Entries from November 2008

November 13, 2008

The hard way

 
 

 
After covering some of the different types of bread in the course last month we progressed on to pastry. We started with one of the trickiest, the pâte sucrée.
There are different methods for making pâte sucrée. As you can see from the recipes here (which I have reproduced to the “T”), most chefs do away [...]

November 3, 2008

Back to black

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Sometimes fads are a good thing. Especially when they bring something positive. With all the global crisis and the current credit crunch as it is called here in the UK, celebrity chefs have taken to cooking fabulous meals for a fiver or “under a tenner”.  Last Friday, Gordon Ramsay was cooking a superb lasagna as part of a £10 [...]