I made some awesome fruit tarts today at work. Here's the evidence:)
Friday, April 2, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Elairs!
Okay I will be the first to admit I am not in love with elairs. In fact I didn't even really like eclairs until a few weeks ago when my dear brother decided we NEEDED to make some. So we did. And what did we get? Something pretty darn tasty. So good in fact I ended up making some more of my own for a book club a few days after. The recipe is really great. Just remember that when you are mixing the eggs in and it looks wrong and is having a hard time getting the two together that you're doing it right and not to stress..like I might have. Happy baking!
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 cup water
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 4 eggs
* 1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
* 2 1/2 cups cold milk
* 1 cup heavy cream
* 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3 tablespoons hot water
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
2. In a medium saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, stirring until butter melts completely. Reduce heat to low, and add flour and salt. Stir vigorously until mixture leaves the sides of the pan and begins to form a stiff ball. Remove from heat. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well to incorporate completely after each addition. With a spoon or a pastry bag fitted with a No. 10, or larger, tip, spoon or pipe dough onto cookie sheet in 1 1/2 x 4 inch strips.
3. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) and bake 20 minutes more, until hollow sounding when lightly tapped on the bottom. Cool completely on a wire rack.
4. For the filling, combine pudding mix and milk in medium bowl according to package directions. In a separate bowl, beat the cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Beat in 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Fold whipped cream into pudding. Cut tops off of cooled pastry shells with a sharp knife. Fill shells with pudding mixture and replace tops.
5. For the icing, melt the chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir in 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in hot water, one tablespoon at a time, until icing is smooth and has reached desired consistency. Remove from heat, cool slightly, and drizzle over filled eclairs. Refrigerate until serving.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
More Cake = More Awesome
So Warren just told me the other day my cake kinda looks like Dr Seuss. But I like this one :) It's vanilla cake with a milk chocolate ganash. Around the bottom is white and dark chocolate chunks. And oh was the cake yummy! Super moist and good. Sorry guys a I can't share this recipe with you:)
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Cake = Awesome!
Hey guys! Yesterday my friends who work at Amano Chocolate threw a huge chocolate party and I brought some cake (of course). I was just so proud of it and wanted to make sure you could all see how awesome it turned out looking. Enjoy!
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Oh my gosh! Chocolate Strawberries!
Okay so one of my jobs at The Chocolate is to do the chocolate dipped strawberries. Have you ever wanted to eat a billion of them more than you do now after looking at these iPhone pics I took? Yeah me too :)
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
CHOCOLATE!
Hey everyone! Amazing new! A few weeks ago I got hired at The Chocolate a dessert Cafe in Orem Utah. It is pretty awesome and I'm so excited to be working there! I am a assistant baker and work my butt off baking, baking and baking. We are most know for our cakes. Ange the owner had given them so really funny names from The Husband to The Brooklyn Blackout and they all have a story behind them. It's a really cute and and really fun to go to. I'll be telling you more about different items that they have at The Chocolate and what they consist of in future blogs. But for this food item of choice (and favorite one) is there Kazookie. It is cookie dough cooked and a pan until just the outside is cooked and the inside is still gooey served À la carte. You can come in and visit me too:) I work most days from about 7 am to 3 pm. Let me know if you ever want to stop by and I'll go with you or see you there! Check out The Chocolate on facebook. Hope to see you guys there!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tomato Pesto with Noodles and Rolls
Hey guys! This is one of my favorite recipes but mainly because its so darn good and just so easy!
Chicken Pesto
1.5 lbs chicken
1 Cup Parmesan Cheese
2 table spoons vegetable oil or butter
1 Cup Pesto (costco pesto is the best!)
2-3 tomatoes
1 onion
1 clove garlic
4 cups cooked pasta
Cut the chicken into half inch pieces and roll in dried Parmesan cheese. Cook in a pan with vegetable oil or butter until almost starting to whiten. Add in onion and garlic and cook until chicken and onion are cooked. Add it 1/2 cup pesto and turn heat to low and stirring occasionally. (This is when I like to start on the rolling out roll dough and putting it in the oven so they come out same time as the pasta is done:) Add in cooked pasta, remaining pesto and tomato. Stir around until all warm and enjoy!
Rolls
Any roll recipe (choose your favorite)
1 cup of butter
Preheat oven to 425. Melt one cup of butter. Roll out half of the dough into a circle. coat it with butter. Take a pizza cutter and cut triangles about 1.5 inches thick at the top. After rolling place on pan and spread more butter on top of rolls. Repeat with the remaining dough. Cook for 9-14 minutes.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
My Version of England’s Pasty
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Emeril Lagasse's Egg Fu Yung
To make the sauce, in a medium saucepan, combine the chicken broth and soy sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer. In a small bowl combine the cornstarch and water and stir until dissolved. Slowly add to the hot broth, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens. Add the oil and cayenne and remove from the heat. Cover to keep warm. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except the oil. Stir well to combine. In a wok or large skillet, heat 6 tablespoons of the oil over medium-high heat. Add the meat/vegetable/egg mixture and stir-fry for 4 minutes, so that the eggs set and it lightly browns. Remove from the heat and serve immediately with the warm sauce.So this week I made Emeril Lagasse's Egg Fu Yung. I have to say it was pretty good. We added in potatoes that that made it a little more awesome. If you make it (which you should sometime) make sure to cover it all in the dressing when you're done. It's really great!
Ingredients
For the Sauce:
For the Egg Fu Yung:
Directions
Essence (Emeril's Creole Seasoning):
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Comfort Food
Everyone has something that when they're down they just like to gobble up. There are so many different things that I really enjoy when I'm feeling down, sick or just need a little boost. A few include...
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