One Perfect Bite: walnut recipes

Monday, November 30, 2015

Walnut Balls and Cairo

This has been an extraordinary year for the Silver Fox and me. We spent most of October in the mountain kingdoms of Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan, and fortune continues to smile on us. We are about to depart on an oft postponed trip to Egypt. We are scheduled to fly to Cairo on Thursday and we'll be back just before the Christmas holiday. While the countdown is not yet quite complete, it looks like all systems are go and we will finally get to see all that Egypt offers. I am going to put the blog on autopilot for most of December, but while I'm gone I have new recipes to share with you and it's my hope you'll continue to check in to see what I am featuring. All the recipes are for seasonal cookies and breads that will make your guests smile and help contribute to your holiday merriment. I plan to bolster my normal posts with pictures and verbal reflections of Egypt as I am able. I'll resume normal posting four or five days before Christmas.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Walnut Bread from Southern Burgundy - Away A While Recipe Favorites

Walnut Bread from Southern Burgundy

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I almost forgot World Bread Day in 2009, but I had a Eureka moment and was able to sneak under the wire with a yeasted walnut bread that was developed by Jane Grigson, an English food writer. She was a good friend of James Beard and had the unique honor of having her work translated into French. That was an uncommon occurrence 40 years ago. I've had her recipe for decades and never made it for want of walnut oil. Fortunately, I've remedied that and was able to make the bread for this event. The bread is simple to do, and while it's a bit costly to make, it is delicious. The only change I would make is to increase the measure of walnuts used in the bread. I can't wait to see how it tastes tomorrow after it's had time to ripen. This recipe makes 4 small loaves of a bread that is flavored with onions, chopped walnuts and walnut oil. The aroma of this bread when it is baking will bring you to your knees and the trick will be allowing it to cool before you slice into it. The bread has a lovely crust and a very mild onion flavor. Here, just in time for World Bread Day, is Jane Grigson's Yeasted Walnut Bread from Southern Burgundy. Enjoy! You can find the recipe here.