The Wood-Fired Blog
Wood-Fired Rustic Apple Tart
Sep 29, 2023Apple tarts are the ultimate fall pastry. Crisp-tender apples, with tart, sweet, and flaky elements all in one place! Following is Dori Colognese of the Jamestown Bread Project’s recipe for this classic, rustic delight that bakes beautifully in a wood fired oven. This is a three-part recipe with a simple pie dough, the filling, and a crumb topping that all come together in one tasty treat! A flaky fall dessert... Read More
Spiced Apple Crostada
Nov 30, 2022This Spiced Apple Crostada from Chef Cortney Smith at Gather Food Studio is the perfect winter or fall alternative to a classic apple pie. It boasts a light, flaky crust, savory-sweet, spiced apples, and delicious optional garnishes. Plus, it can be cooked in either a wood fired oven or conventional oven for maximum flexibility. Watch Chef Cortney demonstrate making the wood fired version of this recipe in the short video... Read More
Baked Peach and Raspberry Crisp
Aug 27, 2020We love the fresh tastes of summer; flavors like fresh-picked raspberries and juicy peaches! This dessert from John Livera takes just a few minutes to mix up before dinner. Let it rest while you enjoy your pizza service to give the flavors a chance to incorporate, and then pop it in your oven when the fire is down to embers to bake. What a delicious finish to the evening meal!... Read More
Butterscotch Sticky Buns
Apr 19, 2019Chef Bart’s Butterscotch Sticky Buns (before glazing) I say when you have a craving, feed it! I was digging through the ol’ box of recipes and stumbled across this glorious breakfast sin. While reading through the ingredients, my mouth started to water, and I just had to see how it worked in the Forno Bravo oven. Grab your cast-iron skillet, or similar baking pan, your scotch whiskey, and your sense... Read More
Dessert Pizza with Mascarpone and Fruit
Feb 17, 2019Here is the recipe for the Dessert Pizza we made at 10 Speed Press. It is an after-dinner treat to share with your lucky someone. With a hint of lemon and nuts in the dough, the smooth richness of Mascarpone cheese, and the sweetness of fruit and powdered sugar, this delicacy is sure to please! Originally introduced to the Forno Bravo Community Cookbook in 2011, this recipe is still a... Read More
Roasting Chestnuts in a Wood Fired Oven
Dec 05, 2018History & Harvest Season Chestnut trees once covered huge swaths of East Coast forests until a fungal blight arrived from Asia, killing off about 3.5 billion trees in the first half of the 20th century. But lucky me, two of the very few surviving productive trees are right behind my house in the Hudson Valley. So the last couple of weeks have been a race between me and the critters... Read More
Eid Bread (aka Wooden Mold Bread)
Sep 06, 2018Thank you to home chef, Ahmad Zeabi, for sharing this special holiday bread recipe with us! In this recipe, we are traveling to the Middle East. Ahmad explains: In Horan (Daraa), in the far south of Syria, folks used to make this special bread in the Fitr and Adha Eids; the biggest annual celebrations in the local culture, hence the name. Families would customize their wooden molds. Originally, they looked at... Read More
Kunefe
Aug 02, 2018Special thanks to our Community Contributor, Harout Ichlokmanian, for a delicious dish that can be made in a wood or gas fired oven. He tells us that, “This is an amazing middle eastern dessert that has been passed down for generations! I am Armenian, and most Armenians love to have Kunefe for special occasions.” Well, we invite you to stretch our horizons and try this dessert for yourself! It’s a cultural... Read More
Wood Fired Strawberry Jalapeño Margarita
Sep 13, 2017Wood fired strawberry jalapeño margarita (Serves 2 – Time 15 Minutes) Cocktail in a wood fired oven? Yes Please! This quick Backyard Session with Eric Wilson puts a wood fired spin on the classic strawberry jalapeño margarita. You still get the heat and the sweet along with the added complexity of caramelized fruit, cedar wood plank and the wood fired smokiness. Get both heat and sweet in this cool, summer... Read More
