This post is a special favor to one of my favorite readers. She asked me to make her chocolate, cherry popovers. After spending a boring afternoon at work browsing pinterest she had the idea to make chocolate, cherry popover but search after search after search lead her to... no recipes! What is worse than that!? So she asked me to make them and post a recipe so she would … [Read more...]
Waffles
Here comes the weekend! It certainly couldn't come soon enough for me. With me traveling last week and last weekend and Nick gone this week it will be great to have us each home and in the same room for a while. I plan on celebrating by making a delicious breakfast! Everyone loves good old fashioned breakfast food. So I thought I would try out waffles.As a … [Read more...]
Eclairs
Well to go along with the theme I have taken up lately I will continue with the pastry posts. I assure you I do, upon occasion, eat meals, vegetables, fruits, and the like. Usually this is only because I have run out of pastry, however. Oh well - life is meant to be enjoyed! These eclairs are actually something I made while in Florida visiting Nick's parents. It just took me a while to get … [Read more...]
Pâte à Choux
This weekend was my first real test. Last week in pastry school our lesson was pâte à choux, or choux pastry. Pâte à choux is a classic multi-purpose french pastry batter. It can be used to make everything from profiteroles, to beignets, to eclairs. It is an eggy batter that is baked quickly at a high temperature where the steam in the batter acts as the leavener and gives it that recognizable … [Read more...]
