Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter, stamp out 24 rounds.
Spread a thin layer of frosting over top and sides of cake.Refrigerate 15 minutes.
Spread remaining frosting in a thick layer over top and sides of cake.Garnish with blueberry-coriander jam, blueberries, kumquats, lemon, mint, and edible flowers.. Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Audrey Davis.You can substitute store-bought jam and lemon curd for equally beautiful results.. "It has such a great pillowy consistency, but it's very stable," says Sasha Piligian, of the simple Swiss meringue she uses to lighten the buttercream frosting.
"I can manipulate it in endless ways, folding in curd, tahini, jam — the possibilities are endless."Use high-butterfat (82% to 84%) butter, such as Kerrygold or Plugrá, for the richest taste.. Notes from the Food & Wine Test Kitchen.
The addition of beaten egg whites to the batter keeps the lemon chiffon cake layers light and airy, and, for a final flourish, Piligian embellishes the frosted cake with edible flower petals, mint leaves, pools of glistening jam, fresh berries, and sliced citrus.. Toasting coriander seeds before grinding them enhances their earthy, lemony flavor, adding dimension to the homemade berry jam.
Use it as a sensational breakfast spread, or do as Sasha Piligian does, and work it into the buttercream frosting.. Make ahead.From this proto-sambal rose the heady and unmistakable fragrance of terasi, a fermented shrimp paste that lends umami depth to dishes across the archipelago.. From this proto-sambal rose the heady and unmistakable fragrance of terasi, a fermented shrimp paste that lends umami depth to dishes across the archipelago..
Everywhere I went and ate in Jakarta, there was a version of this sambal, called sambal terasi, often cooked down in oil.It was there with street-cart satay, and late-night congee, and breakfast fried rice—providing just enough spicy bite to wake up all the other flavors.
As Wongso and others told me, sambal is one of three essential components of a meal, along with rice and krupuk, the fried crackers as airy as cheese puffs.Take one of those away, and you're not really eating at all..
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