All my pro-tips and tricks to making a FLAKY Pie Dough by hand ~no machines needed.
How to form and roll the dough out neatly (no mess to clean up).
How to blind bake the pie crust without pie weights, beans, or rice.
How to get all the hallmarks of perfect custard: perfectly set and firm and wonderfully sliceable in clean professional slices, yet completely soft and tender.
Archives Hawaii Recipes
Mango Banana Bread
Mango Banana Bread
Banana Bread
Banana Bread
Leche Flan
Rich and silky Leche Flan with amber caramel
Banana Pudding Secret Recipe
Banana Pudding Secret Recipe
Lilikoi Mango Couples Therapy Entremet
A stunning layered entremet or cake with light airy and crunchy macadamia nut dacquoise (meringue), layered with vanilla chiffon sponge cake and creamy tropical mango bavarois cream, topped with fresh tart lilikoi and white chocolate cremeux
Grandma’s Strawberry Dream Cake
My grandma used to make this icebox style “cake” when we were kids for special occasions. It’s a shortbread with a light cream cheese pudding and a stunning top of fresh strawberries and Jello.
My grandma doesn’t enjoy cooking and this cake she made was definitely considered humbug since it consisted of making separate layers. But, she made it for special occasions anyway because everyone thought it was festive, impressive and so delicious to eat.
Hazelnut Dream Cake – Yule Log
Hazelnut Dream Cake – Yule Log
Lemon Peel Prune Mui
Lemon Peel Prune Mui is a Hawaii recipe popularized by Chinese plantation workers and crack seed shops. It is salty, sour, sweet and uses cloves and Chinese five spice, typical of wet lihing mui.