Tuesday, August 12, 2025

TWD - Vegetable Ribbon Tart


This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Vegetable Ribbon Tart. 

This tart comprises puff pastry, hommus, sliced vegetables, cherry tomatoes, vinaigrette and hard boiled eggs.

It tasted fine, not what I’d normally choose, but ok.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.


Tuesday, July 22, 2025

TWD - Blueberry Biscuits

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Blueberry Biscuits. These delicious scones contain yoghurt and juicy blueberries.

I brushed the tops of my scones with milk as well as sprinkling them with sugar to make the tops golden brown.


These scones are truly scrumptious served fresh out of the oven and slathered with butter.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

 

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

TWD - Park Avenue Brownies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe (Baking With Dorie) is Park Avenue Brownies. Over the years, I have baked lots of different brownie recipes by Dorie. The schtick with these brownies is that they are “thin and rich”, just like the ladies of Park Avenue from whence they got their moniker.



 You wouldn’t be thin for long after tasting these delicious walnut-topped brownies. They are full of chocolatey goodness yet not overly sweet, so it would not be hard to gobble down a pan of them if you were so inclined.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit tge LYL section of the TWD website.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

TWD - Little Marvels


This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Little Marvels. It is Dorie’s version of  Merveilleux.

The dessert comprises two meringue discs, joined with whipped cream and in this case, your choice of other filling, then smothered in whipped cream flavoured with cinnamon and vanilla, and coated with chocolate, nuts or biscuit crumbs.



I chose to sandwich my Little Marvel with a raspberry and apple jam, and coat it with crushed almonds.

After setting in the fridge, the layers meld together, and the meringue softens.

I did not mind this dessert, but I didn’t love it and it’s quite messy to coat it. For that reason, I won’t make it again.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

TWD - Double Chocolate Rhubarb Tart


This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Double Chocolate Rhubarb Tart. It comprises a chocolate tart shell lined with red jam, chocolate frangipane and rhubarb.


It was a delicious dessert - the rhubarb went so well with the chocolate.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.


Thursday, May 29, 2025

Jam Drops




 Jam drops are a family fave. I made the pictured jam drops from a recipe in my high school home ec cookbook, Day to Day Cookeru, by LM Downes. 


My mother said she would have liked a bit more salt in the dough, and yo replace a tablespoon of flour with cornflour to make them crispier. That’s her personal preference, but try it if you’d like.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

TWD - Oatmeal Cookies with Nuts and Chocolate


 It’s Tuesday with Dorie again, and this week’s recipe is for all American Oatmeal Cookies with Nuts and Chocolate. And raisins 😀

These were pretty straight forward to make and tasted good. There’s a hint of cinnamon in them which went well with the other flavours.

They’d be good funking biscuits with a cuppa - crunchy outside, chewy in the middle.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.