Ingredients

• 1 lbs chicken breast diced into bite-sized pieces
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• 3 cups broccoli florets
• 3 green onions greens sliced thin
• salt
• fresh cracked black pepper
• toasted white sesame seeds optional, for topping
• crushed red pepper flakes optional, for topping
• olive oil
• spray oil

For Sauce

• 2 navel oranges zest one orange, juice both oranges
• ¼ cup honey
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• 1 tbsp freshly minced garlic
• 2 tsp fresh grated ginger or sub 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• sriracha sauce optional: mild – 1 tsp; med – 2 tsp; hot – 3+ tsp

Instructions

1. Begin preheating the oven to 425° F and spray a large rimmed baking sheet with oil.
2. Season the chicken pieces with salt and fresh cracked black pepper and pour the panko out onto a wide plate. Working in batches, coat the chicken in the beaten egg then press into the panko to coat. Arrange on the prepared baking sheet as spaced out as possible.
3. Spray the tops of the chicken pieces with oil. Place the chicken into the preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, flip each piece and rotate the pan when you place it back into the oven. Bake for another 7-10 minutes until the chicken is crispy and cooked through.
4. Meanwhile, on a separate baking sheet, toss the broccoli with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. Roast in the oven for about 10 minutes, tossing halfway through, until crisp and charred in a few spots. OR, pan fry broccoli in a swirl of olive oil over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
5. While the chicken cooks, make the sauce. Combine the soy sauce and cornstarch in a small bowl and whisk until fully combined. Pour into a small saucepan, then add the rest of the ingredients for the sauce and mix well. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer until a thick sauce forms, about 5 minutes.
6. Transfer the cooked chicken into a large mixing bowl, drizzle the sauce over the chicken and toss to coat (you may not want to use all of the sauce, so add it in steps until the chicken is coated to your liking). Add in the broccoli and toss to combine. Serve immediately topped with green onion, sesame seeds, and crushed red pepper. Great on a bed of white rice!

Ingredients

• 3 packets Biscoff cookies

For the Filling

• ¼ cup Biscoff Cookie butter
• 2.5 cups Heavy whipping cream chilled straight from the fridge
• 16 oz Mascarpone cheese straight from the fridge (454g)
• 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
• ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1.5 cups of sugar
• Pinch of salt

For Coffee mixture

• 1.5 cups water
• 3 tablespoons instant espresso or instant coffee, or just brew espresso and let it cool.

For Biscoff drizzle

• heavy cream
• coffee
• Biscoff Cookie butter

Instructions

1. Using a handheld electric or a stand mixer, beat mascarpone, Biscoff cookie butter, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, and sugar on a low speed until combined. Use beater attachment for this process. This should take a minute.
2. Now switch to a balloon whisk and add cold heavy cream to the same bowl. Start beating it on a low speed for 2 minutes then increase the speed to medium. Scrape the side and the base of the bowl a few times in between.
3. Whip until stiff peaks. That means the cream should hold well on the whisk upside down. This process should take 8-10 minutes. Do not overwhip as it will split and turn into butter. Transfer it in the fridge until use.
4. Whisk heavy cream with Biscoff cookie butter over low heat and add freshly brewed espresso or cold brew. Mix well until a smooth, velvety liquid.
5. Line pan with Biscoff brand cookies.
6. Pour cooled espresso or cold brew over cookies to absorb the liquid. (You can also simply dip each cookie first before laying it down, if you prefer!)
7. Pipe your eggless Tiramisu filling over the first layer of coffee soaked cookies. Use spatula to flatten this layer evenly.
8. Add a layer of the cookie butter/coffee drizzle.
9. Repeat a second layer of cookies. This time, ONLY dip each cookie into espresso or cold brew before laying it down. Do not pour liquid in for this layer.
10. Repeat a second layer of the tiramisu filling. Make sure it's nice and level!
11. Drizzle coffee/ cookie butter mixture over the top layer in any pattern you wish! Now, it's time for finishing touches!
12. Sprinkle crushed Biscoff cookie crumbles and anything else edible that you want, within reason, of course!
13. Keep this dish refrigerated at all times! Only remove from refrigeration when you are just about to serve!

