african vanielje on Jul 01 2008 | Filed under: Fruit, WTSIM..., baking, food blogging event, sweet kitchen
Doesn’t this photo just say it all. Summer on a plate. I defy anyone not to dive in when a platter of these makes its appearance at any summer party. I can barely believe that these were an afterthought. They were the leftovers from a batch of puff pastry I made [...]
african vanielje on Mar 17 2008 | Filed under: vkcb
Make sure you have either made or bought your puff pastry in advance.
Mix a handful of plain flour with some fresh ground pepper, maldon salt and celery seeds.
Chop your braising steak into bite sized pieces and toss them in the seasoned flour.
Put the meat in a sieve and give it a good jiggle to [...]
african vanielje on Mar 17 2008 | Filed under: how to
Puff Pastry uses roughly equal quantities of butter and flour. Strong bread flour has a high gluten content which gives added strength to the pastry, which it needs for all that rolling and folding. Lemon juice softens the gluten just enough to make the dough more pliable.
Make sure everything is cold whilst [...]
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