| No Images? Click here  Yeasted Blini With Crème Fraîche and Caviar  These light and delicious Russian blini are leavened with yeast, which adds a complex tangy flavor and airy texture. Unlike many yeasted blini recipes, this one calls for only a single fermentation, saving you time without sacrificing results. (We know, because we tested it both ways.) Softly beaten egg whites, meanwhile, add even more lightness to the batter. The result is a perfect platform on which to heap sour cream (or crème fraîche) and caviar. The Kitchen Essential  A Nonstick Skillet To cook the blini, heat up a nonstick skillet and brush it with vegetable oil. Can you use a cast iron skillet instead of a nonstick? Of course you can. But pancakes are one of the few things that we prefer to cook in a nonstick skillet. No matter how well you’ve seasoned your cast iron pan, it really can’t compete when you need to guarantee that nothing will adhere. 
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
Light and Fluffy Yeasted Blini With Crème Fraîche and Caviar
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Happy Holidays from SE's Resident Grumpus
| Just here for the food! No Images? Click here   Dear Serious Eaters, I'm not the most enthusiastic person when it comes to the holidays. I think I might have a mild allergy to the season, one that my Allegra-D can't fix. I don't get swept up in winter's traditions, not the ring-ding-a-ling Christmas carols, nor the bows of holly and mistletoe; not the dreidels or Hanukkah gelt, and most certainly not the candles burning everywhere—the last time I went to a Christmas party, a flickering flame set on a windowsill as decoration lit my sports coat on fire. One of my fondest Christmas memories is from about 20 years ago, when my father and I jointly decided to cancel our annual tree and just string up some lights on one of his houseplants. The Christmas ficus was charmingly ridiculous, and it didn't leave a mess of pine needles all over the floor. But for all my lack of sentimentality around the holidays, I sure do love the food. I may be tempted to subvert most other traditions this time of year, but the feasts that my family gathered for is one thing I intend to continue faithfully for the rest of my life. I may be something of a Scrooge, but I'm still human, dammit. Happy Holidays from SE's resident Grumpus,  The Recipes That Make the Season Tolerable  Latkes are a Jewish thing, but it was my dad—the non-Jewish side of the family—that made them every year on Christmas Eve. I'm not really clear on whether that tradition was a nod to his Swedish roots, or whether he just made it up because latkes are awesome, but man did I look forward to that spread every year.  While Christmas Eve was a feast of fishes and potato pancakes at my house, Christmas dinner was always a roast. Duck made many appearances over the years and this recipe, which I just published, is absolutely perfect for the winter months, with a citrusy sauce that's absolutely perfect for the season.  The wind whips, snow and ice frost the window panes, and inside we huddle under blankets to stay warm as a fire crackles in the hearth. As unforgiving as winter is, it sure can be cozy. A cup of spiced mulled cider is the perfect way to maximize that sense of toasty comfort. My Must-Have Gift Pick  A big part of the holidays is relaxing, and you can't relax if you're constantly going into the kitchen to check on the roast in your oven. This leave-in probe thermometer from ThermoWorks is the solution. With two probe ports, you can track the internal temperature of your roast in two different places, while a portable handheld receiver can hang out with you on the couch. 
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Our Favorite Gifts for the Baker
| No Images? Click here  Our Favorite Gifts for Your Very Own Pastry Wizard We've got way more than a baker's dozen of gift suggestions for you, but here, we'll take the opportunity to highlight some of our favorites.   BraveTart, the Book! Filled with fascinating histories that honor the American tradition of dessert-making, along with tons of irresistible recipes you won't find on Serious Eats, BraveTart, by our very own Stella Parks, is literally the best gift for bakers (providing they don't already have it).  Anodized Aluminum Cake Pans These cake pans are extra deep, which makes them perfect for messy baking projects that tend to bubble up in the oven, like sticky buns.  A Good Food Processor Food processors are incredibly useful for cooks generally speaking, but for bakers especially, they can be absolute necessities—some techniques, like the one Stella uses to create highly stable fruit-flavored whipped cream, won't work without one.  A Cast Iron Combo Cooker This piece of equipment is for the committed bread baker. Thanks to the superlative heat-retention powers of cast iron, this cooker gets extremely hot and stays that way. Meanwhile, the tight-fitting lid creates a little sauna for the bread, trapping in steam to help produce a crackly crust.  Piping Tips While piping tips are often considered exclusively for pastry projects, these tips are large enough to be put to a variety of non-baking uses, like filling up deviled eggs and packing buttery baked potato flesh back into its jacket. Of course, your giftee will find plenty of dessert-related purposes for these, too: dispensing whipped cream, piping cupcake frosting, portioning out chocolate mousse, you name it. 
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