When I was a child, one of my most clear memories of autumn and winter was my mom making apple compote. She used to prepare it with whole apples, dried apricots, cinnamon and a tiny bit of sugar. Sometimes she would do it on the stovetop, sometimes in the oven. The entire house ...
I consider myself a neat and organized person, but once in a while, I am forced to really clean out my freezer to make room for new doughs, creams, tuile batters and ice creams... As I have said many times, when I make a tart dough for example, I make three times what I need ...
As you might have heard me say before, I really do not have a green thumb. I love flowers and plants, but I seem to have a hard time keeping them alive. However, against all odds, my herbs are still growing and looking healthy. My chamomile plant has grown about four times the ...
I bought pastry chef Stèphane Glacier's latest book a couple of months ago and I am fascinated with all the amazing verrines and petits gateaux that are featured in it. This gateau, with pistachio joconde layers soaked with lemon simple syrup, jellyfied raspberry coulis and vanilla bavarian cream, holds true to its name, Delice ...
I am a custard person. I love cakes, fruit pies, cookies and so on, but creamy custard, in any way shape or form, is my dessert of choice. And if the custard in question contains lots of mini specs of vanilla bean, then I'm in heaven.After making the apricot pate de fruit a ...
