The Art of French Pastry

couverture, such as a 70 percent. Do not attempt to make flourless cake with milk chocolate or white chocolat ...

instead of staying with dark chocolate, the milk powder lactose present in these chocolates will clash with the re ...

WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIGHT Egg yolks | 120 grams | About 8 yolks Granulated sugar | 70 gra ...

(64%) | 70 grams | 2^1 / 5 ounces Unsweetened dark chocolate | 11 grams | ⅖ ounce Egg whites | 150 grams ...

METHOD 1 Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. 2 Place the ...

scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Whip for another 3 minutes on medium until the ...

set aside. Wash the bowl of your mixer thoroughly with hot water and detergent and dry. 3 Place the ...

microwave-safe bowl and melt it with three 30- second zaps at 50 percent power. Stir gently with a ru ...

grams of granulated sugar and whip on high to a stiff but not dry meringue, about 1½ minutes. Reduce the speed ...

rubber spatula. Make sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl with each fold, as the chocolate will settle ...

spread it evenly with an offset spatula. Try to spread the sponge quickly and efficiently so that you don’t de ...

from the pan and the parchment paper, first run a paring knife between the edges of the cake and the sides ...

baked chocolate sponge and second sheet of parchment paper in between. Hold the 2 sheet pans together a ...

The surface should have a skin but the center should be moist, though not liquid (it shouldn’t stick to a knif ...

JACQUY’S TAKEAWAYS This is a great sponge to have on hand, as everyone likes a good flour- less cake; ...

CHOCOLATE AND HAZELNUT YULE LOG / BÛCHE DE NOËL ...

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YIELD | ONE 16-INCH YULE LOG, SERVING 10 TO 12 PEOPLE Bûche de Noël is the traditional French Christmas cake. ...

fireplaces on Christmas Eve, a log so big that it was meant to burn until the first of January. Famili ...

Noël for the holidays. The entire family—aunts and uncles and cousins—would come over to help make them. T ...