no sugar for my sugar: baking help
September 30, 2010 8:17 AM Subscribe
eggs plus love. some anniversary baking help, please?
hi folks. i'd like to bake something for my sweets. we have about 12 farm eggs, all the flour in the world, and we're trying to not have refined sugar (maple syrup and honey are ok) for a bit. i've done the internet search and am not trusting any recipes i find. any suggestions for sweet or even savory baked goods that would be fun to come home to on an anniversary evening?
hi folks. i'd like to bake something for my sweets. we have about 12 farm eggs, all the flour in the world, and we're trying to not have refined sugar (maple syrup and honey are ok) for a bit. i've done the internet search and am not trusting any recipes i find. any suggestions for sweet or even savory baked goods that would be fun to come home to on an anniversary evening?
Popovers! Or their big puffy cousin, Yorkshire pudding.
posted by julthumbscrew at 8:26 AM on September 30, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by julthumbscrew at 8:26 AM on September 30, 2010 [2 favorites]
Frittata! Like a quiche, with no crust! I love when my husband makes one for me. Here's a link to Alton's recipe, but they're easy and a great way to use up what's in the fridge.
posted by Sweetie Darling at 8:45 AM on September 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Sweetie Darling at 8:45 AM on September 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
For my husband's birthday this year (our first year as newlyweds) I made a big breakfast that culled a lot from Orangette (as usual for me): Dutch Baby, Eggs Florentine (so good, so easy), and in our case bacon, chocolate scones (I always make him something chocolate for his birthday because he doesn't eat it normally, long story), and marinated peaches since it was July. It's a shame the Eggs Florentine isn't in those pics, as of all of the dishes I recommend it the most for a special occasion--it's insanely easy but tastes and looks super chic. I know you don't want the scones or whatever but the egg dishes were all tasty and easy.
I'd also suggest maybe this bread, wine, and cheese souffle I described earlier--it is super awesomely tasty, and sophisticated yet pared down flavor-wise like a really good, orthodox bowl of French onion soup tends to be, where you get depth from the wine flavor matching well with the cheese and caramelized and garlicky bits.
And I really agree with popovers (so much fun and really easy) or their united version Yorkshire pudding. Feels fun, tastes insanely rich.
posted by ifjuly at 8:49 AM on September 30, 2010
I'd also suggest maybe this bread, wine, and cheese souffle I described earlier--it is super awesomely tasty, and sophisticated yet pared down flavor-wise like a really good, orthodox bowl of French onion soup tends to be, where you get depth from the wine flavor matching well with the cheese and caramelized and garlicky bits.
And I really agree with popovers (so much fun and really easy) or their united version Yorkshire pudding. Feels fun, tastes insanely rich.
posted by ifjuly at 8:49 AM on September 30, 2010
Oh, looking at that earlier comment reminded me of those open-faced French-style soft-scrambled egg and leek sandwiches. They were amazing too (bad dark pic here). Here's where I learned about them.
posted by ifjuly at 8:59 AM on September 30, 2010
posted by ifjuly at 8:59 AM on September 30, 2010
They don't seem very fancy, but if you made deviled eggs and had fun feeding them to each other, that might be good. And mmmmmm, deviled eggs.
posted by CathyG at 9:16 AM on September 30, 2010
posted by CathyG at 9:16 AM on September 30, 2010
The only reason I would suggest not making deviled eggs is that they smell up the house. A smelly house does not make for a romantic evening.
Actually, my husband and I like to say that the worst insult would be to tell somebody, "you smell like a deviled egg."
posted by smirkyfodder at 9:20 AM on September 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
Actually, my husband and I like to say that the worst insult would be to tell somebody, "you smell like a deviled egg."
posted by smirkyfodder at 9:20 AM on September 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I've never made Japanese Egg Custard at home, but I love it whenever I go to restaurants.
Chawanmushi
posted by spec80 at 9:30 AM on September 30, 2010
Chawanmushi
posted by spec80 at 9:30 AM on September 30, 2010
Best answer: How about crepes? If you stick with the plain crepes recipe, there's no sugar in them, and from there you can fill as you like. You could base a whole dinner around them - first a savory main course where you fill them with whatever (ham and cheese? Eggs, ham and cheese? Eggs and veggies? Veggies and cheese sauce?), then a dessert course where you could use a fruit filling (sauteed apples in butter, with a hit of Calvados [apple brandy] or cognac, or honey...)
If you haven't made crepes before - they really aren't that hard. You'll screw up the first couple you make, but one batch of batter makes plenty. They are a greay way to make simple things seem fancy and elegant.
posted by dnash at 9:31 AM on September 30, 2010 [3 favorites]
If you haven't made crepes before - they really aren't that hard. You'll screw up the first couple you make, but one batch of batter makes plenty. They are a greay way to make simple things seem fancy and elegant.
posted by dnash at 9:31 AM on September 30, 2010 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: these are all amazing ideas. i never heard of yorkshire pudding before (although i was vegan for 10 years!)!. right now i'm leaning towards crepes because we have a lot of farm veggies that i can cook up to fill them with. any suggestions for desserts? thank you again!
posted by anya32 at 11:27 AM on September 30, 2010
posted by anya32 at 11:27 AM on September 30, 2010
oooh, maple egg custards would be delicious! Aside from the burnt sugar topping, which you can leave off if you're not interested, there's a faint dotted line in recipe searches between "maple egg custard" and "maple creme brulee" in which the custards tend to be lower-fat, while the creme brulee is full of rich cream.
posted by aimedwander at 1:17 PM on September 30, 2010
posted by aimedwander at 1:17 PM on September 30, 2010
Response by poster: maple cookies and chawanmushi sound amazing! the fritatta and quiche ideas are great and that's what we often have for sunday brunch so the other ideas were new to me.
posted by anya32 at 11:49 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by anya32 at 11:49 AM on October 5, 2010
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posted by rebekah at 8:23 AM on September 30, 2010 [1 favorite]