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THE Chocolate Making Post – Part 2
So you made it through the last chocolate post, but now you’re wondering, “what kind of chocolate should I use, if not chocolate chips?” When I say don’t use chocolate chips, I mean tollhouse, etc – meant for cookie making. You can use Pistoles – which are the flat round, or sometimes oblong, pieces of temper […]
THE Chocolate Making Post
February 11, 2014
There are a few types of chocolate filling – ganache (butter and cream based), sugar based fillings, nut based fillings, etc. Below is a recipe for butter ganache… which has the best texture in my opinion, and keeps really well. Use good butter. It is also key to use liquid sweetener, as the sweetener doesn’t […]
Corn Ice Cream
August 6, 2013
I haven’t posted recipes in a while since I find myself less inspired lately, and not reading a lot of blogs since the demise of google reader. But there are lots of awesome things at the farmers market. -1.0 setup and necessary objects Buy at least 4 ears of sweet corn Have an ice cream maker […]
Gluten Free Croissants
April 19, 2013
Croissants are possibly my favorite thing. I use a base recipe from Jacques Torres (from Dessert Circus) – but have tweaked things slightly over the years I’ve been making them. (I’m trying out the Tartine SF croissant recipe from their bread book right now – it’s breadier than I like my viennoiserie). A friend asked […]
bombe glacée – blood orange sorbet and vanilla ice cream
March 3, 2013
Bombe glacée is a super retro dessert, but it is pretty and tasty. It is a molded ice cream dish, usually a half dome (hence, bomb, I think…). This one is filled with vanilla “ice cream” (dairy free, made with almond milk, or coconut milk), and blood orange sorbet – kind of like a fancy […]
Gâteau Saint Honoré – Saint Honoré Cake
January 15, 2013
Gâteau Saint Honoré is a traditional French/European dessert. Saint Honoré is the patron saint of bakers. A quick note, about the scale of the one I made – it looks like a croquembouche because it needed to feed ~10-12 people. Normally these seem to be smaller (2-4 people) – but making more of them. This would make a […]
Cream Puffs – pâte à choux (pate a choux)
January 11, 2013
Another classic, basic pastry, pâte à choux, can be used to make all sorts of awesome things fairly quickly. From cream puffs, to eclairs, to savory gougères, it’s a good trick to have up your sleeve. The Alton Brown episode where he makes pate a choux is awesome, by the way, like most things he does. 1.0 pâte à choux Ingredients: 1 1⁄2 […]
Puff Pastry
January 10, 2013
Also known as pâte feuilletée. There are many recipes for “quick” puff pastry, with a food processor – but this one turns out nicer. It is based on an old post from my favorite food blog (she’s since moved and is now ) You make two doughs, and then role them together. The first is the […]
Buche de Noel – Chestnut – bûche de noël
December 21, 2012
This is another multi-step cake. There’s still time to make one for Christmas (or just because it’s a log. Log, Log, It’s big it’s round it’s wood.) Much like opera cake, it is made in a sheet pan or jelly roll pan. Prep 1 half sheet pan (15×12 inches the biggest you have in your […]
Puncs Torta (Punch Cake)
November 6, 2012
AKA Punch Cake. I’m not Hungarian, but a friend of mine is, and she just moved to the same city as me, and it was her birthday. So I decided to give this cake a try. It looks amazing, and I love European layered cakes, like Opera Cake, and since at one time Austria & […]
sam makes sweets 
February 12, 2014
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