. There are simply too many. It’s even more impossible to count all the different iterations within one bread. Everyone makes their baguettes, naans, challah, or tortillas…
Before ever trying to make naan ourselves, we bought a bag of pre-packed naan, which was immediately also our last time we did so. It was a true disappointment. They were dense and slightly tough, a far cry from the…
Making a complicated dish, with a lot of different components can be a true project to plan and execute. But it’s a great way to practice a lot of techniques in one go and learn something new. Generally I stick…
Caramel popcorn is full of contrasts. A light, fluffy, and airy on the inside. Dense on the outside. Savory corn vs a sweet, buttery caramel sauce. Vegetables with candy, you’d almost forget corn is a vegetable! The contrasts make caramel…