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I finally found some time to make classic puff pastry dough. Been extremely curious about it for a while, well, after tasting the results, this dough has to be the best combination between engineering and food making. Ah… the french, they sure know what they’re doing. I own Jacques Pepin’s “La Technique”, a beautiful book […]
Adapted from David Levobitz “Baked” Altoids Brownies: By the way, David Levobitz blog is an amazing resource for anyone interested in high end baking, cooking, and a good read. First reaction when i read this was, wtf. But it really isnt that crazy a concept, mint and chocolate, eggs… I’m just not a dessert person […]
I’ve been posting way too many fails lately, I have been trying way too many new things too, so not feeling terrible about it….yet! The best thing about failing in the kitchen is… knowing i dont own a restaurant. This trenzas de brioche recipe is one delicious thing I remember eating back in Venezuela, of […]
Thought I’d log a few new things when making this bread! which ended up in disaster (I’ve made many French bread loaves following what I had learned and had no problems, but changed a few variables around….I guess I will have to figure out what went wrong ), or go check out a successful recipe […]
In the search for the original empanada, the mom of all empanadas!, I turned to this Galician dish, something I had when i was like 5 and I can still remember the experience, yes, an awesome one i meant. It’s like this baked steak sandwich (or tuna or chicken or just bell peppers, in either […]
So I didn’t give up, and it paid off this time. Last time the result was not a total disaster, but it needed a huge improvement, specially in the texture of it, too dense, crust too hard, so I’m giving it another go here with a much lighter recipe, only 10:1 flour to butter, not […]
Brioche = Intimidating!!! tons of steps and this and that, seems crazy! I happen to have all the ingredients at hand today and not much to do, but best of all, it is Saturday, I can forget about this dough in the fridge overnight and get back to it in the am (which some famous […]
This cake is super moist and airy, very delicate in texture, not overly sweet, just right. Courtesy of Maribeth’s mom 🙂 Wet ingredients: 1+1/2 sticks of soft butter 1+2/3 cups of regular sugar Beat until creamy (10 mins) 3 eggs 1 tps vanilla extract One egg at a time incorporate until airy, 6 more minutes. […]
3 cups of bread flour (not all purpose flour) 1.5 teaspoon instant yeast 1.5 teaspoon kosher salt 1.5 cups warm water Check adjusted bread recipe by weight units and a few tweaks in the process here! Check out some pretty useful bread making tips here! makes one big happy loaf mix ingredients well with […]