The Art of French Pastry

much of a chance to be used a second time, but puff pastry is definitely an exception. Scraps can be use ...

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

bowls 1 large chef’s knife 2 to 3 sheet pans lined with parchment paper 1 medium offset spatula Read thi ...

UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS Palmiers are made with puff pastry. Puff pastry is not sweet at all, so when we m ...

sugar is also required to obtain a nice caramel finish during the baking process. The glossy finish also ...

into steam and force the layers to separate. But because of all the sugar the temperature for palmiers will be ...

INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIGHT Puff Pastry, 4 turns only | ½ recipe | ½ recipe ...

METHOD DAY 1 Make half a batch of puff pastry dough following the recipe. Apply 4 book folds and refrigerat ...

batch), divide it in 2 and freeze half of it. Make sure to label the batch that you freeze and note tha ...

sugar next to your silpat or your rolling surface. Place a very generous amount of sugar on the silpat ...

top of the dough as needed, in the same way you would dust with flour. When it is time to fold the do ...

evenly with sugar. Wrap in plastic and let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. 2 Bowl ...

refrigerate for 30 minutes. 3 Bowl 3: Place the third bowl of granulated sugar next to your silpat ...

shrink you should roll it a little bigger at first. With a ruler measure half of the rectangle and make ...

the other end. Fold the folded pastry in half at the middle into a log, with one side on top of the ...

cutting board and, using a large chef’s knife, cut twenty-four ½-inch-thick slices. Place 1 slice, cut side d ...

3 sheet pans. Now pull apart the 2 sides of each palmier slightly while gently pressing with your index ...

5 Place the sheet pans with the shaped palmiers in the refrigerator for 2 hours to dry out. Otherwise ...

6 Bowl 4: Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C. Sprinkle the sugar from the fourth bowl over the palmie ...

palmiers over and place them back in the oven for another 15 to 20 minutes, until they are baked fully ...