NOTE You can add 3 tablespoons of your preferred alcohol like coffee liqueur, chocolate liqueur, Marsala, or rum to the coffee mixture before dipping the cookies.

C'est très bon. Mais je changerais quand même quelques petites choses pour que ça soit plus à mon goût :

1. mettre plus de biscuits, soit doubler les épaisseurs, soit multiplier les couches de biscuits.
2. mettre moins de café dans le « drizzle », je suis parti du café et j'ai ajouté les autres ingrédients. Je pense que ça serait mieux de faire l'inverse.
3. utiliser de l'expresso plutôt que du café instantanné. Je suis pas mal sur que le goût sera meilleur.

Ingrédients

• 1 litre d’eau bouillante
• 3 cuillères à café de thé vert de Chine
• 12 morceaux de sucre N°4 (soit 12 x 6g ou 72g de sucre en poudre)
• 1 petite botte de menthe fraîche

Instructions

1. Couper les tiges de menthe et essayer d’avoir le maximum de feuilles. Les rincer à l’eau froide.
2. Verser les cuillères à soupe de thé de Chine dans la théière.
3. Verser de l’eau bouillante dedans.
4. « Laver » le thé : l’eau introduite dans la théière sert à rincer les feuilles. Donc il faut se débarrasser de l’eau mise juste avant, mais pas des feuilles de thé de Chine.
5. Mettre les feuilles de menthe dans la théière.
6. Mettre les morceaux de sucre et verser l’eau bouillante.
7. Laisser infuser et mettre à chauffer à feu doux.
8. « Remuer » le thé en faisant couler la préparation dans un verre et en la remettant dedans, plusieurs fois de suite.
9. Servir et déguster.

Quelques vidéos pour améliorer mes baguettes et mes cookies :

• Chocolate Chip Cookies and Mixing Theory - YouTube
• Epis: Version 1 - YouTube
• Epis: Version 2 - YouTube
• How to shape baguette - YouTube
• Classic Baguettes Recipe | King Arthur Baking
• Creating Épi de Blé from Classic Baguettes - Bread School - YouTube

New research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the environment.

People have long stoked an urban-versus-rural rivalry, with vastly different cultures and surroundings. But a burgeoning movement—with accompanying field of science—is eroding this divide, bringing more of the country into the city. It’s called rurbanization, and it promises to provide more locally grown food, beautify the built environment, and even reduce temperatures during heat waves.
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It’s also reversing the longstanding assumption that growing food is straight-up bad for biodiversity because clearing land for agriculture necessitates removing native plants and animals. Ecologist Shalene Jha of the University of Texas, Austin says this idea was based on observations of rural agriculture, where growing industrialized swaths of corn or wheat can be catastrophic for existing ecosystems. But that doesn’t hold for the urban farms, gardens, and even smaller green spaces.

In a recent paper in the journal Ecology Letters, Jha and her colleagues showed that urban gardens can actually boost biodiversity—particularly if residents prioritize planting native species, which attract native insects like bees. “The gardener actually has a lot of power in this scenario,” says Jha. “It doesn't matter how large or small the garden is. It's the practice of cultivating the landscape—and the decisions they make about the vegetation and the ground cover—that ultimately decide the plant and animal biodiversity there.”

Jha’s team characterized the biodiversity of 28 California urban gardens over the course of five years. Far from the mono-cropped monotony of a wheat field, they found rich ecosystems humming with activity that, in turn, increased species diversity. The researchers found predators like birds and ladybugs, which prey on crop-munching insects and thus help increase yields, and an abundance of pollinators like bees, which also benefit from crop diversity and increase plant productivity. That means urban gardens aren’t just producing food for people, but for other species as well. “They’re actually supporting incredibly high levels of plant and animal biodiversity,” Jha says.

This biodiversity is largely due to a strategic trade-off. One of the challenges of urban gardening is that it requires intensive manual labor: You can’t drive a combine through a city at harvest time. But that limitation turns out to be an ecological blessing. Because everything is done by hand, urban farmers can grow all sorts of plants right next to each other, packed in tightly to increase yields.

