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Daring Bakers, October 2008 – Pizza

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Pizza is a lot like sex. When it’s good, it’s really good. When it’s bad, it’s still pretty good. Anonymous Margherita – tomato puree, mozzarella & basil Basic Pizza Dough Original recipe taken from The Bread Baker’s Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread by Peter Reinhart, picked by lovely Rosa of Rosa’s Yummy Yums, our host for this month.…

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Strawberry & Poppy Seed Cake

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For the biscuit:5 eggs180 g sugara pinch of salt5 Tbsp hot water250 g poppy seeds200 g flour2 tsp baking powder Grind poppy seeds. Beat eggs, sugar, salt and water with a mixer until foamy on a highest speed for about 8 minutes. Add poppy seed paste and flour with baking powder. Bake 5 26Ø biscuits in a preheated oven on…

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Chicken & Pumpkin Stir Fry

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800 g boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced20 g dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes450 g roasted pumpkin, diced200-250 ml heavy cream1 onion, sliced1 clove garlicsagesaltground black pepper1 tsp turmericoil for frying Heat some oil in a wok. Fry chopped garlic for a moment and then toss in onion. When onion is half way done, add mushrooms…

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Jolly Street – Belgrade Rakija Fair

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Jolly Street is traditional Rakija Fair that takes place on Belgrade’s square of Nikola Pašić. In the spirit of my previous post about Šljivovica, here are some of the photos I took last weekend there and an old Serbian myth about origin of rakija. Mea Culpa – Sour Cherry Rakija Zlatna Drenja – cornelian cherry rakija and Zlatna Viljamovka –…

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