The Art of French Pastry

wooden molds called springerle. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Get out the following equipment and allow all of the ingredients to ...

Digital scale, set to metric weights 1 sifter KitchenAid or stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment 1 rubber ...

2 sheet pans lined with silpats Read this recipe through twice from start to finish. UNDERSTANDING INGRE ...

bake. The mixture is similar to a sponge mixture and it is handled like a macaron, in the sense that you pi ...

the cookies rise slightly. For this recipe I use green (Spanish) anise seeds, a spice that originally came ...

confectionery. Green anise is also used in the famous French aperitif called pastis. My grandmother would sprinkle ...

INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) Cake flour | 150 grams | 1⅓ cups Spanish anise seeds | 4 grams ...

Granulated sugar | 150 grams | ¾ cup Sea salt | 1.5 grams | Scant ¼ teaspoon METHOD 1 Sift the flou ...

and whip on high speed for 3 minutes. Lower the speed to medium and whip for another 3 minutes. 3 ...

with your spatula and tilt the bowl so that the dry ingredients don’t settle on the bottom. Fold only until ...

the ⅜-inch round tip and pipe 1¼-inch rounds onto the sheet pans lined with silpats. Leave 1 inch of spa ...

evenly with granulated sugar. Let the cookies dry at room temperature for 45 minutes or longer, up to 24 hours in ...

in your room will be a factor in the time it takes for the cookies to form a skin. 5 Meanwhile, ...

quickly so that you do not lose too much heat. Close the door and let the cookies bake at 350°F/180°C for 10 ...

The tops of the cookies should be rounded, and they should have a foot created by the rising. The foot sho ...

cannot be refrigerated or frozen. JACQUY’S TAKEAWAYS >> This is a sponge mixture, and like all sponge m ...

freeze the raw dough or it will collapse. ...

La Maison Lips If you are ever in Alsace, don’t miss La Maison Lips in Gertwiller, a bakery owned by Michel ...

of springerle, or wooden cookie molds, as well as antique earthenware molds. ...

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