Pastry

A couple of days ago I was driving through Homewood Alabama and found a little piece of heaven on earth. Let me be precise though, the little piece of heaven on earth was not the place, but the bite of cake (or Baby Bites as they call them) that I put in my mouth. My [...]

This weekend we ventured to Serendra to try out Conti’s known for their baked goodies and home cooked style comfort food. I tried out their Arroz ala Cubana - which is in my top 10 list of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Lots of recipes today! I made puff pastry from scratch. It is far and away the best puff pastry I have ever tasted. I’m modest, I know, but man it’s good. I have, as have many other people, only ever used frozen puff pastry. It is convenient, inexpensive and works very well. I can now proudly say that I have passed the puff pastry trial by fire and joined the ranks of the bloggers who did it b

Pastry Passion 1.0.2 | 23Mb Games Information : Whip up a passion for puzzles with this sweet treat! Help Henri, a high-spirited baker with a penchant for pastries, arrange scrumptious ingredients into groups of three or more to make colorful confections. Boost your bakery with helpful tools and rise to the rank of Master Pastry Chef in level after level of mouth-watering matching fun! Featuring

The new Pastry Shoes ‘Fab Cookie Orange Blueberry’ has hit many retailers and is already starting to sell out, within hours after its release. The Fab Cookie Orange Blueberry includes the use of bright colors such as creamsicle orange, royal blueberry and bubble gum pink to create a sneaker with a nice vibrant colorway for [...]

Resep Puff Pastry GulungKiriman: Ny. Agustina, JakartaBahan Resep:1 sdt minyak untuk menumis75 g bawang bombay, cincang halus2 siung bawang putih, cincang halus1/2 sdt kunyit bubuk1/2 sdt jintan bubuk1/2 sdt garam1 sdm saus sambal manis botolan2 sdm selai kacang kasar (chuncky)50 g kacang tanah panggang, cincang500 g puff pastry, gilas hingga setebal1/2 cm, siap pakaiCara Membuat Resep:1. Panaska

Another nice little experiment that turned out to be successful: A puff pastry crust filled with chicken, pease and pomegranate syrup. The tangy syrup goes very well with the chicken and the peas. A nice full meal, but also a very nice and elegant starter.  Read more »

Portable Pastry Passion v1.0 | 23 Mb Game synopsis : Whip up a passion for puzzles with this sweet treat! Help Henri, a high-spirited baker with a penchant for pastries, arrange scrumptious ingredients into groups of three or more to make colorful confections. Boost your bakery with helpful tools and rise to the rank of Master Pastry Chef in level after level of mouth-watering matching fun!

After a row of the tensed detective games, please let me offer you an extrrr-emely relaxing, light and mouth-watering addition to our Cooking Games List! Ladies and gentlemen, help yourself with a mix of time-management and match-3 called Pastry Passion. Bon appetite! Pastry Passion - Free Game Download and the Full Version So, speaking about the game tasks, [...]

Pastry CaseServes 8Fibre 1.7g, protein 4.4g, fat 13.5gCalories/serving 152 WWpoints per serving 3120g( 4 1/2 oz) soy flour6og(2 1/20z) butter, softened8og(3 oz )cream cheese, softened1 tablespoon sour cream6 teaspoons granular sugar substitute (optional)1. In a bowl beat the flour, butter, cream cheese, sour cream and sugar substitute, if using, until just combined. Shape into a disc and chill for

I love Puffs. who doesn't? In my school days there used to be a canteen and almost daily I used to eat puffs prepared there. Till now, I have never eaten puffs that is more tasty than those canteen puffs. Maybe my mind is fixed with that thought because they were my first puffs. Anyway, after becoming a cook myself, I tried to make puffs, but to be very frank, my puff pastry always ended up in a m

