The Art of French Pastry

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

bowl 1 paring knife 1 medium saucepan 1 high-heat rubber spatula or a wooden spatula 1 or 2 spoons 1 sheet ...

twice from start to finish. UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS Nuts vary in size, composition, and fat content, and be ...

it’s very important to check the nuts to make sure that they toast all the way through to the center b ...

natural fat extracted from cocoa. It is made up of 100 percent fat solids and does not contain water. Coating the n ...

the closest thing you can use as a substitute. (See Step 1, for instructions.) INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXI ...

grams | 1⅔ cups Vanilla bean | ¼ bean | ¼ bean Water | 20 grams | 1½ tablespoons Granulated sugar | ...

METHOD 1 1 Place the nuts in a microwave-safe medium bowl. 2 Split the vanilla bean lengthwise w ...

to a boil, boil for 1 minute only, and turn off the heat. The sugar will have dissolved and you will hav ...

liquid syrup turns white and crystallizes around the nuts. If the nuts and sugar lump up as soon as you ...

lump to the pan and you will be able to continue the process. Once the sugar has crystallized around the nu ...

process. Do not stir too fast, because the more you stir, the more you cool down the mixture and the more ...

time will be hot enough to roast the nuts. It’s a balancing act: if the heat is too low the nuts will ...

burn and you must immediately reduce the heat to a lower setting. 5 Once the sugar has turned into ...

brown all the way through the center. If the nut is still pale in the center, turn the heat back on low for 1 ...

seconds. 6 Dump the nuts in a big pile onto the sheet pan lined with the silpat. Immediately fil ...

beginning the mixture is extremely hot, separate the nuts with your hands. You can also separate the nuts ...

the blob in a microwave- safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds, then continue to separate the nuts. On ...

Walnuts and pecans will not work; the sugar syrup will get lodged inside the creases of the nuts and will never ...

paper and bake them for 30 minutes or until brown and toasted all the way through. Remove from the oven and t ...