Bread enthusiast. Vegetable lover. Omnivore. If the kitchen is your happy place, you're in good company. Let's hang.
Homemade Brioche Hot Dog Buns {New} + Roasted Ratatouille = The Best Ratatouille + 3 More Summery Recipes to Make Right Now
|
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive on this brioche bun recipe is if it can be used to make hot dog buns. It sure can! is how I always respond, supplying a rough guideline on how to do so. And while these exchanges in the comments section have been sufficient over the years, I thought it was time to give a hot dog bun recipe its own space. Here it is, a no-knead recipe, the dough identical in makeup to these brioche buns, with the mixing process simplified even further. If you are familiar with that brioche bun recipe, you know that as far as brioche recipes go, itβs on the light side, calling for a single egg and a modest amount of sugar, milk, and melted butter. And while these enrichments are minimal, they create a dough that ultimately bakes into a bread with a light and tender crumb and a soft, thin crust that browns beautifully. As with the brioche bun recipe, this dough is on the high-hydration side, but it is not unmanageable. Find step-by-step instructions as well as video guidance in the post πππ
PS: No-Knead Brioche Buns:β
β Review of the WeekββοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβ βRoasted Ratatouille = The Best Ratatouilleβ "I was going to make ratatouille and I thought, "How come I never roast my veggies first?" Googled roasted ratatouille and found this! Validated my question and will never NOT roast again. The flavour is richer and itβs somehow easier to make, too β¦ less stirring I guess. Thank you!" β Jane Roasted Ratatouille: Let's Review!There are many ways to make excellent ratatouille, but I think roasting it is the least fussy (and best) way to do it. The recipe I use calls for roasting with both olive oil and balsamic vinegar, which gives the finished ratatouille a subtle bite, a flavor that evokes eggplant caponata though the sharpness is more mellow. It is irresistible. This time of year, when the vegetables so quickly accumulate on the counter, I often make a triple or quadruple recipe. Most often this is how my roasting pan looks upon entering the oven: For this many vegetables, you'll need to roast for about 3 hours, stirring once every hour. When nearly all of the liquid has reduced, and the vegetables become jammy in texture, the ratatouille is done. Toss it with βpastaβ. Spoon it over βpolentaβ. Eat it straight from the pan. Three summers ago, I discovered I loved it over grilled flatbread, the recipe for which I included in Pizza Night. It also freezes beautifully, so don't be afraid to pack it away in βquart containersβ and save it for a chilly fall day. (The caramelized cloves of garlic are my favorite.)
Popular Right Now
You Are Loving These 3 Recipes ...
PS: ALL the popular recipes right here β Popular Recipesβ Thank YouThank you to all who have ordered Pizza Night. If you haven't left a review yet, I would be so grateful if you did! πππππ₯π₯
5 Free Resources Available to You
β PS: All previous editions of this newsletter can be found here. |
Hi. I'm Ali.
Bread enthusiast. Vegetable lover. Omnivore. If the kitchen is your happy place, you're in good company. Let's hang.
... perhaps we should brush up on our bagel-making? π₯―π₯―π₯― Hi Friends, There is a bakery* in Bolton Landing that makes excellent bagels, chewy but light and perfectly seasoned. Every time we visit Lake George, we pick up a dozen and eat them all week, toasted, slathered with cream cheese, and topped with juicy, thick tomato slabs: It's heaven. This week I found myself missing those bagels, so I decided to make a batch. I hadn't made bagels in ages, and I had forgotten how quickly the dough comes...
Friends, hello! As you may know, we've spent the week at Lake George with Ben's family. The weather cooperated, our simple meal plan delivered, and the kids spent every second on the lake, swimming, fishing, wakeboarding. As planned, we grilled every night, until the last, yesterday, when the groceries ran out, forcing us to order pizza instead ππ It came from the Hulett's Landing Marina, which has a lovely little shop with all the essentials from coffee and beer to pizza and dried pasta to...
Friends, hello! This weekend we head to Lake George for our annual trip with Ben's family. We are a small crowd of 12, but a crowd nonetheless, and over the years we have learned to keep the nightly mealtime formula very, very simple: something grilled + a salad + bread. Minimal prep, minimal clean up is the name of the game with minimal kitchen space and without all of the tools/gadgets we rely on regularly. This year, for the first time ever, I made a few things ahead of time β some loaves...