The Art of French Pastry

the feast hall. Whenever there was an important occasion the chefs were ordered to wow guests with a new dish, ...

dinner for 2,000 royal guests—to achieve the perfect result. Some creations came out of intensive research and ex ...

the ages. Many of these French pastries are international in their appeal. Who has never heard of a flaky, bu ...

When these pastries are made well, everybody likes them. That is what makes them classics. Some of ...

with caramel, and studded with a toasted almond. When you build a tower with caramel-glazed cream puffs ...

glazed with fondant, and the Paris-Brest, shaped like a bicycle wheel and filled with a scrumptious hazelnut ...

Alsace, for example, we love Hazelnut and Orange Japonais, a sort of cake made with two crunchy hazelnut ...

tip of the classics iceberg. In addition to these recipes, you can find classics like Elephant Ears/Palmiers ...

momentarily only to reappear, like today’s fashionable macarons, but they are all here to stay. ...

SALAMBOS ...

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YIELD | ABOUT 4½ DOZEN 1½- INCH-LONG SALAMBOS Salambos, oval-shaped choux pastries filled with pastry cream an ...

flavors and the three complementary textures—a crunchy caramel coating, a creamy filling, and a crisp choux pastry ...

of the weight of the pastry cream to figure out how much kirschwasser or rum you will need. Making salambos ...

quickly and ended up with a horrible burn on my arm that took months to heal. I have never stirred c ...

come to room temperature: Digital scale, set to metric weights Equipment for Pâte à Choux Equipment for Pastry Crea ...

round tip 1 sheet pan lined with plastic wrap Plastic wrap 1 paring knife 1 pastry bag fitted with a ¼-inch ...

1 or 2 sheet pans lined with parchment paper 1 pie tin 1 heating pad or warming tray One 3 × 3–inch square o ...

twice from start to finish. INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIGHT Pâte à Choux | 1 recip ...

Whole milk (3.5% fat) | 375 grams | 1½ cups Butter (French style, 82% fat) | 37.5 grams | 1½ ounces or ...