In another study published this month in the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development, a separate team of researchers looked at 72 urban agriculture sites in France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. “We see pretty diverse growing spaces that often are growing a huge variety of crops, as well as non-food products,” says study author Jason Hawes, an environmental sustainability researcher at the University of Michigan. On average, the sites grew 20 different crops. “Lots of folks were also just growing flowers for fun in their visual gardens, and the community gardens have flowers planted to make the space more pleasant,” he says. “These sorts of things do contribute to local biodiversity.”

That biodiversity hardens urban ecosystems against pests that would have a field day with a monocrop. “You all of a sudden have a mimic of what naturally occurs in terms of insect predation. Because if you build it, they will come,” says Colorado State University horticulturalist Jennifer Bousselot, who studies the practice of growing crops on rooftops and wasn’t involved in either of the new papers. Aphids may descend on your garden, for instance, but so too will the ladybugs that keep their population in check.

An additional benefit is that gardeners can stagger the growth of flowering plants throughout the year—known as succession planting—essentially extending the food supply for local pollinators. While native plants are best at attracting native animals, she says, pollinators can make do with something like an imported tomato plant. “I am a big fan and advocate for native plants, but I’m an even bigger advocate for planting a plant with purpose,” says Bousselot. “And believe it or not, most pollinators can adapt.”

Bees in particular love a good urban garden, especially if it’s loaded with ornamental flowers. Previous research has shown that bee diversity can actually be higher in cities than in surrounding rural areas. It’s counterintuitive, but the flower diversity in an urban garden can be greater than that of a corn or wheat field.

And while brown patches of dirt may not look nice to you, bees literally dig them. Unlike honey bees that live in swarming hives, the vast majority of species are actually solitary, and many burrow into dirt for shelter. Having open ground in a garden provides them habitat. Bees also hate open spaces because that’s where birds, dragonflies, and other predators patrol. “It’s like putting a giant target on their back saying ‘Come and eat me,’” says biologist Gerardo Camilo, who studies urban bees at Saint Louis University but wasn’t involved in the papers. “They like messiness.” If you leave your yard looking a little shabby, bees will have places to hide as they bounce from flower to flower.

“There’s a take-home message here for everyday gardeners: With relatively minimum effort, you can make a big change,” says Camilo. “You don’t need to be consciously improving the environment. You can just concentrate on your one little thing—which is the growth of some food—and do it in the right way, and you can have significant impacts.”

But there are still limits to what an individual gardener can do. A bee has to get to your backyard in the first place. That means cities need chains of green spaces—with some open dirt and messy vegetation—so the insects can travel safely. “The neighborhood that surrounds your garden must be inviting to bees, to afford them essentially a road to travel to work,” says Camilo.

That kind of solution requires group action and city planning, but it comes with a whole host of knock-on benefits. Greenery absorbs stormwater, for instance, mitigating urban flooding. Plants also “sweat” water vapor, dramatically lowering temperatures, which get much higher in cities than in rural areas because of the preponderance of concrete. Green spaces are great for mental health. Food waste can go straight into urban gardens as compost, reducing dependence on synthetic fertilizers, which are terrible for the planet. And producing food closer to where it’s consumed could reduce the emissions associated with shipping produce.

There’s also mounting evidence that growing crops in urban areas can be far more productive than on rural farms. Yields for certain vegetables, like cucumbers, can be up to four times greater. That’s due in large part to urban farmers tending their crops by hand, which requires a lot of work but also creates jobs.

Deploying more gardens in cities, though, comes with challenges. Real estate is expensive, so it won’t be cheap to set aside land. And urban agriculture needs water, which is always at a premium. Ideally, it could come from rain catchment systems, but cities might also be able to build infrastructure to funnel stormwater into green spaces, where it can soak into the ground. “I think we saw in the recent flooding in California that there is a huge amount of public support for finding new ways to deal with runoff that don’t just involve letting it run out to sea,” says Hawes.

There’s real urgency behind doing whatever it takes to bring more agriculture into urban areas: More than half of humanity now lives in towns and cities, a figure expected to rise to 5 billion people by the end of this decade. “Urban gardens are producing 15 to 20 percent of our food supply globally, and that number is just increasing,” says Jha. “And so their value—not only in terms of food production, but also in terms of the plants and animals they support—is increasingly important.”

