These Chinese Chive Pies or Pockets 韭菜盒子 have a very crispy exterior but really chewy dough inside. It's filled with a mix of chives (of course), veggies, and vermicelli noodles! They're wrapped in homemade wrappers and I really think freshly made dough makes a BIG DIFFERENCE. Freshly made wrappers from homemade dough turn out so much chewier, they also don't easily break apart when you fill them with your choice of veggies and noodles.
How to Make perfect Latkes your bubbie would love! Tips and tricks to make crisp latkes, plus a spiced cardamom applesauce to go with them.
An easy, impressive recipe for restaurant-quality fondant potatoes made with just five staple ingredients.
Adapted from Food52, these pancakes are simple to throw together and make delicious use of an abundance of cabbage. I use 4 times the amount of cabbage called for in the original recipe (8 cups as opposed to 2), and I omit the shrimp, though I imagine the addition of shrimp would be very tasty. I like to serve these with a soy dipping sauce (as opposed to a mayonnaise-based one). The one below is one I've been using for years, but feel free to use your own.
What is a kolache? The Lone Star State loves this pillowy, fruit-filled treat brought over to rural Texas by Czech settlers during the mid-to-late 1800s. Here's where to get your fix.
One simple batter turns into a 3 layered cake with a top layer of sponge, a middle layer of custard and a fudge-like base. It's like....magic! Adapted from Magic Cake by Jo Cooks.
Melt-in-your-mouth tender beef meatballs poached in a sweet and spicy coconut curry sauce and served with a drizzle of creamy mascarpone. They will blow your mind for only 15 minutes of hands-on prep!
These potstickers are stuffed with a flavorful spicy chicken filling and baked entirely on a sheet pan instead of frying for easy cleanup! Pair these spicy chicken potstickers with a ginger dipping sauce for an incredible appetizer or side dish.
This easy to throw together little cake is custardy, thick and creamy with no sugar added for a low carb dessert option. This is awesome because it’s flourless and refined sugar free and ONLY 3 ingredients. You can use tapioca flour, arrowroot powder or corn starch as the thickening agent. The Greek yogurt gives it […]
Notes: Fillo (or phyllo) comes in all shapes and sizes these days. The variety I can find, Athens brand, weighs 1 pound and contains two 8-oz bags of 20 sheets each measuring 9 x 14-inches. If your fillo comes in the larger sheets, cut it in half so that it’s roughly 9 x 14-inches. After you cut it, gently roll it up and place it in a ziploc bag.
Pan-fried Kimchi Dumplings Recipe! This kimchi dumplings recipe is inspired from Shengjian Bao which is a very signature dumpling from Shanghai, China!
The cake's texture is soft and creamy, while the taste is rich and tangy, with a subtle sweetness that is perfectly balanced
From the simplest to more sophisticated versions, this guide offers six inspiring dumpling sauces which will take your dumpling dishes to another level.
Pancakes filled with a mix of scrambled tofu and veggies! These Chinese-Style Savoury Stuffed Breakfast Pancakes are wrapped in homemade dough and pan-fried. These can be made beforehand and stored to be enjoyed anytime!
Okonomiyaki are Japanese savoury pancakes packed with flavour and SO easy to make! Ready in less than 30 minutes, these 'as you like it' pancakes are sure to be the new family favourite.
This egg-free recipe for Polish vanilla cookies, or ciasteczka waniliowe, is made with ground walnuts and vanilla bean. It's a perfect Christmas cookie.
If you want this delicate custard wrapped up by layers of thin, crunchy phyllo bathed in delicious, succulent syrup, you should make galaktoboureko, the famous Greek custard pie.
Arayes are a classic middle eastern street food. Pita bread, stuffed with spiced ground beef and grilled (or baked) to perfection. Enjoy them with a yogurt or tahini dipping sauce as a lunch or light dinner! They are quick and perfect for using up some ground beef.
These pierogi with potato and sauerkraut are deliciously savory with a bit of a tangy bite, and the perfect European comfort food!
Our Arabic Flavor recipe for the month of September was Mamounia, a wonderful Syrian dessert that comes from the city of Aleppo. Mamounia is a smooth and velvety semolina pudding that is usually …
Yema are Filipino candies made with a custard center covered with a caramel shell
Chapati Flatbread - An easy flatbread recipe made from just 3 simple ingredients. Also known as roti, this flatbread is popular across India, East Africa, and more.
Crispy chicken breasts are coated in a sharp preserved lemon sauce in this flavour-packed dish from the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen team. As seen on James Martin's Saturday Morning.
If you are not Greek and you have no idea what Bougatsa is, you can read a description here. For this post, I write 'Bougatsa' with inverted commas because this is not ACTUALLY 'Bougatsa' but my fa...
Grammy's Nalesniki (Polish Crepes): Nalesniki (nah-lesh-NEE-kee) are thin crepe-like pancakes filled with various fruit or sweet fillings. When filled with a cottage cheese filling, they are often called blintzes.Don't be crushed if you can't get your Nalesniki to look picture perfect…
Does anybody else remember when Fig Newtons were considered a healthy snack, probably because they contained dried fruit? I remember not liking that my mom bought them instead of Oreo cookies, at least until I tasted them — and then I was converted. Here’s my homemade version with a sunny apricot-and-orange filling, all enveloped in a soft cookie dough.
An authentic recipe for Persian Saffron Chicken with Barberry Rice! This is such an amazing combo of flavors and spices!
Plain old custard pie? Well, this recipe may be old (as in classic, treasured, revered), but it's hardly "plain" — unless your definition of plain is a rich/tender filling of cream, eggs, and vanilla, with a hint of nutmeg, nestled in a buttery crust. It's just plain good!
These fresh and tasty chicken wraps make for a tasty lunch!
Adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi's recipe featured in Jerusalem: A CookbookSuper smooth and creamy, rich in tahini.
A traditional Canadian comfort food is re-invented with the addition of the cheesy Welsh Rarebit sauce from across the pond.
Recipe video above. The dough for this recipe is ridiculously easy to make with only a minute or two of kneading. The bread is soft and pliable so it's perfect for using as a wrap, stuffed with whatever takes your fancy. It's also a great make ahead recipe - the dough keeps for around 3 days. See NOTES for substitutions, including using GLUTEN FREE flour. 30 minute resting time. Recipe VIDEO below.
This sweet, creamy, caramel-y cake is the perfect dessert for those nights where nothing but the most heavenly dessert will do.
These dumplings are formed into little “purses” and are filled with a simple yet flavorful filling of ground pork, chives, cabbage and ginger. They are like an “almost but not quite” version of Chinese sheng jian bao - juicy, but not to the level of the pan-fried soup dumplings.
Yogurt Flatbreads. A quick easy recipe for light, fluffy delicious flatbreads using 2 basic ingredients, that you can make in mere minutes.
Poppy seeds add a fun and unexpected crunch to these crepes topped with tangy lemon curd and creamy ricotta cheese.
The power trio of butter, kimchi, and gochujang produces an umami ballad so beautiful in this udon recipe, you'll want to play it over and over again.
Mary Berry's vegetarian version of an en croûte is packed with spinach and mushroom and would be the perfect alternative to a nut roast this Christmas.
Japanese cabbage pancakes, or okonomiyaki, are an easy and delicious appetizer or side dish, made with fresh cabbage and scallions.
This chicken balti recipe is a chicken curry recipe that screams of its home town, Birmingham in the UK and it is a recipe that gives me a true taste of home!
