You prepare an easy pastry dough, pipe little balls onto your baking sheet with a pastry bag. After baking, you fill them with pastry cream, and spin caramel around the tower of puffs with a fork to create thin threads.
Bananas aren't a fruit that typically excites the senses or moves people in a profound way, if in any way at all. Hell, fruit in general doesn't do that. Except maybe a lychee. Lychees do something quite unnatural to me
A dark, rich, moist chocolate cupcake filled with luscious pastry cream and topped with whipped chocolate ganache. I dressed them up for St. Patrick's Day, but these decadent cupcakes would be perfect any time of year.
The subtle flavor and light, fluffy texture of this brown sugar buttercream frosting are both amazing. Good on cakes, or as a dip for fresh fruit. For special deals and more great content, sign up for the free How To Cook Like Your Grandmother Newsletter.
The best way to eat oatmeal, ever. This oatmeal may be prepared with rolled oats or instant oatmeal. Chef's Note: Fruit flavored teas can be substituted for chai tea; pair with appropriate frozen or fresh fruits.
A minty-fresh recipe for ultra-chocolate brownies from the blog of pastry chef David Lebovitz, author of The Sweet Life in Paris from Baked David Lebovitz - living the sweet life in Paris