Pastry Passion from GameHouse and RealArcade | 22Mb Game synopsis : Pastry Passion - the new game from GameHouse and RealArcade - . In this culinary match-three featuring 60 levels and 2 game modes, the goal is to make high quality pastries by matching the required ingredients to help fun-loving baker Henri prepare for a big wedding. You'll also buy helpful tools and pass Henri's exams to become

This past week I've had a hard time getting one of my favorite pastries out of my head... Cream Horns! YUM! And when I looked up the recipe here on my site I laughed to see it was almost exactly one year ago that I gave you the recipe!How ironic is that? Just 2 days off. So... I'm thinking it would be kind of fun to make them on May 9th again... perhaps that can be a funny, quirky tradition to make Cream Horns (Lady Locks) every year on May 9th? I actually have made them twice since then and I admit I still haven't found the perfect puff pastry dough. Yes, using the store bought Pepperidge Farm version is much, much easier but it was so greasy that I had a hard time with that. The first and second homemade versions were more like a cookie and not the flaky pastry that I was going

In this culinary match-three featuring 60 levels and 2 game modes, the goal is to make high quality pastries by matching the required ingredients to help fun-loving baker Henri prepare for a big wedding.You'll also buy helpful tools and pass Henri's exams to become Master Pastry Chef.DOWNLOAD HERE

This week my parents were visiting from out of town and we stopped by the local coffee shop Tuesday evening. When we left we had a couple pastries for breakfast the next morning. Imagine my laughter when I cut one of the pastries in half and found... absolutely nothing!The photo might not show it well but the entire inside of the pastry is completely empty. Pure air. LOL. Immediately the phrase "the tomb is empty" went through my head. The bottom of the pastry was colored red but apparently it all must have leaked out during the baking process or they just don't use very much filling at all. In the end, no one ate it anyway and it went into the trash, but it gave us a good laugh.This, my friends, is why homemade baked goodies are often superior to mass-merchandised commercially ba

Girls! Take home your very own free pair of Pastry Kick Sneakers. These sweet and stylish shoes are by Vanessa and Angela Simmons of MTV’s Run house. These shoes are sweet, sassy, absolutely girl and absolutely free. Visit their site and they’ll show you how to get your very own free pair. Offer is only valid to US [...]

Vanessa and Angela Simmons recently celebrated the one year anniversary of their Pastry clothing line. They threw a bash at Mr. Chow’s in Beverly Hills, featuring appearances by Nelly, Diddy,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Vanessa and Angela Simmons celebrated Pastry's One Year Anniversary at Mr. Chow on March 15th in Beverly Hills. It was a nice "B" list turn out with Nelly, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Tia Mowrey, Tichina Arnold and Tracee Ellis Ross in attendence. In other words, boring as sh*t! But the Simmons girls as always looked FAB!

In 1 year the Simmons sisters, who sold over $15 million in Pastry sneakers last year has expanded their brand to apparel, handbags, jewelry & more. Now, that’s wassup. To see more of the pastry collection (Click Now).

Ingredients For the Filo Pastry½ kg hard flour150g vegetable margarine1 teaspoon saltFor the filling1kg fresh spinach1 bunch spring onions1 bunch aromatic spring herbs (in Greece, kafkalithres, paparounes, mironia etc)1 bunch fresh anise½ kg feta cheese3 tablespoons olive oil1 level teaspoon saltPreparation of Filo pastry- 1st partMix the flour with the salt and enough water to make the dough pliable but not moist.Knead the cough well and then divide it into 9 equal partsMake a ball from each of the parts.Leave the balls on a dish with flour for at least 1 hour, covered with cling film.In this time, you can prepare the filling Preparation of the FillingClean the spinach and discard all the hard outer parts, leaving the leaves and the soft stems.Rinse it well under cold water.Clean the

