300 g flour180 g butter60 g almonds, skins removed and finely grounded120 g powdered sugar3 egg yolks180 ml heavy cream200 g dark chocolate200 g raspberriesa pinch of salt Sift the flour, add salt, almonds, sugar, butter and make a crumble with the dough. Quickly knead in egg yolks, roll the dough into cling film and put in the fridge for…
Weekend Wokking is a world-wide food blogging event created by Wandering Chopsticks celebrating the multiple ways we can cook one ingredient. Every month the current host gets to pick the secret ingredient for the next round. Last month it was tomato, hosted by Blazing Hot Wok and Darlene chose eggplant for this month. This roundup is very special to me…
This is a birthday cake I made for my brother last month. I waited till now since the main ingredient were the mini puffs I made for last month’s Daring Bakers challenge. I got inspired by a cookbook cover, but I couldn’t find the original recipe so I assembled it with what I could come up with. The cake was…
This month’s challenge was hosted by MeetaK and Tony Tahhan. The recipe chosen was Chocolate Éclairs from Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé written by Dorie Greenspan. Pierre Hermé’s Chocolate Éclairsfrom Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé Pâte à Choux, also known as Choux Pastry or Cream Puff Dough 125g whole milk125g water115g unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces1/4 tsp sugar1/4 tsp…