Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
The warm weather is upon us, and with it comes picnics and potlucks. Picnic cakes are the quick and easy solution if you are tasked with bringing a dessert: they are portable, store well at room temperature, and are typically baked in a 9 inch …
Breaking Breads by Uri Scheft gives spirit to old favorites, and is a reflection of the author’s travels. Traditional challah, laminated breads, flatbreads, and stuffed breads are all greatly described and made, and he mixes contemporary ingredients with traditional methods. And it’s not just about …
Puff pastry is any baker’s (and mom’s) best friend. It comes in frozen so it’s easy to always have on hand, and after it is thawed can be used to not only create desserts but can be used to make simple but delicious dinner and …
Hobart Heavy Duty 30 Qt Dough Mixer – Image from Auctionzip lizting. Here are some recent bakery and equipment items for auction Great ways to shop for equipment. Restaurant, Butcher, Bakery Equipment Auction What: All kinds of equipment, from mixers and steamers to carts and …
What is “Real Bread?” According to the The Real Bread Campaign, co-founded in 2008 by Andrew Whitley and the charity, Sustain, it is bread that is made without artificial additives or processing agents. At the very basic definition, bread contains just flour and water, and …
A great study out of Gettysburg College’s Psychology department. Each participant was randomly asked to eat either a cracker or piece of chocolate either mindfully or non-mindfully. Researchers found that eating chocolate mindfully (focusing on the ingredient production) rather than simply eating without thinking produces …
For those that like to follow kitchen and equipment auctions, here are a few closing soon: New & Used Restaurant & Kitchen Equipment Online Auctions Auction Ending 9/27 When: 9/27/16 Where: 2100 E Union Bower Rd, IRVING, TX 75061 What: Restaurant equipment, large selection from …
Gorgeous pain au chocolat! I love the design here. Swirls and circles. #bakinglove repost via @laurent13570 . . . #painauchocolate #croissants #pastrysampler A video posted by Renee Shelton (@pastrysampler) on Aug 27, 2016 at 3:32pm PDT +Renee SheltonTwitter: @121degreesCPastrySampler.com
With the discontinuing of the 402 pastry tip from Bakery Crafts and Parrish’s Magic Line (who I both purchased them from wholesale in the past), I’ve been inundated with questions on where to find this tip, or how to replace this tip, or if there …
There are a million variations on making cake sequins, namely from cutting out and painting scraps of fondant or gum paste, or painting commercially made sprinkle sequins. But these all look the same, namely like metallic colored sugar paste circles. I sew, and the last …
High speed mochi making, mochi-tsuki. Mochi is a Japanese dessert with various fillings. This video shows Mitsuo Nakatani in his restaurant, Nakatanidou, in Nara, Japan. How fast is he? “Three poundings per second.” I’m a mochi fan. And I can’t say which I love more, …
Here’s a step by step video on creating a solid multi-colored chocolate lace wrap with a floral design. Julia M. Usher created this video, and in it uses untempered couverture chocolate. The video is below. But first, here are some handy tips if you are …
Thomas Schnetzler of Lindt tempers chocolate via the tabling method. The basic process is as follows. Heat the dark chocolate until it melts and reaches 48 degrees C. Cool down to 28 degrees C (by tabling method, below). Then heat it back up to 31 …
A Journey to the Dark Side of Bread. Matthew Zuras interviews Zachary Golper via Munchies on Vice following the release of Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread, showcasing his secret to a perfect loaf of bread: long, low-temperature fermentation, which allows the dough to develop …
Here’s a different yeast bread recipe to try from the main Pastry Sampler site: Cheddar cheese bread with polenta and molasses. Enjoy! +Renee SheltonTwitter: @121degreesCPastrySampler.com
Looking for quick and easy old-fashioned cookbooks for baking (or even giving) this holiday season? The ABC series from Peter Pauper Press may have just you are looking for. Peter Pauper Press recently is releasing several of its older titles from the 50s and 60s …