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Recipe: Cherry clafoutis, with a crumble twist

So I’m late once again. I can’t help it, I’m always late in general, and I make the same mistake

Cookies and brownies

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Recipe: The best chocolate chunk cookies. Ever.

I don’t know for how long I had been looking for a decent recipe of real American cookies. Not just

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Recipe: “Totally hazelnuts” Christmas yule log with praline mousseline cream

And here comes again that time of the year! The time of crazy shopping, snow, colourful lights and decorations all

Creams, custards and sauces

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Recipe: Praline paste

This one of those recipes for which I keep on telling myself “How did I survive without it?“! I discovered

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Recipe: Paris-Brest with mousseline cream

It was 1910 when pastry chef Louis Durand created upon request one of the most famous French desserts of all

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Recipe: Chocolate and hazelnut Christmas yule log

Christmas is around the corner! Everybody is starting to go shopping for presents, but I don’t care: I prefer to

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Recipe: Pistachio macarons (with Italian meringue)

Some time ago I decided to make green macarons and so I bought a powdered green colouring (which for some

Recipe: Chocolate mirror glaze

This is one of the pastry “secrets” that differentiate a home-baker from a “pro”. I’m talking about this super-shiny chocolate

Recipe: Pistachio paste

Now that I don’t have to “study” for my pastry exam anymore and I don’t have to prepare the old-fashioned,

Recipe: Mille-feuille (Cream Napoleon)

You can’t go more classical than this! The mille-feuille is a traditional French pastry that can be found in any

Recipe: Chocolate Royal cake (“Trianon”)

So yes, last month I celebrated my birthday. 29 years. For the third time. For some, a birthday is a

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