Pastry Maestra https://pastry-maestra.local Free Video Tutorials on Baking, Pastry making and Creating Desserts. Have a sweet life! Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:40:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pastry-maestra.local/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/favicon.png Pastry Maestra https://pastry-maestra.local 32 32 Chocolate, Nougat, Caramel and Peanut Bars https://pastry-maestra.local/candy-recipes/chocolate-nougat-caramel-and-peanut-bars/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:00:37 +0000 https://pastry-maestra.local/?p=10618 S

oft, chewy caramel, roasted peanuts, nougat, silky milk chocolate, and a dash of salt! Today I'm making chocolate, nougat, caramel and peanut bars! Now, who could resist this combination? Not me! And you? Didn't think so!

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Chocolate Marshmallows on a Stick https://pastry-maestra.local/candy-recipes/chocolate-marshmallows-on-a-stick/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:58:04 +0000 https://pastry-maestra.local/?p=8802 D

id you know that marshmallow candy got its name after Marshmallow root or Althaea officinalis – which was used as a sore throat remedy in ancient Greece?

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Easiest White Chocolate Fudge Ever https://pastry-maestra.local/candy-recipes/easiest-white-chocolate-fudge-ever/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:04:57 +0000 https://pastry-maestra.local/?p=10726 T

oday I'm making super easy, delicious and sweet white chocolate fudge! It is filled with dried cranberries, pistachios and blanched almonds. And that's not all - the best thing about it is that you can make it in only couple of minutes! Yum!

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The Toffee Trilogy – Part One – The Toffee https://pastry-maestra.local/basic-techniques/toffee-trilogy-part-one-toffee/ Sat, 07 Dec 2019 20:36:20 +0000 https://pastry-maestra.local/?p=6863 W

hat is toffee? Is it a buttercrunch, or butterscotch? Is the butterscotch the same thing as the buttercrunch? Is there a difference? If those questions sound familiar to you, don’t worry, because many, many people - my students included - ask the same! Have no fear because the time has come to resolve this dilemma once and for all!

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The Toffee Trilogy – Part Two – The Buttercrunch https://pastry-maestra.local/basic-techniques/toffee-trilogy-part-two-buttercrunch/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:22:01 +0000 https://pastry-maestra.local/?p=6855 A

s we’ve already learned in the post about toffee, buttercrunch is a candy very similar to toffee. Similar I say, not the same! However, lots of people, while talking about a hard, crunchy candy made of sugar and butter use both of those terms interchangeably.

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