Stuffed pork rolls

Stuffed Ground Pork Rolls

The inspiration for these Stuffed Ground Pork Rolls stemmed from my desire to diversify my ground meat recipes. I needed to create a dish that could be quickly prepared while satisfying everyone’s taste buds. With a freezer always stocked with ground meat, I sought a versatile meal solution. Drawing from traditional Eastern European cuisine, I crafted a recipe reminiscent of the beloved “Zrazy”.

Chocolate chip brioche

Chocolate Cramique (Chocolate Chip Brioche)

Chocolate cramique comes from northern France and Belgium. Bakers there have made it for generations. It is part of daily life, not a festive dessert.

Cramique is a soft, lightly sweet bread. It sits between brioche and milk bread. Eggs, butter, and milk give it a rich texture. Bakers add chocolate chips, raisins, or pearl sugar to the dough.
Today, chocolate cramique stands as a small but delicious example of how regional food traditions ignore political borders, evolving instead through local tastes, ingredients, and habits—warm, simple, and meant to be eaten fresh.