I needed to use up some buttermilk and decided to make cornbread. I wanted to try a recipe that uses no all-purpose flour. The recipe resulted in a pretty loose batter.
I baked the cornbread in the skillet and pulled this pleasing result out of the oven.
I then attempted to follow the directions to remove the cornbread from the pan immediately. I flipped it over onto my rack. The middle came right out but the edge stayed. This is what the mess looked like when I tried to put it back in the pan.
To be clear, the failure was entirely mine. I will try again with a slightly denser batter and see if I can get it out in one piece.
I made candied ginger a few years ago. It's not something I would do every day but I had a lot of fun doing it. I recently acquired a pressure cooker and it inspired an interesting idea to me: why not make candied ginger in the pressure cooker? It should be very soft and flavorful. Here is the result. I peeled two large ginger roots, cut them into small cubes, and put them in the pressure cooker with heavily sugared water. The traditional method first boils the ginger in plain water to soften it and then again in sugar water to candy it. The resulting candy was very tender but still with the characteristic ginger texture. It was also sweet without being overpowering. The traditional method leaves a lot of sugar crystallized around the ginger. The pressure cooker gives a much more subtle result. The ginger stays moist even after it cools but you can dry it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. That inspired me to dip it in chocolate. While I was in the b...
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