TWD - Rugelach with Four Fillings

 This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Rugelach with Four Fillings. I made a half batch with one filling.

I chose the cream cheese, apricot ham and chocolate chip filling.

I found the dough a little challenging to work with, but the resulting biscuits are delicious.

To see what everyone else made and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website. 

Merry Christmas to all!

TWD - Orange Spice Cake

This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Orange Spice Cake. This cake is made in an unusual fashion by adding eggs to fragrant orange sugar, and adding melted butter after that.

There is an optional marmalade glaze - who am I kidding, a glaze is not optional! It makes the cake pretty and shiny and adds moisture and flavour.

I really love the crusty outside of this cake - like a yummy biscuit.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.
 

TWD - Maple Walnut Tart

 

This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Maple Walnut Tart.

I couldn’t be bothered trying to make pastry in the heat, so I filled a store bought pie crust with the filling.

It turned out beautifully- such a delicious tart, even my mum liked it.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Tarte Tatin

 This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Tarte Tatin. Dorie makes this version with tart dough rather than puff pastry.

This dessert was tasty, but I found that the caramel made the pastry a bit soggy by the time I came to eat it. I think that puff pastry holds up better.

It is very hot weather here, so working with pastry is challenging.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Apple Galette

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Apple Galette. This simple free form fruit tart is the epitome of delicious. 

A flaky, crispy galette dough encases delicious sliced apples sitting on a bed of apple sauce. The apples are glazed with honey post- bake.

I didn’t make my own apple sauce - I just used the jarred variety. I used Granny Smith apples in the filling.

I really enjoyed this scrumptious tart - the pastry was lighter and crispier than apple pie dough, and was the perfect vehicle for the juicy sliced apples.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Morning Bundt Cake

This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Morning Bundt Cake. It is so called because it contains lots of breakfast ingredients - muesli, yoghurt, orange juice, dried fruit and nuts.

This recipe makes quite a large cake, but it’s big and beautiful. The hot cake is brushed with a citrus juice syrup, which emphasises the orange flavour from the orange chunks and zest in the cake.

I really enjoyed this cake - much more than I thought I would. The tea towel my cake is a displayed on was a gift from a friend’s New Zealnd trip and it is beautiful.

To see what everyone else made this week, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Fig and Goats Cheese Tart

This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Fig and Goat’s Cheese Tart.

You can see there are no figs here - I used one of the alternative fruits suggested by Dorie, pears, as figs are not in season here. I did find imported figs - but 6 figs were going to cost $31!!

This tart comprises a short crust tart shell filled with a goats cheese and yoghurt filling, topped with baked diced pears and fresh diced vinegarised pears.

The filling is delicious and quite versatile - sans the salt and pepper, it would go well with sweet fillings too.

To see what everyone else made this week, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.