Challah Pear Pudding with Salted Caramel Sauce
I first read about Confituras’ Salty Caramel Pear Butter in one of my favorite Austin food blogs, Local Savour. I knew right away that I wanted to use it to make Christmas cookies, and last Wednesday I bought a jar of pear butter from Stephanie herself just for that purpose. Well. Sort of. I never actually made it to the cookies because as soon as I sampled a little of the pear butter, I ended up eating half the jar. I still needed to make something for dessert that night, so I came up with this challah pear pudding with salty caramel sauce. For the recipe I used cinnamon...
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I did not make this gorgeous loaf of Challah. I bought it on the West Mall of campus from UT Challah for Hunger for just $5. Challah for Hunger is a national project that empowers college students to raise funds for and bring awareness to national disaster and humanitarian issues by selling bread on campus once a week. The students make the bread themselves (for proof, check out the adorable pictures on their Facebook page) and they sell it every Wednesday from 12-3 PM. The UT chapter sells original, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate chip challah each week for just $5 a loaf, plus a...
Read MoreThe Knife Sharpest
Tonight I visited The Knife Sharpest, an all-service knife shop located at 4703 Burnet Road in the Rosedale neighborhood of Austin. In the past several weeks I’ve noticed my knives weren’t cutting as well as they used to, and with lots of holiday cooking in store I decided to go get them sharpened. Since the shop is open until 6 PM on weeknights, it was an easy errand on my way home from work. Bad news first: I forgot my camera. Now good news: they did a great job sharpening four of my kitchen knives, total cost $16! I was a little intimidated when I walked up to the little...
Read MorePumpkin Patches in Central Texas
Now that the weather is cooling off I’m finally excited about fall. I wore some boots and a sweater today, and I am really excited to tackle a few pumpkin recipes I’ve been eyeing. The only bummer is that I can’t find any locally sourced, organic pumpkin here in central Texas. The closest grower I could find is Krause Farm near Navasota, Texas, about two and half hours east of Austin. That’s stretching the bounds of “local” for me, so I’ll probably be picking up a few organic pie pumpkins at Central Market this afternoon. I’m planning to...
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