Jan is hosting the Dean’s Lunch and I am making crackers and schmears (1, 2, & 3). For the non-Vegans, I am making my cream crackers, but one of the deans is a Vegan. I decided to try my had at a Vegan water cracker.
Karl’s Thyme Water Crackers
Category Archives: bread
Karl’s Pork Sausage Empanadas
This was a rather spontaneous meal. I was wondering what to do with several things that were cluttering up my refrigerator: one quarter pound homemade pork sausage, one quarter pound of ground pork, a Russet potato—that I had peeled for another meal and ended up not using—half a red bell pepper (ditto), one small yellow onion. I could just chop it all up, throw it in a skillet, fry it up, and call it “hash,” but that would not be me. I am not the first person to face this dilemma, World Cuisine is full of solutions. Hash in a pocket bread is called an empanada.
Karl’s Pork Sausage Empanadas
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Main Dishes, Pork
Karl’s Ale Almond Bread
I am making bread to go with my ham and navy beans. I wanted something lighter and different than my usual Guinness beer bread. I decided to use a Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale.
Karl’s Ale Almond Bread
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Claudia’s French Toast
Fond memories of childhood. The occasional Saturday when my mother would make French toast. Soft, custardy bread dripping with butter and syrup.
Claudia’s French Toast
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Treats, Vegetarian
Karl’s Rustic Italian Bread II
This is not so much a new recipe as an experiment in bread making. I made my first foray into crusty breads a few weeks ago. In my experience in bread making, cooking the dough in a dry oven produced a soft crust. I had made a large batch of dough and I thought I would bake half of it in a dry oven and half in a moist oven. Small details make big differences.
Rustic Italian Bread Baked in a Moist Oven
Rustic Italian Bread Baked in a Dry Oven
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Rustic Italian Bread
I am making a chicken cacciatore for Sunday dinner and I wanted fresh bread to go with it. While I have made white bread and other baked goods many times, I have never ventured into crusty bread territory. Bread is simply a mixture of flour, water and some kind of leaven, but the results can vary widely depending of the differences in handling—both before and during baking—and with the addition of a variety of ingredients.
Karl’s Rustic Italian Bread
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Karl’s Ttoro, Basque Fish Stew
Chris threw down a Basque seafood stew challenge for the new year. In researching the possibilities I found two stews: Marmitako and Ttoro. Marmitako is a tuna and potato dish and Chris is back on his low-carb diet after the holidays. I think Ttoro is more of what he had in mind.
Karl’s Ttoro, Basque Fish Stew
Filed under bread, Fish, Main Dishes, Seafood, Shrimp
Karl’s Indian Naan
I planned to have a variation of lamb Rogan Josh for this Sunday’s dinner with the kids. A saucy meat dish calls for bread to sop it up. In an Indian feast this means naan.
Karl’s Indian Naan
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Karl’s Scones with Dried Apples
Jan was using one of her few opportunities to sleep in this morning. I—of course—woke up at 6, like I usually do. I decided to surprise her with scones this morning.
Karl’s Scones with Dried Apples
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Karl’s Two Tapenade & Mini-Fry Bread
I have been into breads lately, trying my had at hallah and (American) Indian fry bread. Jan has friends over for a holiday meal this weekend and as an hors d’oeuvre I thought I would do tapenade and mini-fry breads.
Karl’s Two Tapenade & Mini-Fry Bread
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegetables
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