Baking – Nathan in the kitchen

Tarte tatin with homemade puff pastry

It was incredibly depressing to open the fridge at the supermarket and reach past the premade puff pastry, to get the butter for my homemade version. Especially when pretty much every chef/expert/blogger anywhere says the premade stuff is just as good. I’m sure they’re right, but I wanted to give it a shot. Just soContinue reading “Tarte tatin with homemade puff pastry”

Orange and pistachio polenta cake

I first saw this cake when I was picking up some lunch from a Lebanese place near work. Usually I’m a chocolate cake fiend but I was fully taken-in by the bright green pistachios (do I even like pistachios?) dancing around on the icing. I went home and found a recipe from the fantastic TheContinue reading “Orange and pistachio polenta cake”