Ingredients

• 1 tsp dry active or ¾ tsp instant yeast
• 1 tsp sugar
• ½ cup warm water
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• More water for kneading dough
• ¼ cup black and white sesame seeds

Instructions

1. I always proof my yeast. You can skip this step if you choose and add the yeast directly to the flour. To proof the yeast, mix it with the sugar and warm water. Set aside for 5 to 10 minutes till frothy.
2. Put the flours, salt, olive oil and proofed yeast in the bowl of your kneading machine. You may knead the dough by hand too. Knead the dough, adding as much more water as is required to form a dough that is soft and smooth. You want a dough that is somewhat slack, not sticky but should be easy enough to shape. We’re not looking for the slackness of a sourdough.
3. Shape the dough into a ball and place in an oiled bowl, turning it well to coat all over with oil. Cover loosely and allow it to rise till double in volume. This should take about an hour and half depending on ambient temperature.
4. Gently knead to deflate the dough. Divide the dough into two pieces – 1/3rd and 2/3rd approximately in size. Shape the larger portion into a nice, smooth and tight ball. Using your fingers, flatten the smaller portion into a flat circle that is big enough to wrap around the larger ball of dough. Do not make this circle too thin or too thick.
5. Spread the sesame seeds uniformly on a flat plate. Lightly brush the surface of the circle of dough with some oil. This is to keep separation between the dough while scoring. Take the larger ball of dough. Dampen the top and sides of it with a little water. Then roll it in sesame seeds so they uniformly and closely coat the surface.
6. Now gently place this ball, sesame seed surface facing down, in the center of the circle of dough. Bring up the sides of the circle together and seal well so the dough has enclosed the ball completely.
7. Place the dough ball on a lightly greased parchment covered baking tray with the seam sides down. Cover loosely and let it rise for 30 to 45 minutes till puffy. Do not let it over proof.
8. Lightly dust the surface of the dough with flour. Using a piece of string/ twine, mark the surface into six or eight equally spaced spokes, like in a wheel. Using a blade or lame, score firmly and smoothly along each marked spoke, from the center down to the sides. Cut deep enough to reach the sesame seed layer but not beyond. Make sure the scoring cuts are neat and separated. The oil and sesame seeds will ensure that layers separate on baking.
9. You should now be able to see the sesame seed layer through the cuts. Bake the bread at 210C (410F) for about 30 to 40 minutes till the “leaves/ petals” have separated and opened up, the bread is a beautiful brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
10. Let it cool completely. The outer layers should be crisp while the bread itself will be soft. Serve any way you prefer.

Je n'ai pas encore goûté, mais je ne suis pas fan de la recette. Pas de mesure de sel ni d'eau, ça ne facilite pas la mise en place. Par contre, il est beau pour une première. Il me reste à pratiquer pour avoir quelque chose qui a de l'allure.

Thanks! It was taught Grandmother to grandkids for generations..here is the recipe written out. Enjoy! (From a Facebook post to my family..so its written as it's for beginners, so you can ignore the basics part of it )

5 Pounds flour a bag of All Purpose is just fine. Have a bit extra on hand (perhaps up to three cups more) if the dough needs to be 'tightened up' later A "three packet" of dry active yeast it comes with three small packets attached, you'll use all three at once. 6 Cups of water at 100-110 degrees F don't go hotter or you'll kill the yeast Four Tablespoons salt (fine ground like Kosher is best) 1.5 Cups Canola Oil

NO milk, no sugar.. Keep it to those 5 ingredients.

Other things you'll need • Very large bowl-- it's going to hold five loaves of bread's worth of dough.. I vastly prefer metal • Cutting board-- extra flour for "dusting" if needed • Non Serrated chef's knife • Four to five pans, metal nonstick pie tins are great, you can use loaf pans as well-- it's up to you • More Oil- about a half cup- for the pans to keep the bread from sticking • Plastic wrap and non stick spray • A very light blanket.

