Yuzu is an incredible citrus – with a flavor that tiptoes between meyer lemon and tangerine, with an indescribable floral note that makes this one of the most luxurious citruses to bake with. It’s a Japanese citrus, with a bumpy, round exterior and a lemony color. It’s gosh darn hard to find here in the states but you can certainly find things like yuzu juice, jams, and other products that make great additions to baking. These giant gluten free yuzu muffins are a celebration of the citrus, with a bit of extra help from lemons and tangerines in place of actual yuzu juice. We actually have one other yuzu bake…
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Gluten Free Yuzu Tart with Swiss Meringue and Sweet Sauternes Wine
Here’s to friends far away – and to reconnecting with folks you meet years later to collaborate on awesome projects that blend two perfectly-balanced passions: wine and dessert! This whole post starts back in the summer of 2019 (remember those days? no masks, hugs, handshakes, and seeing people’s smiles?) when we visited one of my best friends in Vienna, where she’s living her best life. She happens to have a marvelous rooftop terrace just above her apartment where we organized a late-summer dinner paired with incredible wine, and we met her downstairs neighbors, Iker and his boyfriend Felix. And Iker happens to be not only an incredible academic (just a…
