The Art of French Pastry

occasions. My grandma would marinate the meat and bring it to the village baker to wrap in puff pastry and ba ...

When you make this pie, take care to roll out the puff pastry dough sufficiently so that you will ...

green salad and a good bottle of Alsatian Riesling. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Get out the following equipment and allow ...

Digital scale, set to metric weights Equipment for Puff Pastry 1 large chef’s knife 1 large mixing bowl Plastic wr ...

1 colander 1 pastry brush 1 cookie cutter or paring knife Parchment paper Read this recipe through twice fro ...

During my testing for this recipe I was reminded that the quality of the meat is crucial for meat pies. I recom ...

will need pork shoulder, also called pork butt. You will remove any bones and some of the fat (the fat ...

any other dry white wine, such as sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio. White wine is acidic, and any acidic liquid ...

too much wine. The meat should marinate in it but it shouldn’t swim. Too much wine would mean too much ...

we usually use curly parsley instead of flat-leaf parsley because it has a milder taste with hints of nutmeg. Regardi ...

but you should be careful with cloves, nutmeg, and cardamom, as these spices have a very powerful and persisten ...

(APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIGHT Puff Pastry | 1 recipe | 1 recipe Pork butt (shoulder) | 520 grams | 1 po ...

80 grams | ½ cup Curly parsley, finely chopped | 6 grams | 2 tablespoons Shallots | 40 grams | 2 med ...

Ground black pepper | 0.3 gram | Scant ¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg | 0.2 gram | Scant ¼ teaspoon Dried bay le ...

Clove | 1 clove | 1 clove Egg Wash | 1 recipe | 1 recipe METHOD DAY 1 1 Make the puff pastr ...

trim away the fat that is on the outside, leaving some of the interior fat. Cut the meat across the grai ...

dice the shallots. Add to the meat, along with the sea salt, spices, and herbs. Mix well and cover with plast ...

longer. 2 On a lightly dusted counter or silpat, roll out the puff pastry until it is ¼ inch thick ...

3 Stir the meat, then place it in a colander in the sink to drain. Remove the thyme and tarragon ...

4 Meanwhile, make the egg wash. 5 Spoon the meat onto the middle of the puff pastry rectangle, ...