Category: Delicious Food

All the wonderful things coming out of my kitchen

Today We Baked Croissants

I say “today” but it was a two day process.  We used the recipe from Cook’s Illustrated.  Yesterday we mixed the dough and laminated it.  Today we formed the croissants and let them rise and then we baked them.  They are delicious, all soft inside and flaky on the outside.  I will say that making pastry involving cold butter is a bit dicey in a house with no air conditioning in June.  I would like to make them again and tinker with the shape a bit but I think I’ll wait until fall.

 

Blood Orange Marmalade

I began with five blood oranges and one lemon and sliced them.  For some reason there were no pips at all in these.  A lot of the recipes that I found online suggested removing the pith and the seeds and adding them in cheesecloth to add pectin.  I decided against this and went with Alton Brown’s recipe. I like big chunks of peel in mine.  Anyway, here’s a link to his recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/orange-marmalade-recipe  Here is a photo of the oranges and lemon cooking.

Ta da!!  The finished product.  You cannot see the fabulous ruby red color in the photo because the jars are too big.  I thought I had smaller ones.  I was wrong.  Note to self: check these details in advance.

Here it is on a buttered muffin.  Delightful. I had a pot of tea, too.  Heaven.