Author: Dean (Dough Your Own Way)
I’ve been experimenting with sourdough for a while now. As much as I’ve always loved the taste of store-bought and bakery sourdough products, I’ve never been able to convince my wife. I’m still failing with that on the homebaking front when it comes to sourdough bread… but I don’t like being beaten so I’ve been reading a lot of recipes and doing a bit of trial and error tests to see to what extent sourdough could be used in sweeter dishes which has led to these amazing brownies!I’d never really thought of using sourdough in sweet dishes until joining a…
If you weren’t a darts fan before December, you will be now. It’s been a crazy few weeks in the sport from big guns being knocked out in the early rounds, coupled with the rise of 16 year old Luke Littler producing some world class performances to reach tonight’s final.There was only ever going to be one finish for this week’s pizza of the week – a Dartboard pizza. Inspiration This one is pretty obvious. It’s long been a tradition in my house to get cosy on the couch and religiously watch the darts each night right through to the final…
Chicken Pakoras are a staple whenever we order in a takeaway whether that be from an Indian, or the Scottish Chip Shop take on the dish. It doesn’t matter what I’m ordering in as the main event, I always need some pakora as a starter or as a wee chaser to go with my pizza or fish supper.This recipe leans more towards Indian style pakoras and they are lovely, crisp and fragrant with the added touch of freshly grated ginger.From start to finish this dish can be on your plate within the hour and I like to serve up with…
It’s not an overreaction to say that roast potatoes will either make or break a roast dinner. Meat can be cooked to perfection but if these accompaniments aren’t right, you’re guaranteed to feel totally underwhelmed.The perfect roast potato needs to be golden and visibly crispy on the outside, all the while retaining a fluffy centre. This recipe will give you just that!This recipe was given to me by my wife. She got it from her Irish father, and it had reached him after being handed down from generation to generation. My wife now modestly proclaims that her roast potatoes are…
Hear me out on this. I know some of you will be thinking, “How can you get a cheeseboard on a pizza?”. You also might be looking at the photo thinking, “Nope, definitely not for me”. Just trust me it’s worth reading on.The minute we’ve got November in the rear view mirror and it’s December, it’s well and truly Christmas time in our household. In truth, the Christmas tree has probably been up at least a couple of weeks if my wife has had an opportunity. My focus turns to CHEESEBOARDS. How do you even think of that? Well, why not?…
There are so many choices on the sauce front the days. It’s not unusual to find barbeque or curry sauce options on takeaway menus on top of the traditional plain tomato that we know and came to love. Most of the other options would leave the Italians scowling, but the choice is yours!Within this post I’ll be explaining how to make the more traditional options – a tomato base and a white sauce base. The even better news? They’re both so quick to make and involve absolutely no cooking whatsoever! Tomato Sauce 1. Keeping it simple – a tin of…
One of best things out winter and Christmas time for me is getting a massive selection of spiced biscuits and cookies in supermarkets. It was a flavour combination I hadn’t experienced before until I was approaching the end of Primary school and one of the German supermarkets which we are all too familiar with now, opened up in my hometown.I had never been in a supermarket laid out this way before and was filled with excitement and intrigue at the products on offer which I had never experienced before. One of these was ‘Speculoo’ biscuits and I have absolutely loved…
In contrast to my beer pizza dough previously posted, planning is the key to this recipe being a success. You need to start the dough making process at least a day in advance, if you have 2 days then that’s even better.Don’t be put off by the duration and don’t mistake the long process as a complicated process, it’s not. It’s a pretty simple recipe involving just 2 stages – the poolish and the final dough.With a bit of patience and manual labour, you’ll reap the rewards with a great tasting pizza with a fantastic texture. It will be thin,…
If you’re looking for a recipe you can rely on for a spontaneous pizza night, this is it. You can kick off making the dough late morning and be ready to bake in the evening.It took some experimenting but after a couple of months of owning my pizza oven, I had finally crafted a recipe which I felt comfortable with and one which remained simple, but so tasty.After unsuccessfully trying practically every “quick and easy” pizza dough recipe online in hope that it was possible to take some shortcuts, I soon found out that this just led to subpar pizzas…
I have such fond memories of shortbread as a child visiting my Granny – memories that have continued on as tradition to this day. The only difference is over the years there has been an increase in the flavour offerings available in shops, so we have gone from simple and plain shortbread fingers to what is now one of my favourites, all butter sultana shortbread. After playing around with different butter and flour ratios, I’ve now got the recipe to place I’m really happy with. And the family are delighted too, we have to keep them out of sight of my…
