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Blog: Wild Blueberry Streusel Pie
PRINT Yield: 1 9†pie # of Servings: 8 Ingredients: P¢te Bris©e (or sub-recipe) 1 ½ cups (7 oz / 198 g) all-purpose flour, or pastry flour1 pinch kosher salt9 tbl (4.5 oz / 128 g) unsalted butter, cold1 ¼ to â…“ cup cold water Streusel 1 cup (4.65 oz / 132 g) all-purpose flourâ…”…
Read MoreCherry Pie
There are two schools of thought on the procedure for Cherry Pie. One is a standard fruit pie preparation: combining cherries with sugar, flavorings, a thickener, and lemon juice, pouring the mixture into a pie shell, covering with a top crust. The pie is baked until the fruit bubbles, and the oven’s heat thickens the…
Read MoreSummer Pie Dough
This pie dough, made with half butter and half vegetable shortening is perfect for the summer months when making, and working with all-butter pastry doughs, such as P¢te Bris©e, can be challenging. The recipe is from my Patisserie Lanciani days, and the one I adopted for use in my Martha’s Vineyard pastry shop. The method…
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Summer Pie Dough
PRINT Yield: 1 ¾ lb of dough, enough for a double crust 9†or 10†pie Ingredients:Summer Pie Dough ½ cup (4 oz / 113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature ½ cup (4 oz / 113 g) vegetable shortening, room temperature 2 ¼ cup (10.5 oz / 298 g) cake flour, sifted ¾ cup +…
Read MoreGlorious Brownies
Glorious Food wrote the book on upscale catering in New York City in the 1980’s and 1990’s, when it was the caterer for events at the city’s museums, cultural institutions, and other large venues. It was also an amazing place to work. The kitchen on East 74th by the FDR drive, was clean, well-organized, and…
Read MoreJuly 4th Lemon Tart
When searching for a July 4th dessert with patriotic colors, I had two specific criteria in mind. Firstly, it needed to be easily sliceable, ensuring it maintained its visual appeal on guests’ plates. Secondly, given that there will be a lot of other food prep going on that day, it should not require last-minute assembly. …
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S’mores Tarts
PRINT Yield: 6 tarts # of Servings: 6 Ingredients6 Keebler Mini Graham Cracker Crusts1 egg white, beaten until frothy (optional) ½ cup (4 fl. oz) heavy cream 4 ½ oz chocolate, 64 to 66%, wafers or broken into pieces. ½ recipe Italian Meringue Special tools and equipment required: Pre-recipe preparations: Directions:
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With Independence Day around the corner, I’ve been contemplating dessert ideas that embody an American theme. S’mores, which were first documented in a 1927 Girl Scouts guidebook, immediately came to mind, and I started envisioning them as individual tarts. The challenge lied in creating free-standing individual tarts with the same flavor profile as the campfire…
Read MoreStrawberry Ice Cream
With gorgeous fresh strawberries making their annual June appearance in farmers markets, there is no better time to pull out (or purchase) your ice cream machine and make a batch of strawberry ice cream.The first thought when making this quintessential taste of early summer is to simply cut up strawberries and add them to your…
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Strawberry Ice Cream
PRINT Yield: 1 quart # of Servings: 6 to 8 Ingredients 1 lb ripe strawberries ¼ cup sugar, more to taste1 tsp lemon juice, more to taste 2 cups (16 fl oz) heavy creamâ…“ cup (2.3 oz / 65 g) sugarPinch of salt 6 egg yolksâ…“ cup sugar (2.3 oz / 65 g) sugar Special…
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