Free Video Tutorials on Baking, Pastry making and Creating Desserts. Have a sweet life!
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hocolate and caramel tart, raspberry and almond tart, apple tart, lemon meringue tart, vanilla custard and fresh fruit tart, chocolate ganache tart, Sablé cookies, Viennois cookies, Linzer cookies, quiche Lorraine … to make it short and sweet – shortcrust pastry!
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ne of the greatest things about panna cotta, besides its ease of preparation, is surely its ability to transform. You can make panna cotta in silicone molds or even cups, and unmold it onto a plate.
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ou know how I always say that the origin of such and such cake is unknown, a mystery, a controversy? Well, not this time! The whole story about the Sacher cake is well documented and historically confirmed, so here it is.
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o, I’m not wrong! Yes, I know that the usual phrase is “Let them eat cake”, but the original French phrase is “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”, meaning – you guessed it – “Let Them Eat Brioche”.
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ruitcake is a rich cake that contains lots of dried or candied fruit, nuts, and spices. There is one more essential ingredient necessary for making this traditional dessert usually served at Christmas time, or for weddings and other festive occasions, and I will tell you which one.
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heat is a member of the grass family that produces a dry, one-seeded fruit commonly called a kernel. Its point of origin is in the Tigris and Euphrates river valley, near what is now Iraq. More than 17,000 years ago, humans gathered the seeds of plants and ate them. After rubbing off the husks, early people simply chewed the kernels raw, parched or simmered. Today, instead of chewing kernels, we enjoy the whole what bread!
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s it is often the case in the history of sweetness, the origin and/or the inventor of some delicacy that is widely popular today is – unknown. Same goes for caramel.
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pple strudel is a traditional Viennese pastry, popular in Austria and all the other countries of former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The word strudel means “swirl” in German because it is made so that phyllo dough is rolled around the filling.
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ither you love it, or you can’t stand it! I haven’t met person indifferent to lemon meringue tart just yet!
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espite the fact that the name “crème brûlée” sounds and is doubtlessly French (when translated it means “burnt cream”), the origin of this delicious dessert might not be French at all!