To make

Start with 2 cups of the tepid water Add all of the yeast Whisk it as you are adding the yeast, set aside for three minutes to let the yeast "Bloom"

Pour the flour in a very large bowl, add the salt Add the first two cups of tepid water with the yeast in it.. It'll small "yeasty" and that's good

Add another two coups of tepid water to the bowl and begin to mix (that's 4 cups of water to this point)

Knead dough by hand, use your hands for all of this. You'll learn the feel of it after a few attempts.

The dough will be, at this point, really sticky. Work the water and flour together. Work to turn the dough over now and then as you'll see the flour will try to stay on the bottom of the bowl for a while so keep rotating it and kneading.

The dough will eventually start to come together, of the two remaining cups of tepid water put one in.. At this time add the 1.5 cups of oil. The bread will immediately begin to feel "squishy" (that's a technical term you know…) and it'll actually start to smell like bread. If it's too firm add the water by one quarter cup increments, you might not need to add that last cup of water. Usually I use part of it but rarely all of it. If the dough is still really, really sticky then add some of the extra flour-- half a cup at a time.

What you are going for is a dough ball that feels fairly smooth, it should still be warm from the water you added. If it's too stiff add more water, and if it's too sticky and loose add a bit of flour as described above.

You should be ab le to pull the whole dough ball up out of the bowl without it sticking too much.

Once the doughball has come together put it back in the bowl, first putting about a tablespoon of oil in the bottom to prevent sticking.. Move the bowl around to let the oil run in different directions to cover the bottom.

Once the doughball is in the bowl, cover it with plastic wrap but you must spray it first with the nonstick spray, the plastic and the top of the doughball.

Now, put the dough in a warm humid place if you can find it until the doughball doubles in size. A great trick is to boil a few cups of water in the microwave and when it's done put the bowl in the microwave, it'll be humid and warm-- obviously do not turn it on for any reason..

In about 45 minutes.. (depending on weather conditions, ingredients etc..)

After the dough rises to twice it's size, take the plastic off and kneed the bread. Mostly using a slow motion "punching" movement. Turn the dough a few times during the process. You should hear the bubbles pop a few times, it'll sound like quiet squeaking. As the bubbles work out of the bread it'll get smaller and a bit more dense. Once again cover it back up with the plastic after spraying and put it in the warm and humid environment you used previously.

After about 30 to 40 minutes…

Take the bread out, kneed it again. Now take the pans you have, ensure they have a think coating of oil on the bottom and cut fifth of the bread out and roll it into a ball a bit larger than a Baseball. If yo u wish to use the cutting board to roll it out by all means do, I simply hold the loaf size dough ball and fold it a few times each time folding it towards what will become the bottom, to create a seam on one side and a smooth side. Place them seam side down in the middle of the pans. Put one cut in the middle of each loaf cutting about half way down to the bottom.. This will control how the dough opens up.

Allow the loaves to rise for about 20 more minutes and put into a 350 degree oven for about 25 minutes, you may need to rotate where they are in the oven for even baking. Frequently I'll add a few minutes to the end to take them out of their pans and flip them over so the bottom of the bread can brown as well.

When the bread is golden brown, remove from the oven and if you can put them on a cooling rack. You can eat them just about immediately, they are fantastic with butter, great to go with soup, or just toast.

Ingredients

• 6 Cups Bread Flour
• 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 3 Teaspoons Salt
• ⅔ Cup Oil, plus 2 tablespoons
• 2¼ Cups Boiling Water

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl of a standing mixer, add the flour, salt, baking powder and oil.
2. Using a dough hook, turn the mixer onto low speed, never high and mix until the mixture comes together and looks like moon sand or barely wet sand. You can squeeze it in your hand and it holds together.
3. Add the boiling water, about 1/2 cup at a time with the mixer on low speed. Run, adding water as you go until the dough comes together. Allow the mixer to run for another 2-4 minutes until the dough is satiny.
4. Very lightly flour the work surface and pinch off balls of dough smaller than the palm of your hand.
5. Holding the ball in your palm, use your other hand to pinch the dough into the center over and over as you form a rounded side against your hand and flat side where you are pinching.
6. Place all of the dough in your bowl and cover with a warm, damp paper towel or place a lid on the bowl. Allow to rest for 10-15 minutes.
7. Heat a griddle to medium heat.
8. Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the dough balls one at a time with a rolling pin.
9. Cook the tortilla on the hot pan until bubbles grow large, flip over and cook again until light browning shows.
10. Remove from heat and serve

