Mama Gabriella’s Sicilian Christmas Pie (Lemon Ricotta Torte) Lighter than a cannoli, kind of like a Southern Chess Pie but more delicious… You can use your favorite flaky pie dough recipe, or make a sweet dough that’s more like a cookie under a custard ricotta filling (sweet dough recipe will…
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What has this to do with baking? Let me back up a little bit and we’ll get to that. Josh Marshall is a journalist who writes about the political scene. He is astute, insightful, and sometimes he cracks me the-hell-up. So in the midst of one of his essays on…
Holy Moly! I do believe I have found the Thanksgiving Apple Pie I’ve been looking for all my life. Thanks to Erin McDowell and one of my favorite cooking blogs: This filling is tart, but with a rich creaminess to it, because it’s finished with butter. It’s sweet, but not…