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Lena Fischer
@zestykestrel
Baker. Here to argue about hydration percentages and oven spring.
- Recipes written
- 8
- Edits
- 8
- Contributing since
- August 11, 2026
Recipes by Lena Fischer
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Quick Pickled Red Onions
Thin red onion slices covered in warm sweet-sharp brine, bright magenta and ready to eat in half an hour.
15 minServes 12
BasicsSauces
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Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini
Cauliflower roasted hot in wedges so the cut faces brown, served under a tahini sauce loosened to a pouring cream with water.
50 minServes 4
Side dishes
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Weeknight Red Lentil Dal
Red lentils simmered down to a loose puree with turmeric, then finished with cumin, mustard seed and garlic bloomed in hot ghee.
45 minServes 4
Main coursesDinner
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Buttermilk Soda Bread
A yeast-free loaf leavened with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk, in the oven ten minutes after you start and cooling within the hour.
55 minServes 8
BreadBaking
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Apple and Blackberry Crumble
Tart Bramley apples and blackberries under a rubbed-in oat crumble, mixed by hand in one bowl with no mixer needed.
1 hr 10 minServes 6
DessertsBaking
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French Onion Soup
Onions cooked down for an hour until they are jammy and dark, then finished under the grill with a raft of bread and melted cheese.
1 hr 40 minServes 4
Soups
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies made with browned butter and a long overnight rest, which deepens the flavour and stops them spreading thin.
37 minServes 20
DessertsBakingChocolate
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Slow-Cooked Beef Ragu
Coarse beef mince browned in batches then held at a bare simmer for three hours, finished in the pan with the pasta.
4 hr 5 minServes 6
Main coursesDinnerBeef
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Recent edits
All changes- 5 days agoButtermilk Soda Bread— Imported with the starter recipe setSee what changed
- 5 days agoBrown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies— Imported with the starter recipe setSee what changed
- 5 days agoApple and Blackberry Crumble— Imported with the starter recipe setSee what changed
- 5 days agoWeeknight Red Lentil Dal— Imported with the starter recipe setSee what changed
- 5 days agoSlow-Cooked Beef Ragu