The Art of French Pastry

NOTE: In the case of this raspberry jam, if the raspberries are perfectly ripe they will not need the a ...

WORKING WITH THE QUEEN OF JAM MAKING ANOTHER FAVORITE JAM- MAKING MEMORY is of working on a project in Alsace w ...

France (MOF) competition. Christine is the absolute queen of jam making. She makes close to 300,000 jars of ...

vineyards. People from all over the world come to this full-blown pastry shop for Christine’s wonderful jams. ...

kitchens. After her apprenticeship and a number of jobs in several pastry shops, she returned to work with h ...

jam, they buy it at the supermarket.” However, Christine was determined. She tricked her dad into letting her put he ...

fruit and a flower. I went to Niedermorschwihr and with Christine’s help I developed a muscat grape jam f ...

guidance we came up with a magical result. I will never forget that moment in my career and will always be ...

but it takes practice to know when you’ve reduced enough water without burning the fruit or if you overcooked it, m ...

jam that is too stiff but has not burned you can rectify it by making a smaller runny batch, and heating the stiff batc ...

For jam aficionados, I recommend the purchase of a 0– 80° B (B stands for Brix degree) refractometer, a too ...

you cook your jam to 60 Brix. This means that it will have 60 percent solids and 40 percent water. Never ...

aftertaste. In a perfect world you would make your jam in a confiturier, a copper pot that has a flat bottom, ...

this case it helps the pectin to set. Copper oxidizes after it is left in the air for a day; the way to ...

latex gloves, and rub the mixture over the entire surface of the pot. You will see that all the oxidization will dis ...

for use for the entire day. Some copper pots are sold for decoration only; these are very light. When choosin ...

children. $50 TRICK: Flipping over the jam jars after they are filled will force the air bubble left between t ...

RECIPES REQUIRING RASPBERRY JAM Raspberry and Hazelnut Tart Tarte de Linz Ma Façon Beignets ...

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