Month May 2009

Nocino – walnut liqueur (part II)

As I mentioned in the post about the exciting color chemistry of nocino I picked some unripe walnuts last year in August when visiting family in Germany. These walnuts were in fact a little to ripe to make nocino from.…

Sourdough work in progress (part I)

Attempt to make a sourdough starter using dried apricots, using my immersion circulator for temperature control. I got some bubbling yeast activity, but the final bread dough never rose properly. Inspired by the Swedish bread blog Pain de Martin which…

Cooking issues blog

Just a quick note to point you to the new blog “Cooking issues” featuring Dave Arnold and Nils Norén from the French Culinary Institute. In addition to posts inspired by ongoing activities at the FCI they have a comprehensive primer…

Nocino – walnut liqueur (part I)

Last year, while visiting family in Germany, I decided to pick some walnuts to bring home to Norway. They were not ripe, which was good, because I was planning to make nocino, a walnut liqueur. You can easily find a…

TGFWT #17: Frozen rosy apple foam

As I mentioned in the previous post I put the leftover rose froam from TGRWT #16 in the freezer and was surprised by the result. Inspired by this I thought I would extend this and substitute apple juice for water…