by Aimee on January 6, 2009
Wow, Tuesdays With Dorie is one year old. It seems like it’s been around for ages. Although that’s about how long I’ve been baking so go figure! Looks like the grand dame herself chose this week’s treat. The French Pear Tart is courtesy of Dorie Greenspan and it’s a fine, fine tart if I may say so. Actually it was absolutely di-vine when it first came out of the oven. It was one of those taste experiences that reminds you of why the store bought stuff is c-r-a-p and why you keep baking. But alas, as with life, the peak of this tart is too short but more on that later.
As you may be sick of hearing, I don’t have a food processor. Necessity is not only the mother of invention but also learning new techniques in the kitchen! Guess what I learned how to do…blanch almonds! Click to continue…
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Almond,
Pear,
TWD
by Aimee on October 21, 2008
“Generously butter pan and dust with flour.” You’ve all heard it before. The same required instructions that are supposed to magically render *insert baking item here* from pan without stickage. And yet though it promises much, it delivers little. It never fails that when I’ve tried the butter and flour method of pan preparation I always have trouble getting the damn whatever out of the pan. Have you encountered the same hair-pulling problem? Click to continue…
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Baking Tip
by Aimee on October 14, 2008
Here we go again. I wonder if I will ever be able to bake something without having a step go horribly wrong or dropping something on the floor.
Yesterday I was trying to make those Brown Butter Madeleines I mentioned in my other post. I read through the directions at least twice. I got all ingredients ready to go. Saucepan and butter in hand, I started to brown my butter.
Note to self: DO NOT HAVE TV ON WHILE BROWNING BUTTER Click to continue…
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Butter,
Oops!
