“Rustic” is how I would describe these crumpets. I didn’t have any success finding egg or pastry rings in the local stores and I was a bit impatient to finish the European baking list. I went with the suggestion from the original recipe and used a food tin instead. I used the tin to shape the … More UNITED KINGDOM – Crumpets
I’ve made bagels before (and enjoyed them) but I haven’t had a recipe that tested quite like this one. I’m thinking that the milk and oil and vanilla sugar combined to make the flavour difference. Recipe chosen for bubliky Cooking method: Oven Rating: Faithfulness to recipe: Yes, although we only used 2 tbs sugar instead of … More UKRAINE – Bubliky
“Yum! I love this”, said my daughter. I haven’t actually made these before but she has tasted them a long time ago and is a fan of Balkan pite with spinach. Who can argue when a child wants to eat Spinach?! Recipe chosen for Gözleme Cooking method: Frypan Rating: Faithfulness to recipe: Yes. Met expectations? Yes. Would cook … More TURKEY – Gözleme
Another butter soft bread. It was almost a given that as long as I pulled this new recipe off, the taste test team would rate it highly. Recipe chosen for Zopf Cooking method: Oven Rating: Faithfulness to recipe: Yes Met expectations? Yes, though it was harder to braid then I thought. The dough wanted to grow in … More SWITZERLAND – Zopf
This is another bread with the name, Pogača (like the Serbian bread I recently baked) but this one turned out drier. That was to be expected considering the amount of margarine in the Serbian version compared with the small amount of oil for this bread. Recipe chosen for Belokranjska Pogača Cooking method: Oven Rating: Faithfulness to … More SLOVENIA – Belokranjska Pogača (salted cake)
Sweet, soft, buttery bread fresh from the oven. That’s what this recipe delivers. And what’s more, it’s very presentable as well. It’s a delight to pull apart and share and would be a good bread for when having guests over. It’s definitely not an everyday bread – takes too long to make and is too … More SERBIA – Lisnata Pogača
Yes! Rye that didn’t turn out like a brick. There are many breads to choose from when baking something from Russia. I cannot remember how I came to choose this one, but I am glad I did. I haven’t tasted a bread quite like it before. Recipe chosen for Black Rye Bread Cooking method: Oven Rating: … More RUSSIA – Black Rye Bread
