2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus additional for sprinkling1 cup whole-wheat flour½ cup sugar2 teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon salt¼ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into bits1 cup raisins2 teaspoons caraway seeds1 ½ cups buttermilk or plain yogurtmilk for brushing the bread before baking Preheat oven to 350° and butter a 1 ½ quart round baking… Continue reading Irish Soda Bread (The Vegetarian Epicure)
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Susan’s Buttermilk Dumplings
1 ½ tablespoons Criscoor2 tablespoons butter2 cups flour (a soft wheat flour like White Lily brand)1 ½ teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon baking soda¾ teaspoon salt1 cup buttermilk Sift together the dry ingredients. Add the Crisco or butter, and using two knives, cut the fat into the dry ingredients until all resembles coarse meal. Gently add… Continue reading Susan’s Buttermilk Dumplings
Pumpkin Mashed Potatoes with Spinach and Fennel (or Celery)
A meatless version of a Chilean dish, charquicán. Just like the other meatless charquicán recipe on my blog, the fennel and spinach do not mash up with the potatoes, but retain their separate textures. Also, the potato skins, though thin, are a significant presence in the mash. To make it again, I’m going to have… Continue reading Pumpkin Mashed Potatoes with Spinach and Fennel (or Celery)
Recipes out of the Blond Box 