My absolute favourite alcohol to bake with is bourbon. There are so many different types of bourbon available; read about the ingredients, read reviews about the flavours and have fun adding it to your bakes.  I have made various baked treats over the past few years incorporating bourbon. In my personal opinion , the extra…

If you want a pastry for dessert, a fruit galette is your fastest way to get there. The pastry is very easy to make, and then you can just roll out the dough, add chopped fruit or berries, bake, and voilà, dessert is made! A slightly richer and more elegant version can be made if…

This is perhaps my favourite pastry. It is very quick to make, and let’s say almost foolproof (!). It takes longer to assemble the equipment on the counter and get the ingredients from the cupboard than it takes to make this pastry. I teach this recipe in a course called “flaky pastry”. All types of…

This is a very unusual pastry. I have never seen a recipe like this one. It contains sour cream, eggs, and yeast, of all things. Who every heard of pastry with yeast? My mother has it written out on a recipe card, in Russian, and it is the one she uses for koulibiaka, a very…