Serba Enak dari Resep Puff PastryPuff pastry adalah adonan lembaran. Disebut demikian karena adonan ini jika dipanggang dalam oven menghasilkan lembaran-lembaran renyah yang memikat. Dibuat dari resep bahan dasar terigu dan campuran resep mentega putih dan mentega kuning yang digilas, dilipat, lalu digilas kembali.Prosesnya dilakukan berkali-kali. Membuat resepnya memang membutuhkan kesabaran. Tapi begitu Anda mempunyai adonan puff pastry, berbagai sajian memikat bisa diciptakan. Mau diisi asin atau manis, silakan! Ragout udang atau keju sosis memberi rasa gurih yang nikmat. Mau rasa manis, taburi puff pastry dengan irisan apel berbumbu kayu manis. Wah, wah, wah .... legit dan harumnya!Resep Puff Udang LipatResep bahan isi:1 sdm margarin1/2 bawang bombay, cincang300 gram udang, potong keci

1 can biscuits1 can artichoke hearts, chopped1 tsp. cayenne pepper1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded1 green onion, chopped1 tsp. garlic powder1/4 tsp. oregano1. Preheat oven as indicated on biscuit can.2. Combine all ingredients in bowl.3. Separate biscuits with fingers to make a pocket and stuff with mixture.4. Bake for 10 minutes and serve.

"Bolo Rei" (literally, King Cake) is a traditional Portuguese cake, which is usually eaten around Christmas until the "Dia de Reis" (literally, Day of Kings, as a reference to the three wise men) on January 6th. Within the Bolo Rei, mixed with the white, soft dough, are; raisins, various nuts (almonds, walnuts, etc.), and crystallized fruit. Also included is the characteristic "fava", tradition dictates that whoever finds the fava has to pay for the Bolo rei next year. Included is also a porcelain trinket and whoever finds it will earn the crown and be King (or Queen) for one day.Ingredients:100g candied citrus peel, chopped 50g raisins 50g pine nuts 10ml Port wine2 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast 100ml water (luke warm) 1250g flour 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 100g unsalted butter, softened 100g sug

Rocky Balbino has given me another recipe of "filhóses". This one is made with carrots and follows more or less the same procedure than the one with the pumpkin. I never tried this recipe as it is not typical from my region in Portugal. This one is from Douro Litoral and I am originally from Beira Litoral.Here is the new recipe with thanks to Rocky (the photograph is from a cook book...however, I hope to substitute it soon with a picture of my own when I will have done this recipe)Filhós de CenouraIngredientes:1,5 kg de cenouras cruas100 g de açucar2 ovos250 g de farinha de trigoazeite para fritar1 colher (sobremesa) rasa de fermento em pó1 limãoaçucar e canela moída para polvilharsal Preparação: Corte as cenouras ao meio pelo comprimento e coza-as em água com sal, durante 25 min

There are some Portuguese Christmas tradition that have stayed on in my family although we have been abroad for so long. Some tradition are nicer than others, and this is the case of a delicious pastry done on Christmas and New Year. They are called "Filhóses" or "Velhóses" according to the region in Portugal where they are made, but the recipe is always the same...most of the time!This is the tradition I will now make you discover...for me there is no real Christmas without at least one of my mother's "filhós"Ingredients · 1500g pumpkin (this weight is after the pumpkin was cooked and dried of its residual water) · 600g of flour· 4 eggs (optional)· 20g of live yeast· 5g salt· a (very) small glass of Port wine· sugar and cinnamon1. Peal a medium pumpkin, cut it in cubes and cook

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3/4 lb slobster tail meat — roughly chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon paprika 1/2 cup chilled heavy cream 1 tablespoon minced tarragon 4 small puff pastry shells 1egg with 1 tablespoon water to make egg wash 1ounce Sevruga caviar — optional Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a food processor, puree the lobster meat with the salt and paprika. [...]

