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Sweet, sesame buns
Tanghuoshao (糖火烧) are sweet brown-sugar buns generously swirled with sesame paste (tahini). Baked in an oven, they have a crunchy, nutty outer shell, and a warm, soft interior melting with sugar and...
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Hot cross buns, haw berry style
Or hot pagan buns? Hot nihilist buns? As they rather lack that defining cross, perhaps they really shouldn’t be called hot cross buns. But they’re not quite in the spirit of nihilism, either, being...
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Baking bread in China, and a country sourdough
People are always surprised when I tell them that I bake bread in China. It shouldn’t, though, come as a shock, because flour, water and yeast are integral parts of north China cuisine. Just think of...
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Therese’s Organic Farm, and a very large loaf
Things have been a little slow around here, as Haw Berries is currently infatuated with the World Cup, but that doesn’t mean delectable things aren’t being made and consumed anymore. On the contrary,...
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Black sesame yogurt cake 黑芝麻酸奶蛋糕
Recently we’ve started ordering organic yogurt from Green Yard Organic Dairy, based in Yanqing County. Though it’s not as thick and creamy as unsweetened Herun Yogurt ( 和润酸奶), I’ve come to prefer...
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Introducing the Guide to Bread Baking in China
I have been baking sourdough bread for more than a year now, and it occurs to me that I’ve learned an awful lot in that time. Not only how to knead dough by hand, or how to shape a loaf using minimal...
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