How to glaze a tart

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Professional pastrycooks usually say that "a beautiful cake is already half sold", it is one of the reasons why they do not put a tart on sale without glazing it ("abricoter" in Fench), i.e. coating it with a thick apricot syrup. This glaze gives a glossy finish to the tart (see the photographs...
February 15^th 2016444 K4.4 7 min.

Peach and green tea tart

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This refined tart combines peaches with the delicate flavour of green tea. The sweetcrust pastry case is baked blind, then filled with a green-tea custard and topped with slices of poached white peaches.
October 2^nd 201646 K5 1 hour 15 min.

Pear charlotte

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A charlotte filled with pear mousse (made with whipped cream and pear coulis).
April 7^th 2013127 K4.1 13 hours 60 min.

Terrine of foie gras

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This simple way preparing a terrine of foie gras is ideal for beginners. In this recipe the liver is passed through a sieve or vegetable mill rather than kept in large pieces. The final appearance is smoother, less marbled, but just as delicious.
June 2^nd 2015247 K 15 17 hours 8 min.

Using stretch food film effectively

Maybe you use food film in your own kitchen. You know, the very thin, clear plastic stuff that you can stretch, often used to cover food and protect it from the air. It’s become so widely used that it’s now an essential item for pros. They even have a verb for it in French: “filmer”: to...
May 12^th 201819 K 14.9