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Video: Croissants

One day my Italian friend Chiara asked me to teach her how to make croissants. I agreed right away, because 

Brioches, Featured
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Video: Simple round brioches

That’s it, I’ve made the purchase of the decade: my new stand mixer. It took me years to make up 

Enriched yeast doughs
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Easter Hot Cross Buns

These hot cross buns are the first thing I baked after I felt a bit more comfortable with my sourdough 

Pastry culture, Recipes, Yeast doughs
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How to make and use the sourdough starter (Chef)

Watch out, long, technical post ahead! But totally worth a read: I tried to summarize here everything that I’ve learnt 

Laminated doughs
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Recipe: Pains au chocolat

I recently published a recipe of croissant dough, a pastry fundamental. This yeast dough which is laminated like puff pastry (a 

Laminated doughs
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Recipe: Croissants

You just need to hear the word “croissants” and suddenly you’re mentally transported into a lazy morning in Paris, sitting at the 

Laminated doughs
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Recipe: Croissant dough

Croissants are simply one of those things you don’t make at home. Cakes, you can make. A pastry cream, you 

Enriched yeast doughs
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Recipe: Burger buns

Milk bread is a recipe that is present in any pastry fundamentals book. And I ignored it on purpose with 

Enriched yeast doughs
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Recipe: Milk bread dough

A pastry chef in a bakery is often responsible for viennoiseries as well. Viennoiseries are products halfway between bread and pastry, 

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Hi, my name is Rob, I work in IT but I love baking and I also got a pastry diploma. I created this blog to keep track of my journey from complete beginner to world pastry champion (I'm not there yet).

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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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