Category: Dessert
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Italian Meringue / Buttercream
Though slightly more involved, Italian is the most stable of the meringues. It’s often used for a buttercream base or folded into sorbets or mousse to lighten them up.
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Ice Cream Flavors
Ideas to build off the Ice Cream Base recipe to create a variety of ice cream flavors.
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Banana Bread
Ingredients 2 sticks of butter (226g) 2 eggs 120g sour cream 4 large bananas 200g sugar 290g flour 1tsp baking soda 1tsp cinnamon 1tsp salt 1tsp vanilla 1/4tsp fresh nutmeg Instructions Butter a loaf pan. Preheat oven to 325F. Mix together dry ingredients in a bowl, set aside. Cream the butter, then add the…
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Ice Cream Base
A basic “French-style” vanilla ice cream base, ready to eat on its own or add flavorings.
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Coconut Cake
A nice coconut cake, on the lighter, spongier side due to using only whipped egg whites and no yolks. Non-artificial coconut extract is hard to come by, and without it the coconut flavor will be extremely mild, but you’ll still have a delicious, light, moist cake.
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are already delicious, but still a work in progress; I get closer perfection with every trial.
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Crème Caramel (Flan)
Crème Caramel is a baked custard with a caramel topping. It’s a simple, elegant dessert that is relatively easy to make and has the benefit of keeping well for several days, allowing this dessert to be prepared up to 3 or 4 days in advance.
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French Macarons
Macarons. Overpriced, finicky, pain-in-the-ass almond meringue cookies that are incredibly satisfying when you finally get them right.
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Classic Shortcrust (Pâte Brisée)
The classic shortcust ratio is 3:2:1 flour,butter,water. This recipe increases the butter to 2.5 parts to create a flakier, richer crust that’s works well with nearly any filling.
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Lemon Curd
This lemon curd is very tart, which works well when filling something very sweet, but more sugar can be added to sweeten. Start with 1/4 cup. The fat from additional butter (up to 6tbsp total) can also balance the acid tartness. Egg yolks are optional, but create a richer flavor and a more velvety texture.…