In celebration of the new season of RUN’S HOUSE on MTV, we are giving away two pair of shoes: One for girls: Pastry shoes - Fob Cookie Boot - Color: Chocolate Chip (Brown) [Pictured on the left] One for guys: Runs Athletics - Arthur Ashe style - Color: Aussie Grand Slam (Brown) - [Pictured on the right - Note: The color on the picture is not the right one] I bet you’re probably wondering how you can win one of those, right? It’s simple. email us at contest@daemonstv.com and come up with a fun tag line to sell the shoes. Please also let us know if you are applying for the girls’ or the guys’ pair. Update: Sizes are not guaranteed, but we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We will pick the promo line we liked the best for the guys’ shoes and the one we liked the best for the girls’ shoes. You have until December 1st 2007 to apply. We will pick the winners on December 2nd 2007. Good Luck! More info: The entries must be received by Decem

Prepare the puff pastry shells following the pack instructions. Heat in a frying pan 40g butter and stir fry shortly 250g sliced mixed mushrooms with 1 sliced leek. Add to taste cayenne and salt. Add 50g plain flour and cook shortly. Add gradually 300ml vegetable stock. Keep stirring! Just heat a bit more and at last add 1 tablespoon mustard. Transfer the mushroom mixture into the puff pastry shells and serve immediatly. Enjoy! Share This Same TasteOven Baked Pasta with GorgonzolaRice with Vegetables and Peanut SauceGeschnetzeltesCurly Cabbage PieOven Baked Green Beans

One of the best (worst?) sins where you are in Paris is going to pastries because you can never know how many of these delicious little things you are going to buy and no need to tell, how much weight you are going to gain as well.Here is a selection of six places to die for. Fauchon: Prices are expensive but the inventories are fascinating. The year was 1886 when Fauchon's first store opened its doors to sell Parisians some of the same delicacies you'll still find there today. Lenôtre: The pastries are perfect, the cakes immaculate and the breads, fresh and irresistible. Admittedly, it’s heavy but what a sinfully tasty treat. Pierre Hermé: He is a French pastry chef that Vogue called "the Picasso of Pastry". It’s funny knowing that Pierre Hermé began his career at the age of 14 as an apprentice to Gaston Lenôtre. Did the student surpass the master? La Maison du Chocolat: One of the premier Paris chocolatiers thanks to its combination of luxe ingredients and decadent but

by Vivian ZhuoHave you ever wonder why not everyone who follows the same recipe gets the same pastry that melts in your mouth. What cause it to turn into a tough doughy mass.First of all, let us study for a minute just what pastry is. It is a mixture of flour, shortening and water. Each grain of flour is thoroughly coated with shortening and then mixed to a dough with the water. Do I hear you say "Well I know that?" Surely you do. But do you know the real knack of putting it together? For here is the real rub. The minute you knead or squeeze pastry that is the moment you make it tough.Do not knead or pat with the hand. You cannot hurt the dough if you will just mix it as a man does when mixing mortar with a hoe. Keep working it back and forth, chopping it each time until well mixed.Use a rolling pin to roll the dough. Should the dough tear, or not come to the desired shape, just fold it into squares or oblongs and then roll again. You can re-roll pastry as often as desired by this meth

BIRD: Buffers, did you fall in?BUFFALO: Very nearly, Birdy. I've been poisoned by the fookin' Chinese.BIRD: You've been eating Barbie dolls again?BUFFALO: No, not that, they poisoned my Lo Mein! I told 'em to hold the MSG, and asked for plum sauce for my egg roll, but they gave me plumbum instead!BIRD: Blimey! They injected plum sauce up your bum?!BUFFALO: No, you plank, they laced my lunch with lead!BIRD: Was that a la carte?BUFFALO: (GROANS) No, it was the white plate special. The bloody china hadn't been properly fired, and it leached lead into my Bung Cow Chicken. I'm fookin' contaminated, mate!BIRD: But, Buffers, how do you know for certain that you've been poisoned?BUFFALO: I'm having all the classic symptoms of those ancient Roman wheezers. They all went bonkers, y'know, from sipping water from lead pipes. They lapped it up cuz it tasted sweet, the stupid berks.BIRD: Ah, I see. . . so you've gone off your twig, then?BUFFALO: I'm getting there. At first I was having

