Daring Baker Challenge: Vols-au-Vent
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan. I was so excited to see that the Daring Baker challenge for this month required [...]
Tags: daring baker, French, pastry
Verry Berry Pie
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Earlier this month (or late last month? I can’t remember), Bridget over at Bake at 350 ran a poll to see how many people would be interested in a “Flavor of the Month” event. You can read the details here, but basically, a theme will be chosen each month – but after that, you can [...]
Tags: blackberry, blueberry, cherry, flavor of the month, pastry, pie, strawberry
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Of all the strawberry-rhubarb treats I’ve made so far this spring/summer, I still hadn’t made my favorite: strawberry-rhubarb pie. This time though, I made my own pie crust. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve made pie crust in the past, but it never seemed to come out that great…so, I had come to terms with picking [...]
Tags: pastry, pie, rhubarb, strawberry
Beignets
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, desserts & sweets
I thought after my last post about the brioche with chocolate ganache, things couldn’t really get much better – but then I tried these. They are made from the same brioche dough, but they’re fried. And doused with powdered sugar. And those two things can only mean goodness (although, maybe not for the scale the [...]
Brioche with Chocolate Ganache
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, desserts & sweets
I’ve never made brioche before; in fact, I’ve never even made bread before I received my copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day for Christmas last year. I’ve been so happy with the master recipe and how versatile it is that I’ve barely explored any of the other doughs and recipes in the [...]
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