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I love warm puff pastry combined with some fruit. It doesn't request a lot of ingredients and its ready before you know it. The taste of soft, warm fruit with the buttery pastry, just melts away in your mouth.
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I have been going mad with the convenience of puff pastry lately. I have been eating puff pastry with either just the custard or filling it with some sort of fruit like my previous puff pastry with apple post. This time I have made it with custard and man…
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
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In the summer, when all of the best fruits are at the peak of their season, it is the ideal time to make a fresh fruit tart. This recipe is super versatile, because the best fruit to use is the ripest, sweetest fruit you have on hand. You can use peaches,…
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I’ve been thinking about making a tart for a while. It’s so tasty and buttery. Puff pastry has plenty of butter and I don’t even want to look at nutrition facts to find out how many calories I just swallowed, but it was so damn good. Have you ever w…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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Puff pastry combines with cheeses and tomato to make a wonderful savory tart perfect for an appetizer or side dish.
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When I am having a very busy day I will buy some gourmet store bought pastries and embellish them with fresh flowers and arrange them in a beautiful way then I make a quick healthy dinner and everyone is thrilled visit my blog at www.theparishouse.com to…
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Marscapone Cheese, sugar and sour cream combine for a filling that tastes much like the richest of cheesecakes. Encased in buttery and flaky puff pastry, this quick and easy treat will surely impress your breakfast or brunch guests!
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One day in the 1970s I had a husband and 4 growing children to feed with almost an empy cupboard on a thursdau night(payday Fridays in those days)Fridays Egg and Chip day .so thursday was always a problem,i had many variations on Tuna Pie , but always se…
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Quiche is a french dish made mainly of eggs, milk or cream, cheese and basically anything else you would like to add, baked in a pie crust. I decided to give up meat a few months ago and I'm always looking for ways to get more veggies into my meals…
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Jane's Sweets & Baking Journal focuses on homemade baked goods and sweets of all kinds; anything that falls into the category of the "baking and pastry arts." Recipes are included in most posts, as are many links to blogs and websites on related topi…
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At an early age, I fell in love with desserts. At the age of 7, a mystifying chocolate goop of a cake that my mom baked fascinated me. The flawlessly smooth cakes in recipe books and on cooking shows were just completely baffling. At 19, my cakes wer…
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As a professional vocalist, licensed broadcaster, artist, published poet, lyricist, writer, essayist, critic, animal lover and budding pastry chef, my blogs are intended to be conversational, thought provoking, interesting, mostly humorous and someti…
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The aphrodisiac chocolate, the exotic perfume of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, fruit, liquor, heavy cream, beaten egg whites, sugary egg yolks and more ingredients are the main characters of this blog, which united in mysterious ways create true delight…
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17 years old girls from Singapore studying pastry arts in the FCI, NYC. Welcome to my food blog!!=)
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This is the place where we can share our knowledge and interest about bread and pastry.
A cold and rainy morning like today leads me directly to the temptation for something sweet! Anise Buns Ingredients: 4 ½ C. / 500 gr All-purpose flour / Flour Plain 2 Eggs 1 1/4 C. / 125 gr sugar 4 Tbsp./ 50 gr unsalted butter, room t (read full article)
Chausson a la Volaille and French Cooking Classes"Chausson a la Volaille"During this time I've been taken classes of French cuisine and I just learned this recipe last week. I love it! And one of the reasons, besides the "Delisious Taste", the first (read full article)
Simple Apple Torte for Sunday Afternoon TeaApple TorteSimple Apple Torte 3 Sheets flaky puff pastry3/4 C. apricot marmalade2 medium apples, thinly slice3 Tbsp brown sugarPreparation:Preheat oven at 180 oC. Lay the pastry sheets end to end on a baking (read full article)
Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the lack of food around here. It's not like I've stopped cooking or eating, but rather I just haven't had the time or the inclination to collect my thoughts and pen down a recipe. And secondly I just wanted to thank (read full article)
There is a product in the freezer section that comes in a blue bag with a little dough man on the front. They are ready to bake biscuits. I have tried them and they are mighty convenient for a quick breakfast or dinner. A bag of te (read full article)
As one of my fridge clean out “Must Use” ingredients, I had a ball of fresh mozzarella pearls. I wasn’t really in the mood for caprese salad, which was actually what I’d bought it for before it got lost in the bowels of the (read full article)
Homemade pop-tarts had become just like sugar cookie bars. They were everywhere, calling out to me, insisting that I try making them. There are several different recipes, and really, you can make any pie pasty and cut it into rectangles and fill them (read full article)
Ingredients 6 to 8 center cut pork loin chops, 1 inch thick allow 1 per person 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 large sweet onions, such as Texas or Vidalia 2 cups smoky barbecue sauce, divided The zest of 2 oranges, divided The juice of 2 oranges, d (read full article)
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend and the beautiful weather. I can’t believe summer is almost coming to an end and the kids will be back to school soon. The winter months always seem to drag on yet summer seems to just fly by. I mentio (read full article)
It's been quite a week. My first contribution last week for Karin's "Feeding the Homeless" project went over great. She reported that the Sugar Donut Muffins were a big hit and went fast. I'm so pleased that the people she served in the parks were a (read full article)