Make a marinade with 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoons lemon juice and leaves of 2 twigs of thyme. Cut open the chicken breast and fill it with 1/2 a grilled red pepper. Fry the chicken breast brown on both sides. Roll out 2 puff pastry sheets for each chicken breast. Place the chicken breast on the puff pastry sheets. Fill the chicken breast with some slices brie. Wrap the puff pastry over the chicken breast. Lightly coat the puff pastry with a whisked egg. Scatter some grated cheese over it. Place the chicken breast on a baking tray and put it in the preheated oven at 200C (fan) for about 20 minutes. Serve with a salad and fried potatoes. Enjoy!

Home-made goodness and a hearty meal in itself! Flaky short crust pastry filled with chunks of chicken breast, onions, celery and peas in a mellow flavored white cream sauce. Convenient individual servings. Just heat and serve! Buy from Omaha Steaks

Today, on 6th of June, it´s holiday. It is the Swedish National Day. This day became the Swedish national day in 1983. Previously known as Swedish flag day. It marks the coronation of Gustav Vasa in 1523. This old king defeated the Danes and established Lutheranism in Sweden. This day also marks the adoption of one of our constitutions from 1809.The Swedish Riksdag (parliament) only designated this day a public holiday in 2005. Many immigrants associate the day with receiving Swedish citizenship. They celebrate living in a free and independent country.There are celebrations in Stockholm, 600 kilometers away. I do not know what to do with a holiday in the middle of the week.Anyway, here you are. I hereby give you the recipe of our National Day Pastry. A result of a pastry chef competition. The prize winner was Helena Bergmark.4The Recipe in SwedishINGREDIENTS:10 ServingsLAYER:300 g almond paste, grated150 g butter3 eggs, slightly beatenTOPPING:100 g almond paste, gratedabout 2 tablespo

  My mother-in-law bakes awesomely delicious pineapple tarts and that is one of the highlights whenever we go back home for Chinese New Year. Pineapple tarts take up lots of hours to make as there is the cooking of pineapple jam (which can take hours) and preparation of pastry followed by baking. Usually, my mother-in-law will make the pineappple jam in advance and keep it in the fridge until needed. (more…) Share This

  My mother-in-law bakes awesomely delicious pineapple tarts and that is one of the highlights whenever we go back home for Chinese New Year. Pineapple tarts take up lots of hours to make as there is the cooking of pineapple jam (which can take hours) and preparation of pastry followed by baking. Usually, my mother-in-law will make the pineappple jam in advance and keep it in the fridge until needed. (more…) Share This

Sweets for your feet? That’s exactly what Vanessa and Angela Simmons, daughters of Rev Run of Run DMC fame have cooked up. Most recently featured on Run’s House the two young entrepreneurs have already reached reality TV fame. Now they have launched a new sneaker line — Pastry. It’s no wonder these two young women have produced a line of fashion footwear — they are the neices of urban fashion moguls Russel Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons, founders of Phat Farm and Baby Phat. Kimora more recently launched her perfume and makeup line at Sephora. The line features colorful, mid-priced athletic-inspired shoes in multiple styles for young women. Every pair of shoes comes with a tube of scented lipgloss attached to it matching the shoe’s theme. Maybe that sweet touch is due to Aunti Kimora’s influence. According to Elizabeth Wellington, Inquirer Fashion Writer: Pastry is available locally at Sneaker Villa, where they retail for $65. Cake is the sh

Guilty pleasures and passions take out teases and live for lust. Mixing business with pleasure, a Parisian fashion designer by the name of Gaspard Yurkievich created the death-by-design 'Cream Passionel'."...a fifteen-euro affair that features dark chocolate mousse on chocolate cherry-flavored dough with ginger raspberry coulis, and topped with the gold-dusted initial of creator Gaspard Yurkievich."The designer describes his creation as fetishistic, feminine, and frivolous; all 'délicieusement désuet' descriptions. While his name is not quite something that rolls off the tongue in a sexy, seductive way, he aims for your oral pleasure in alternative manners.tags technorati : cherry chocolate guilt lust mousse paris passion pleasure seductive sexy tease

