Belated Happy birthday,
Queen Margherita of Savoy (Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna; 20 November 1851 – 4 January 1926)
have been baking a lot trying to keep my mind busy. Most of what I am baking , I should not be indulging in often. However, last night I made two batches of healthy biscuits.
1. Chocolate chip, whole wheat with monk fruit sugar. (For my wife)
2. Same formula substitute almond for chocolate.
300 g white whole wheat
135 g AP flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 LG. Eggs
1 cup Monk fruit sugar
1 cup olive oil
1 cup chocolate chip or almond
Spice profile
Gram marsala
Cinnamon
Baguettes de Paris par la maison des Falzon.
Having way too much fun making sticks!
Today, I will endeavor to create yet another iconic N.Y.C. street food. The Kinish.
In celebration of the opening of the Spring Street Pizza location in Tempe AZ. My humble rendition.
Making of a clone.
The Iconic spicy Spring square. Spring Street Pizza.
It's not the journey, it's the destination.
First I want to deconstruct the spicy Spring into the individual components.
1. The pepperoni
This I have covered. Hormel cup& char.
2. The Fra Diavolo sauce.
The tail of the tape
75% semolina
25% sprouted whole wheat
100% hydration
1.3% IDY
2% Salt
1.25% Honey
8% olive oil
8% Butter
Par-baked 12 minutes at 450° F
Build to follow.
Edited to add one more important parameter, the mix.
Hand mixed, two stretch and folds. Cold retard/bulk fermented 48 hrs. 2.5 hours warm to room temperature/ proof.
I invented this cookie dough formula myself!
Pumpkin, cottage cheese, Almond flour cookies
Ingredients:
Dough
3/4 stick unsweetened butter(softened)
1 cup Monk fruit sugar
1 cup whole milk cottage cheese ( blended until smooth)
1/2 cup (122 g) pure pumpkin puree
2 TBs pumpkin spice
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 LG. Eggs
1 1/4 cup extra fancy semolina (150 g)
1 1/4 cup Almond flour ( 159 g)
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch salt
Icing
