James Starmer – Food

Most directions I’ve seen for grilling pizza involve throughing the dough directly onto the grill grates. While grill marks look cool, I find that burnt dough doesn’t taste very good. So I just use a baking stone. …

I tried to make German style breakfast rolls for brunch tomorrow. To put it nicely, I fucked them up. The key ingredient to failure in this case was covering the rolls with cling wrap on their second rise after shaping. The cling wrap pretty much mangled all of …

Snow Cream
Ingredients
1/2 cup Half & Half
3 Tbsp sugar
1/8 tsp vanilla extract
1 Quart of snow

Preparation
Mix together first three ingredients until sugar is mostly dissolved. Pour over the snow and mix until combined. Should be the consistency of soft serve ice cream.

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German Pancake
Real Simple Recipe
Ingredients
3 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
powdered sugar

Preparation
Heat oven to 400° F.
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs to combine.
Add the flour and whisk until smooth.
Add the milk, salt, and …

Caramel Popcorn
Adapted from epicurious
Ingredients
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2/3 cup popcorn kernels
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation
Add oil and popcorn to a brown paper bag and microwave until the popping …

Granola Bar Bites
Yeild
~64
Ingredients
2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds)
1 cup shredded coconut, loosely packed
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2/3 cup honey
1/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 …

Candied Orange and Chocolate Biscotti
Yeild
~24
Ingredients
2 c. all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter at room temperature
2 large eggs

1 c. candied orange peel
1/2 c. chocolate chips

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350F

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper

Sift together flour and baking powder
In another bowl mix …

Hot Buttered Rum
Ingredients
Batter:
2 sticks of butter at room temp
2 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cardamom
1 tsp. ground cloves

Drink:
1 & 1/2 ounces (1 shot) dark rum
1 c. boiling water
1 tbsp batter

Preparation
Mix the butter, sugar and spices together until …

Bread Pudding
Ingredients
4 c. chopped bread
2 c. milk
1 c. cream
3 eggs beaten
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. rasins
1/4 c. pine nuts
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg

Preparation
Place bread crumbs in a bowl and cover with milk and cream
Soak for one hour
Preheat oven to 300
Mix eggs sugar and …

Here is a stop motion video of me shaping the buns from the previous post.