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Sunday, January 17th, 2010

at vincenzo’s, chef agostino gabriele’s raspberry cream in heart-shaped puff-pastry topped with dark chocolate awaits valentine’s day diners. photo by robin garr. valentine’s day is coming up wednesday, and if you’re thinking about …

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Vols-au-vent – Daring Baker's September Challenge « A Culinary …

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Mandatory parts of the challenge: You must make Michel Richard’s recipe for puff pastry (as seen below), and form at least part of it into vols-au-vent (instructions below). Optional parts of the challenge: You may make your … (This assumes you will be using round cutters, but if you do not have them, it is possible to cut square vols-au-vents using a sharp chef’s knife.) For smaller, hors d’oeuvre sized vols-au-vent, use a 1.5” round cutter to cut out 8-10 circles. …

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Dracula’s Bite of Delight

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Dracula’s Bite of Delight Daniel Bonnot Consultant/Instructor New Orleans LA; Nyons, France Serves 4 Two 6-inch-by-12-inch sheets of puff pastry 2 cups granulated sugar Chocolate Mousse 1 pound Swiss chocolate, chopped 2 egg yolks 1/2 cup chocolate syrup 4 cups heavy (whipping) cream Garnish 1 pint strawberries 4 tablespoons strawberry puree 2 ounces Chambord or [...]

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» » Daring Bakers: Vols-au-Vent

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

posted by virtual chef on Sep 27, 2009 | Appetizers |. puffpastry2. The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel … I am so glad Steph included the link to the video from PBS showing Julia and Michel Richard making this puff pastry. I would have been lost as to what constitutes a turn, or how the butter should be incorporated into the dough. …

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Shaking N Baking: Daring Bakers – Vols-au-Vent / Puff Pastry …

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

(This assumes you will be using round cutters, but if you do not have them, it is possible to cut square vols-au-vents using a sharp chef’s knife.) For smaller, hors d’oeuvre sized vols-au-vent, use a 1.5” round cutter to cut out 8-10 circles. … Michel Richard’s Puff Pastry Dough From: Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan Yield: 2-1/2 pounds dough. Ingredients: 2-1/2 cups (12.2 oz/ 354 g) unbleached all-purpose flour 1-1/4 cups (5.0 oz/ 142 g) cake flour …

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Chahira's cuisine: Vol-au-vents, our daring bakers challenge for …

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Kitchens should be getting cooler in the northern hemisphere, and are hopefully still cool-ish in the sourthern hempisphere, so I’m hoping you will all join me in making homemade puff pastry from Michel Richard’s recipe, … (This assumes you will be using round cutters, but if you do not have them, it is possible to cut square vols-au-vents using a sharp chef’s knife.) For smaller, hors d’oeuvre sized vols-au-vent, use a 1.5” round cutter to cut out 8-10 circles. …

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make and bake: Daring Bakers September Challenge: Vols-au-Vent

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The requirements for this challenge were to make homemade puff pastry using Michel Richard’s recipe and to use that puff pastry to make vols-au-vent. You were allowed to use any type of filling you wanted, either sweet or savory. … (This assumes you will be using round cutters, but if you do not have them, it is possible to cut square vols-au-vents using a sharp chef’s knife.) For smaller, hors d’oeuvre sized vols-au-vent, use a 1.5” round cutter to cut out 8-10 circles …

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Parita's World: Homemade Puff Pastry and Vols-Au-Vent for Daring …

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

(This assumes you will be using round cutters, but if you do not have them, it is possible to cut square vols-au-vents using a sharp chef’s knife.) For smaller, hors d’oeuvre sized vols-au-vent, use a 1.5” round cutter to cut out 8-10 circles … In it, Michel Richard and Julia Child demonstrate making puff pastry dough (although they go on to use it in other applications). They do seem to give slightly different ingredient measurements verbally than the ones in the book … …

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Daring Bakers Challenge:Vols-au-Vent

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Kitchens should be getting cooler in the northern hemisphere, and are hopefully still cool-ish in the sourthern hempisphere, so I’m hoping you will all join me in making homemade puff pastry from Michel Richard’s recipe, as it appears …

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September Daring Baker's Challenge: Puff Pastry

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Kitchens should be getting cooler in the northern hemisphere, and are hopefully still cool-ish in the sourthern hempisphere, so I’m hoping you will all join me in making homemade puff pastry from Michel Richard’s recipe, as it appears …

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