Pastry Maestra
Free Video Tutorials on Baking, Pastry making and Creating Desserts. Have a sweet life!
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ould it be that some bored Swiss banker, sitting in the vault and making endless rolls of money, came to an idea of making a cake that looks like – a roll of money? Or the inventor of the Swiss roll was a tired clock maker that became dizzy of looking at the countless cogwheels swirling back and forth? Nobody knows.
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hiffon is a fabric that is usually used for evening gowns and it denotes high style and fashion. It is elegant, lightweight and sheer – just like the chiffon cake!
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schler [iːʃler] cookies are considered to be one of the finest examples of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy’s pastry tradition, originated in Bad Ischl [baːt ˈɪʃl̩] – a famous spa town in upper Austria, where the Emperor Franz Joseph I enjoyed his summers.
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s it a cake, or a sponge cake? Is it meringue?
Dacquoise [da-kwaz] can be a layered cake, a cake component, and it always contains meringue, however – it isn’t just meringue. It is one very special sweet treat!
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o make these incredibly cute cookies you will need to make some shortcrust pastry. I would advise you not to add nuts into the dough, because the cookies will become fragile and you don’t want your cookies to crumble as soon as you touch them, right?
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emember cake balls? Chocolate coated, ball-shaped, dense mixture of leftover crumbed cake, chocolate, jam or a filling of any kind is always a highly appreciated and popular item in any pastry shop, in spite of the fact they are made of leftovers! Go figure!
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he word nougat [ˈnuːɡət] comes from Occitan (also called Old Provençal) word pan nogat [ˈpa nuˈɣat], that seemingly came from Latin panis nucatus, meaning ‘nut bread’ (nucatum means ‘nutted’ or ‘nutty’). Nuts, right!?
C
rispy shortcrust pastry, creamy caramel and silky milk chocolate ganache… hmmm, that sounds serious! And it is, so this time you’ll need to roll up your sleeves a bit! However, I promise – it will be worth your while!
L
ight and delicious, this summertime semifreddo is an ideal treat for you and your guests! It isn’t difficult to make, just follow my directions!
You’ve already noticed that I like semifreddo. Well – I do! Flavored with tangy passion fruit, lemon or berries, or with rich chocolate, hazelnut or caramel, doesn’t matter to me – I love them all!
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hen I’m thinking of brittle candy, one funny thing comes to my mind. I am a great fan of the Emmy Awarded sitcom “How I met your mother” – a comedy that is abundant in extraordinary actors and crazy screenwriters that gave me loads of wonderful laughs. One of those legendary moments is when Lilly, one of the main characters, is declared to be a ‘loud chewer’!