Ingredients

Tangzhong

• 50gm （1/3 cup) bread flour
• 250ml （1cup water, could be replaced by milk, or 50/50 water and milk)

Bread

• 350gm (2½ cups) bread flour
• 55gm (3 Tbsp+2 tsp) caster sugar
• 5gm (1 tsp) salt
• 56gm egg (equals to 1 large egg)
• 7gm (1Tbsp +1 tsp) milk powder (to increase fragrance, optional)
• 125ml (½ cup) milk
• 120gm tangzhong (use half of the tangzhong you make from above)
• 5 to 6gm (2 tsp) instant yeast
• 30gm (3 Tbsp) butter (cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature)

Fillings

• bacon, to taste
• cheese, to taste

Instructions

Tangzhong

1. Mix flour in water well without any lumps. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring consistently with a wooden spoon, whisk or spatula to prevent burning and sticking while you cook along the way.
2. The mixture becomes thicker and thicker. Once you notice some “lines” appear in the mixture for every stir you make with the spoon. It’s done. You get the tangzhong. (Some people might like to use a thermometer to check the temperature. After a few trials, I found this simple method works every time.) Remove from heat.
3. Transfer into a clean bowl. Cover with a cling wrap sticking onto the surface of tangzhong to prevent from drying up. Let cool. The tangzhong can be used straight away once it cools down to room temperature. Just measure out the amount you need. The leftover tangzhong can be stored in fridge up to a few days as long as it doesn't turn grey. If so, you need to discard and cook some more. (Note: The chilled tangzhong should return to room temperature before adding into other ingredients. )

Bread

1. Combine all dry ingredients: flour, salt, sugar and instant yeast in a bowl. Make a well in the center. Whisk and combine all wet ingredients: milk, egg and tangzhong, then add into the well of the dry ingredients. Knead until you get a dough shape and gluten has developed, then knead in the butter. Mind you, it’d be quite messy at this stage (That's why I used a bread maker). Keep kneading until the dough is smooth, not sticky and elastic. To test if the dough is ready, you might stretch the dough. If it forms a thin “membrane”, it’s done. The time of kneading all depends on how hard and fast you knead. (Note: I use bread maker to do this hardest part and messy job for me. I added the wet ingredients into my bread maker first, then followed by the dry ingredients. The yeast is the last to add.)
2. Knead the dough into a ball shape. Place in a greased bowl and cover with a wet towel or cling wrap. Let it proof till it's doubled in size, about 40 minutes (Note: the time will vary and depends on the weather. The best temperature for proofing is 28C. I still used my bread maker in this stage. And my bread maker has a heater.)
3. Transfer to a clean floured surface. Deflate and divide the dough into four equal portions. Knead into ball shapes. Cover with cling wrap, let rest for 15 minutes.
4. Roll out each portion of the dough with a rolling pin into an oval shape. Sprinkle bacon and cheese evenly as much as you like. Roll from the upper, shorter end down to the bottom (as picture shown). Flatten the dough with your rolling pin. Then roll once again. The seals face down.
5. Arrange the rolled-up dough in a greased or non-stick loaf tin (as picture shown). Leave it for the 2nd round of proofing, about 40 minutes, or until the dough rises up to 3/4 of the height of the tin inside.
6. Brush whisked egg on surface. Bake in a pre-heated 180C (356F) oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and tin. Transfer onto a wire rack and let cool completely. Slice to serve or place in an airtight plastic bag or container once it's thoroughly cooled.

