This year, we didn't have so many apples from our tree and I was busy baking other things and haven't had a chance to bake any pies or galettes.  Maybe the fact that it hasn't got cold till now is another reason. So today, I'm craving some and started looking in my blogs for the recipe but found that I didn't write it...

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I love fresh fruit pastry cream tartlets and finally mustered enough courage to make them.  Got the recipe from The Joy of Cooking (pp. 866-867). I tried the "pat-in-the-pan butter crust" (p.867) and love it. Ingredients for the crust (makes about eight 3 1/2 inch tartlet crusts) 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 8 Tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter softened, cut...

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My French Apple Tart (Tarte aux Pommes) based on Barefoot Contessa's Recipe was very popular among friends today.  I did not make the pastry dough in food processor.  It's easy enough (in fact I find it easier) to make it by hand with pastry blender and spatula. คราวที่แล้วลองทำอันเล็กๆ ด้วยแป้งพัฟเพสทรี่ ก็อร่อยมาก แต่ยุ่งยากไปหน่อย คราวนี้ได้สูตรแสนง่ายของ แบร์ฟู้ทคอนเทสซ่า ดูเก๋ ไฮโซ แถมเป็นที่ชื่นชอบของเพื่อนๆ เอาลิงค์ฝากไว้เผื่อใครอยากทำ ตรงนี้ นะคะ :) Ingredients For the...

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I just found this new way of preparing desserts with berries that has quickly become my favorites.   There are variations of crusts on the internet (like this one I found at Two Peas & Their Pod), but I used "Deluxe Butter Flaky Pastry Dough" for mine. About Galettes According to my bible, Joy of Cooking, a galette (French) - or in Italian, a...

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