Classic Napoleons
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
Since I still had puff pastry left over after making the vols-au-vents and turnovers, I decided it was high time for me to try my hand at pastry cream. The first pastry that makes use of pastry cream that popped into my head was the napoleon (or mille-feuille), since a friend told me a while [...]
Turnovers
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
After making that wonderful puff pastry on Saturday for the vols-au-vents, I just couldn’t wait to make one of mine and hubby’s favorites – turnovers. So, yesterday that’s exactly what I did. Once you have the puff pastry, the rest is easy! I made three different kinds of turnovers: pumpkin, blueberry, and apple. Pumpkin filling: [...]
Tags: apple, blueberry, pastry, pumpkin
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