Ingredients

• ¾ cup raisins, tossed in 1 Tbsp. flour
• 3 cups unbleached flour
• 1 cup brewed coffee, warm (not hot)
• 1 Tbsp./Packet Red Star Platinum yeast (7g)
• 3 Tbsp. canola oil
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1-½ tsp. salt
• 3 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ¼ tsp. ground allspice
• ¼ tsp. ground cloves

Instructions

1. Toss raisins with 1 tablespoon flour; set aside.
2. Combine coffee and yeast in EZ DOH bucket and stir.
3. Rest for 1-2 minutes.
4. Add 1 cup of flour, then remaining ingredients.
5. EZ DOH-it for 2-3 minutes, until dough is smooth.
6. Remove dough from bucket, spray bucket with cooking spray and return dough to bucket.
7. Cover and let rise until doubled.
8. Preheat oven to 375.
9. Roll dough out into rectangle, then roll up and tuck in ends.
10. Place in 8 ½ x 4” loaf pan.
11. Cover and let rise until doubled.
12. Bake 30-35 minutes, until golden on top and loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
13. Remove from pan and let cool on rack.
14. Drizzle with confectioners icing, if desired.

C'est bon mais ce n'est pas mon préféré. Par contre, ça a fait fureur à la maison. Je sens que je vais devoir en refaire :).

• Les bases de la courtepointe à la machine - Courtepointe Claire
• Méthode Réversible - Courtepointe Claire
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• Pointes Folles - Courtepointe Claire
• Rag Quilt - Courtepointe Claire
• Patron Courtepointe Méli Mélo
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Remove the screen from the Window Frame.

• Lie the Window Screen flat on a table or another hard surface
• Use a pick (or another small pointy object) to pull the Spline cord out of the frame
• Slowly and carefully pull the Screen mesh away from the Frame
• Take new Screen Tab and clip it into the existing Frame
• Gently push the Screen & Spline back into place in the Frame of the Window Screen
• Use a roller to tuck everything tightly back into the Frame
• Make sure you get the Screen Mesh in tight around the new Screen Tab, so that you don't pull it out when you reinstall the Screen into the Window Frame

Notes

1. j'ai utilisé un pic à bigorneaux pour soulever la corde de maintien.
2. j'ai utilisé le côté arrondi d'un pic à brochette pour remettre la corde de maintien.
3. sur mes moustiquaires, je n'ai pas besoin de soulever le tissu de la moustiquaire.

Ingrédients

• 2 rouleaux de pâte feuilletée(ou brisée si vous préférez)
• 6 œufs
• 300g viande de porc haché
• 200g viande de veau haché
• 1échalote
• 50g chapelure
• 1 cuillère à soupe de Cognac
• ½ cuillère à café de noix de muscade
• ½ bouquet de persil
• Sel
• Poivre

Instructions

1. Écalez 4 œufs durs (10 minutes de cuisson). Hachez une échalote. Lavez et ciselez le persil.
2. Dans un saladier, mélangez les 2 viandes, 1 œuf battu en omelette, le persil, l’échalote, la chapelure, le cognac et la muscade. Salez, poivrez.
3. Déroulez 1 des rouleaux de pâte feuilletée. Déposez-le dans un moule spécial "pâté en croûte" (recouvert de papier sulfurisé). Étalez la moitié du hachis de viande sur l’abaisse de pâte. Formez des creux à intervalles réguliers. Déposez dans la farce les 4 œufs durs en les enfonçant légèrement. Recouvrez avec le hachis de viande restant.
4. Séparez le blanc du jaune du dernier œuf. Badigeonnez le bord de la pâte avec le jaune dilué dans un peu d’eau. Refermez le tout avec le second rouleau de pâte feuilletée en soudant les bords et dorez à l'oeuf.
5. Avec la pointe d’un couteau, faites 3 cheminées (avec des petits cartons roulés) dans la pâte feuilletée pour laisser s’échapper la vapeur pendant la cuisson. Enfournez 20 min à 180 °C (th. 6) et 30 min à 150 °C (th. 5).

