The Art of French Pastry

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YIELD | 75 COOKIES This pressed cookie is another iconic Alsatian Christmas cookie. The dough is a type of ...

binds all the ingredients in the dough together and makes it firmer due to the gluten activation. If you cook t ...

not have to roll out this dough; instead you put it straight into a cookie press. If you do not have a c ...

the top of a worktable we were allocated the task of making them. My dad would make 25 pounds of dough ...

resembles toy clay extruders. The meat grinder was carefully attached to the wooden worktable. One of us would fill ...

way to make the cookies, but at the time it seemed more like forced labor than fun. Twenty-five pounds of ...

spiral inside the meat grinder. That taught us to be careful. When my dad woke up at around five p.m. ...

pounds of these cookies pops into my head. It always makes me smile. I encourage you to cultivate the tradi ...

Get out the following equipment and allow all of the ingredients to come to room temperature: Digital scale, set t ...

1 small bowl or cup Plastic wrap KitchenAid or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment 1 rubber spatula ...

paper Read this recipe through twice from start to finish. UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS We use cooked egg yolks in ...

contributes a nice flavor and the chopped hazelnuts add great texture. INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR ...

below | 80 grams | 6 to 7 yolks Sea salt | Pinch | Pinch All-purpose flour | 275 grams | 2^1 / 5 scant ...

grams | 6 ounces Sea salt | 1 gram | ⅛ teaspoon Granulated sugar | 150 grams | ¾ cup Vanilla extract | ...

Finely chopped hazelnuts | 75 grams | ½ cup METHOD 1 Place 7 whole eggs in a medium saucepan ...

bring to a boil over medium-high heat. When the water reaches a boil reduce the heat to medium and cook fo ...