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Showed our neighbourhood bakery some love yesterday and got a couple of individual Paris-Brest. Not a particularly light dessert to follow a dinner of fried chicken but suitably festive for a lockdown Saturday (and all the motivation I need for my Sunday long run!). Love these traditional hazelnut praline based pastries (and this one had super large chunks of caramelized hazelnuts hiding underneath the filling), but would love to see more variations of this using other nuts and seeds. Just imagine a pistachio or peanut based version of this!

Saturday night ‘fake-out’ thanks to Covid-19: @taraobrady ‘s outrageously good bee-stung fried chicken. Like KFC but with organic chicken and, dare I say it, way better? Have made this recipe before and again I am shocked at how crunchy the crust is, how juicy the chicken and how perfect that hot butter gochujang honey sauce complements the chicken. Some quick coleslaw on the side because you will kinda want something fresh to cut through the richness. And cold beer, obviously.

Perfect timing for pulling these out of the oven - Belgium’s lockdown was just extended for another 2 weeks, with a possibility for extending it until the start of May. These are the Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies from the blog and they are wonderfully chocolatey, crispy around the edges and gooey in the centre.

Missing the days when I didn’t even think twice about heading to our neighbourhood bakery to pick up an almond croissant for breakfast. Now every trip outside my flat is carefully planned to make it as efficient as possible while minimising human contact. So weekend breakfasts will probably involve homemade baked goods for the foreseeable future. Currently torn between baking this year’s first Hot Cross Buns, a Brioche loaf (for future Bostocks) and having another go at Kouign Amann. Or maybe I’ll go down the savoury route with feta and za’atar turnovers? 🤔 what are you planning on baking this weekend?

Lockdown loaf number ... well who is even still counting. What strange strange times.

[New blog post] I have written about my love for poppy seed filled baked goods before when I baked a babka-style version of this. I have updated that recipe to show you how to make the freeform version you can see here and which is more common in Germany. I also added some notes on possible substitutions. The link is in my profile.

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