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Traditional Algerian Baklawa: Making A Family Memory For Love

Gayle Hurmuses — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:56:06 +0000

Recently on Historic Cookery, a Facebook group, Bahdja Boudoua, from Algeria shared a post with these lovely photos of a baklawa that she made with her mother Nefissa, and her sister, Sarah. Bahdja kindly agreed to allow their family recipe for baklawa to be shared here. The story below is in her words, some from… Read More »Traditional Algerian Baklawa: Making A Family Memory For Love

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Homemade Limoncello is easy peasy: Here’s how to make it

Gayle Hurmuses — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 22:24:11 +0000

My first taste of limoncello (sounds like “lemon cello”) was over 20 years ago. I remember it like yesterday. My friend Shelley’s parents had recently visited and had introduced her to it then. Shortly her parent’s visit, on one of our regular girls nights Shelley pulled a bottle of limoncillo from her freezer and poured… Read More »Homemade Limoncello is easy peasy: Here’s how to make it

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How to make Greek coffee: a recipe for a perfect day

Gayle Hurmuses — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:54:58 +0000

Greek coffee, Turkish coffee, either way, it’s delicious My Greek ancestors were in Ethiopia, the home of coffee, at least as far back as the 4th or 5th century BC. They took with them the Greek Orthodox Church, which has been in Ethiopia since at least the 5th century BC. 14th Century Ottoman Empire Yet… Read More »How to make Greek coffee: a recipe for a perfect day

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Marzipan

Gayle Hurmuses — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:00:53 +0000

Marzipan is easy & fun to work with I am a big fan of marzipan, but always expected it to be difficult to make and work with. Contrary to expectations, it is both simple to make and easy to work with. And FUN! Like working with playdough, except you may eat it, and your hands… Read More »Marzipan

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Jaine’s mum’s Pecan Pie

Gayle Hurmuses — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:00:47 +0000

Rich, easy, and decadent pecan pie It’s Pi Day! Recipe by Mrs Ross, article by Gayle Hurmuses Try this recipe too!Bill's Basic Chicken Broth and Stock VariationUse with Pie Crust recipe *Note: Jaine tells me that it’s important to use white sugar, rather than brown (flavour)…and I have discovered that agave syrup is a great… Read More »Jaine’s mum’s Pecan Pie

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Battle of the Baklavas: Greek vs Turkish: A Balkan throwdown

Gayle Hurmuses — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 04:50:40 +0000

Baklava: delicious everywhere Baklava is high on the list of my favorite desserts. This delicious dessert is a bit spendy to make, is sold by the pound, and is served mostly on special occasions. One of my favourite tasks at family parties was unpacking the boxes form Olympia Bakery and eating the walnut crumbs from… Read More »Battle of the Baklavas: Greek vs Turkish: A Balkan throwdown

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Poached pears with ginger syrup and port, easy, delicious, fast

Gayle Hurmuses — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 18:00:19 +0000

Poached pears are a long-time personal favorite. I’m happy to make these on a gloomy day just to perk my spirits up. A poached pear with my eyes closed is enough to provide the illusion of summer, if only for an instant. Poached pears are the embodiment of elegance with a flavour that belies the… Read More »Poached pears with ginger syrup and port, easy, delicious, fast

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Kourambiedes – Greek almond cookie recipe

Gayle Hurmuses — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:00:56 +0000

Classic Greek Almond Cookies Kourambiedis have always been my favourite Greek cookie/confection. One of the best parts of holiday dinners was unwrapping the packages from the bakery on Broadway in Greektown and sneaking an early piece or two. I loved them enough that it was one of the things I learned to make early in… Read More »Kourambiedes – Greek almond cookie recipe

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Line’s traditional Quebecois deep-fried donuts

Gayle Hurmuses — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 15:00:59 +0000

Fried donuts are a big part of my Christmas tradition. Both my sister Sharon, and Line, my good friend, made them every year to serve to visitors. Many of my warmest memories from childhood or since center around arriving to a plate of freshly cooked donuts, accompanied by boxes of snow balls, rum balls, shortbread,… Read More »Line’s traditional Quebecois deep-fried donuts

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Chocolate-covered candied orange peels, marmalade, and orange syrup

Gayle Hurmuses — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:54:21 +0000

I love making one thing and having this create ingredients for other treats. Here, we take a bag of oranges, some sugar, brandy, chocolate, and time, and turn it into jam, syrup, candy, and brandy…and that’s just a beginning…once the orange peels are finished flavouring the brandy, they can be sugared again and saved to… Read More »Chocolate-covered candied orange peels, marmalade, and orange syrup

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