There are times when you want a fancier dessert for a special occasion. Think entremets but no time to make mousse, sponge, crispy layer and mirror glaze? This is where you need joint forces of best quality products. Make a delicious chocolate tart with handmade pastry (Paneton Bakery) and ganache with good quality chocolate. Dress it up…
Category: Recipes – Sweet Treats
Chewy fudgey perfect chocolate brownies
After years of trial and error, I’ve finally got a fail proof chocolate brownie that appears to satisfy the fussiest and hardest-to-please of all critics (aka Miss 8). These brownies are fudgey and chewy, just how we like it. Importantly, these produce the smoothest crisply thin layer, flakey, like dried meringue shells. The key is…
6 recipes/ideas to start your amazing journey with Paneton French Bakery’s new chocolate pastry
If you have ever tried making short crust pastry, you would know that while it isn’t very difficult (at least when compared to making puff pastry), it does take a bit of time to make and rest before you can roll it out for baking. Add to that my preference for a chocolate shell to…
Cassis, chestnut and Valrhona Satilia Lactée ganache macarons
Unlike the more premium Gran Cru line, the Valrhona Satilia range of chocolate is made from a blend of cocoa beans from different regions. Nonetheless, it is as delicious as ever: strong chocolate flavour with 35% cocoa, slightly sweet and a little biscuity. Kinder to the wallet so why not! Here I’ve paired it with…
Moist Chocolate Feijoa Cake
I’ve been blessed by friends giving me a whole lot of feijoas recently and our kitchen has been churning out lots of dishes with feijoas – feijoa macarons, feijoa jelly and now of course the much awaited chocolate feijoa cake. I must admit, this was my cunning plot to get J to eat feijoas –…
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