PARENTAL DERISORY BUFFALO: Oh, Birdy, the puff pastry pudding that tastes of Nectar of the Goddess working its way to the peak of Mount Climax! Divine. If only I hadn't popped me cork at the most inopportune of moments. BIRD: Happens to the best of us. Still the most popular vid on YouTube, like. BUFFALO: Whattttt?! BIRD: Anyhoo, many thanks to Cheddar X for this 7 Me-Me. Ready, Buff? BUFFALO: You sent that jpeg file to YouTube?!! Dammit, dude, that's poisonal. Between you, me and the Mons Venus! BIRD: Later, dude. You'll thank me for it. Trust me. Now, your starter for ten: where do you see your age? BUFFALO: Um... uh... on me nips, mostly. They're not as hard as they used to be, but hey, I ain't had no complaints so far. BIRD: Where do you feel your age? BUFFALO: In the bed, on the sofa, in the car, just about wherever I can lay my hands on it. BIRD: Where do you hear your age? BUFFALO: In the ever flowing stream at the bottom of the road. In the birdsong outside

This makes a delightful taste tempting appetizer for a party. Chicken Salad (**) 1-1/2 c. finely chopped cooked chicken¼ c. finely chopped celery (*)¼ c. finely chopped onion(*)1 hard boiled egg, chopped1 TBS sweet pickle relish1/4 tsp. saltGarlic powder to tasteDash of black pepper1/8 scant tsp or less of curry (Add a pinch as you mix - add more if necessary to develop a subtle taste.1/3 c. mayonnaise Combine all ingredients. Chill in covered container until ready to serve. (*) The celery and onion should be finely shredded in a food processor. The curry is what makes this chicken recipe salad above and beyond the norm. (**) This salad is exquisite served in small filled, cream puff pastries [2" diameter] Cut puffs in half, stuff each half, put back together. and arrange on a nice plateWe are not liable for weight gain for the listed recipes. :-)

This painting is currently available for purchase at the starting bid price of $100.00. Please feel free to email me with any questions. Just click here. "Leske's Pastry" 10"x10" Acrylic on Archival artboard.The wonderful smell alone is worth the trip to Leske's Bakery. It can be found on 5th Ave. and 76th St. in Brooklyn, NY.Starting bid on ebay is $100. Bids are open for 7 days.

I couldn't pass up painting these three danish pastries. This composition - which extends to the sides, is a contemporary still life that depicts a rather interesting design - if you like pastries. The painting utilizes a rather free and in places impasto type painting technique to create an expressive style.

Happy Valentine's Day to all my buddies. May you and your loved ones live with more love for years to come. Here are some mouth watering Chocolate pastries. When I saw the eggless chocolate cake in Soumya's Blog a while ago, I was very tempted to try it out; so I finally made it yesterday. It turned out very moist and fluffy. Made some changes here and there to make it more like a pastry; am really happy that I made it. Thanx Soumya for this wonderful eggless recipe.INGREDIENTS:1.5 Cups self rising flour2 Cups Sugar1/2 Cup Brown Sugar1.5 tsp Baking Powder1.5 tsp Baking soda3/4 cup Cocoa powderOil - 1/3 cup1 cup- Hot Milk1 Tbsp Vanilla extract1 Cup Hot water1 tsp saltFor Decoration:-Cool WhipChocolate bar- gratedChocolate sauceSprinklesMETHOD:Preheat the oven at 350 degree. Sieve all the dry ingredients twice and keep aside.Put all the rest of the ingredients along with the dry ingredients except milk and water and churn it nicely in the food processor.Now add hot milk and hot water a