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Chiming in to say, rice flakes or 'flattened rice' are/is readily available at Indian groceries in my area--look for poha. Like @rotuts I grind rolled oats (in food processor) and store the ground oats in the freezer, handy for this purpose. For meatloaf I usually use 50:50 breadcrumbs:oats but I will try poha sometime--it's another convenient product.
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Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )
Fernwood replied to a topic in Pastry & Baking
Which edition JoC, please? I don't find this in the book in my kitchen (1997) but I have at least 3 others readily accessible. -
This is indeed the secret!
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Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )
Fernwood replied to a topic in Pastry & Baking
I'm hitting a paywall for the SF Chronicle but David Lebovitz has a recipe 'adapted from Nichole Accettola' that calls for 200 g butter, 200 g sugar, 100 g corn syrup, 300 g flour, etc. Are those the ratios you used? -
My adventures with pastries (and sometimes savoury stuff)
Fernwood replied to a topic in Pastry & Baking
There are batters that depend on the reaction between baking soda and acid for leavening--this activity would not stand up well to freezing which would disrupt the delicate foam of CO2 bubbles from that reaction. In typical chocolate chip cookie dough, I believe the main effect of the soda is to balance the acidity of brown sugar and promote browning. This is about adjusting the pH, not leavening--not likely affected by freezing. -
Also, I'm really sorry to see that this never made it into RecipeGullet. Abra's blog (linked) raves about it but doesn't have the recipe posted, either. Does anyone know a source for something similar?
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Would love to try this myself but we don't see so many citrus varieties in our suburban Connecticut markets and I don't know about a source for Seville oranges. Are they unusually delicate in storage? I'm thinking my daughter might be able to find some in NYC and bring them to me around end-January or early-February.
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In my experience (in New England, well-known chili destination 😉), they will be fairly consistent within a single purchase. At times I stopped buying jalapeños from certain supermarkets because they were so bland. I thought maybe they had been bred for "jalapeño poppers", usually found as a bar snack.
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I have seen (elsewhere) a couple of claims that Hollandaise can be refrigerated and very gently reheated to an acceptable texture. Is this real? I am not interested in modernist additives but I do have a good immersion blender. It would definitely make my Easter dinner prep easier if I could start the Hollandaise on Saturday.
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Old topic but persistent problem. I have been throwing out some older silicone spatulas because they come out of the sink or the automatic dishwasher clean, then develop a greasy surface film while they sit in the drawer for a few days. I think it's mostly cheaper ones that get really icky. Some brands--I can identify Mastrad specifically--seem to hold up better. I can clean it off before use but I can't help thinking that something is absorbed into the material and then leaches out again and presumably this is also happening while the spatula is in contact with the food (ick). I have been wondering for years whether everyone sees this or if it is promoted by something in my kitchen (water? cooking fats? detergent? karma?). Anyway, I would love recommendations from people who have experienced this for brands that are more resistant. I think the Mastrad items are very good quality but I would love a couple of smaller spatulas with thinner edges; the Mastrad ones are rather sturdy. ETA I'm looking at a Di Oro set online but it's hard to tell anything about the edge profile.
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A decade of canelé obsession: Please help with cannele recipe
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Got some Ruby chocolate from Trader Joe's and made some goodies for my Valentine. I tempered ridiculously small amounts of both chocolates by nuking and seeding, with reasonable success, piped from zip bags onto parchment and threw some crumbled freeze-dried raspberries (also TJ's) on top. Very amateurishly improvised but I was pleased with the result.
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I need recommendations for including raspberries in a cake
Fernwood replied to a topic in Pastry & Baking
Available at Trader Joe's, if that's accessible for you. -
If you haven't seen it yet, don't miss The Terrine Topic, including many awesome projects by @Baron d'Apcher. It's a veritable museum of terrines!
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I bake my pumpkin pies (at home) on the bottom rack on a preheated heavy aluminum griddle but it sounds as though that is not applicable to your conditions. I agree that the dough may be moister than necessary. My crust has the same fat % (I use butter) but only 28% water.