This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was a one I was intrigued by. I mean, I love a good Gâteau Basque but wasn’t sure about the whole idea of filling it with dried fruits and nuts – I mean, why mess with a perfectly good dessert, right? The traditional filling is … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was a recipe I made four years ago when Baking Chez Moi first came out. Profiteroles are always a good idea and Dorie has the brilliant idea to make this chocolate version which appears in Baking Chez Moi. I’ve made these a number of times … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was a simple baked cheesecake, so named “le round trip” because Dorie’s been known to cart ingredients to make it on both sides of the Atlantic (Paris and New York). I didn’t have the spice cookies Dorie calls for in the base and I’m trying … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was one I wasn’t too keen on. A “Bettelman” is basically a bread pudding invented by the Alsatians to use up stale bread or brioche and I’m not a huge fan of bread pudding type desserts. This one is a little different in that the … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi as well as being “smooth, silky, creamy and tart” is one of the simplest decadent desserts I’ve made in a long time. Essentially it’s Dorie’s sweet shortcrust pastry filled with a luscious lime curd that uses double the amount of butter I’d typically use for … Read more
So, you think you can’t make macarons? Think again – this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is the ORIGINAL macaron that anyone can make! That’s right – the original macaron was not a pretty sandwich cookie, though the basic ingredients (egg whites, almond flour and sugar) are the same. If you … Read more