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Matching a cookie to my choco-coconut sorbet
How about a plain, thin sablee whose edges are rolled in demerara sugar? Or maybe a macadamia nut shortbread, or an almond biscotti? I’m cooking my way through Dorie Greenspan’s latest baking book, and her recipes are...
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Travel Cocktail Kit
(amarena or maraschino). and a small ziploc of demerara sugar.
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Dessert Wine With Coconut Rum Flan?
Gosh, that is a challenge. Would you (or your host) be averse to serving a well-aged dark rum? Maybe a demerara from Guyana; or there are some lovely smaller batches from Antigua. I don’t know if you’ll be able to...
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[DFW] Pastry tasting at DoughMonkey on 1/29/05
I’ve put up a report (with photos) on the DoughMonkey pastry tasting at the link below. As soon as we arrived, Rhonda Ruckman and the DoughMonkey crew gave us each a cup of Valrhona hot chocolate, with a touch of Demerara...
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Guyanese Rum
all over the Caribbean, natch). This time under this brand name they had a 10yr old aged in oak rum from Demerara, Guyana. WOW! This is a revelation from the heavens above. Drunk neat @ room temp. it is like nothing I’ve...
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Best all-purpose dark rum?
in a tail - A dark rum like Goslings, Pussers, Lemon Hart Demerara, or Meyers for punches and the like
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Cuban coffee- how to get in US outside of south Florida...
a shop to actually put sugar in the portafilter with the coffee, then you’re set. However, most shops don’t do this because it fouls up the equipment. Try ordering a straight espresso, and add demerara...
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Pegu Club Favorites
I haven’t had it yet, but love the sound of the Holy Roller—pecan infused bourbon and demerara simple syrup. Also relevant to note is their earl grey “marteani”, don’t know if they’re still...
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Just Found: Wonderful Banana Bread
A recipe that looks kind of similar is the “Banana Coconut Bread for Pam” in the Home Baking book by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. It uses butter and rum, also. Except that it uses unsweetened coconut and no glaze...
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how do ya sweeten ur coffee?
DH swears by Sweet and Low but I can’t stand it, nor can I tolerate stevia. I use plain ol' Domino sugar—just a little. Demerara sugar is also nice, though I doubt it’s any better for you than regular sugar. Are...
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Organic Brown Sugar - Seems different from non-organic in texture. How about taste?
If you want the best brown sugar – use organic regular sugar and smash in molasses with a fork. 2-4 T per cup depending on the darkness you want. Sooo much better. Demerara sugar is the darkest, richest, most molasses-y...
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Japonaise Bakery Adzuki Cream Puff - DAAAYM
at dimsum at the imperial palace in chinatown. you can buy canned adzuki bean paste in chinese and jap. markets or make it(much better) by boiling red adzuki beans and adding light brown or demerara sugar).
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Corned Beef
(sold as pickling spice in markets), 2 crumbled bay leaves, 2 tsp crushed peppercorns, 1/3 cup Demerara sugar, 3/4 cup coarse salt, 2 tsps salpeter (this is sodium nitrate which gives the meat it’s distinctive pink color...
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My Thoughts On a Starter Bar
On further consideration, not sure if I would recommend the Cruzan Dark, nice, but not quite rummy enough. Swap in Lemon Hart Demerara instead.
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Tiki Drinks
to two per person. 3/4 ounce lime juice 1/2 ounce Don’s Mix (recipe follows) 1/2 ounce Velvet Falernum 1-1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican rum 1-1/2 oz Appleton Estate rum, either V/X or Extra 1 oz Lemon Hart 151 proof Demerara rum 1 dash...
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