Ingredients

• 1 ¾ teaspoons instant yeast
• 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 oz sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (170 gr)
• 3 large jalapeños (seeds and ribs removed), finely chopped
• 1 cup water water (100-110°F / 38-43°C)
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature (divided)

Instructions

1. Add the yeast, flour, sugar, salt, cheese and jalapenos to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Beat briefly on low speed to combine. In a measuring cup, whisk the water, oil and 1 of the eggs together until combined. With the mixer on low, slowly add the wet ingredients and continue mixing until the dough comes together (you may need to scrape down the bowl once or twice). The dough should clear the sides of the bowl and cling to the bottom - you may need to add a little flour or water to achieve the right consistency (every time I've made this recipe I've needed to add 2-4 tablespoons of flour). Knead the dough on low speed for about 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic.
2. Spray a large bowl with nonstick cooking spray. Shape the dough into a ball and place in the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise for 75-90 minutes, or until doubled in size.
3. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
4. Transfer the dough to your work surface and divide in half. Divide each of the two pieces into 4 or 5 equal pieces, depending on whether you want oversized or more traditional rolls. Shape each piece of dough into a ball and place on the prepared baking sheet, then flatten slightly with the palm of your hand. Space the rolls about 1/2 to 1-inch apart - you want the edges to bake together in the oven.
5. Cover the pan with a damp towel, and allow the rolls to rise for 35 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk the remaining egg with 1 tablespoon of water to make egg wash. Brush the rolls with the egg wash. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the tops of the rolls are deep golden brown.
6. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the rolls cool for at least 15 minutes. Store in a resealable plastic bag at room temperature, or wrap tightly and freeze.

Ingrédients

• 1 litre de café fort
• 2 litres de lait
• 200 grammes de cacao sucré
• 1 pincée de cannelle moulue

Instructions

1. Mettre tous les ingrédients dans un contenant.
2. Mettre le contenant au réfrigérateur pendant 1 nuit.
3. Mélanger.
4. Servir.

Malgré la recette, le résultat ne ressemble pas du tout à ce que j'ai bu sur place. Probablement des ingrédients trop différents. Ma réalisation ne goûtait pas le café mais plutôt le cacao.
Il va falloir y retourner pour étudier leur façon de faire :)

Ingrédients

• 2 tasses de riz lavé
• 1 litre de lait entier
• 1 boîte de lait concentré
• 1 tasse de lait en poudre
• 2 bâtons de cannelle
• 6 clous de girofle
• 1 cuillère à soupe de beurre (facultatif)
• 1 ½ tasse de sucre
• 1 pincée de sel
• Cannelle en poudre au goût

Instructions

1. Passer le riz à l'eau claire, le filtrer et le placer dans une casserole.
2. Cuire le riz avec 2 ½ tasses d'eau et une pincée de sel
3. Lorsque le liquide a réduit, ajouter le lait entier, les clous de girofle et la cannelle entière.
4. La cuisson dure environ 20 à 30 minutes. Il est important de remuer avec une palette en bois de temps en temps pour éviter qu'il ne colle au fond de la casserole.
5. Lorsque la préparation est presque prête, ajouter la tasse de sucre, 1 cuillère à soupe de beurre et le lait concentré.
6. Remuez bien et laissez cuire encore cinq minutes.
7. Enfin, ajouter la tasse de lait en poudre, remuer pendant quelques minutes et éteindre.
8. Une fois la préparation terminée, servez-la et décorez-la de cannelle en poudre.

Although a traditional ¼-yard cut and a fat-quarter cut contain the same amount of fabric, they differ in shape. A traditional ¼-yard cut measures 9×42". A fat quarter is cut crosswise from a ½-yard piece of fabric-an 18×44" rectangle cut in half to yield an 18×21" "fat" ¼-yard piece.

Parce que je ne vais pas faire ça tous les jours et que je vais oublier sinon.

1. Marquer le milieu de la porte.
2. Tracer une verticale passant par le milieu lorsque la porte est en position fermée (pour être sur que la chatière puisse s'ouvrir sans frottement une fois installée).
3. Enlever la porte et la poser à plat.
4. Mettre du ruban adhésif pour la peinture sur les deux faces de la porte à l'endroit de la chatière.
5. Tracer la découpe à effectuer.
6. Marquer la découpe à effectuer avec une lame.
7. Percer un trou pour laisser passer une lame de scie sauteuse.
8. Faire la découpe à la scie sauteuse en suivant la marque.

Note : sans scie sauteuse, il faut s'arranger avec des scies, des limes ou tout autre outil permettant d'enlever la section de la porte.