The Art of French Pastry

appear. WATER GOT INTO MY CHOCOLATE: A water bath can be used to melt chocolate, but you have to be very ca ...

where the water is. Let the water be absorbed by the towel. Repeat the operation until all the water is gone ...

weight of boiling cream. JACQUY’S TAKEAWAYS >> The more chocolate you use in tempering, the slower the cooling pro ...

the more it retains heat. Properly tempered chocolate always sets in about 2 minutes. Never dip fresh sliced ...

COCONUT MACARON / ROCHER À LA NOIX DE COCO ...

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YIELD | 3 DOZEN COOKIES 2-DAY RECIPE My father used to make these coconut “rocks” (rocher means “rock” in ...

cookies in general are a big deal. I don’t know how they became so popular; Alsace is about as far away fr ...

sugar and egg whites into one big pot, set it on the gas stove, and stir the mixture with a huge spatula for wh ...

huge quantities of dough by hand in a big vat called a pétrin (pétrir means “to knead”). It’s an amazing ...

time, about a half hour, in order to bring such a big batch to the right temperature. When I watch ...

whites coagulate. Then we let it rest until the moisture in the mixture is absorbed by the coconut flakes and by ...

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

larger than the saucepan 1 medium stainless steel hand whisk 1 digital thermometer 1 bowl scraper Plastic wra ...

Read this recipe through twice from start to finish. UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS I like to use fine coconut ...

flakes, blend them in a food processor with the sugar until you obtain a fine flake, about ^1 / 16 ...

moisture in the mixture, keeping these cookies very moist. INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIG ...

Granulated sugar | 160 grams | ¾ cup Unsweetened fine coconut flakes | 100 grams | 1⅓ cups Apricot compote or apple ...

teaspoon ORGANIZING YOUR TIME Ideally, you should cook the batter on one day and let it rest overnight before mak ...

1 Create a double boiler by pouring ¾ inch of water into the saucepan and placing it on the stove ove ...