So, you want to know more about Bastille Day? Well my friends, here are the cliff notes version along with some AMAZING recipes! I promise:) What is Bastille Day actually celebrating? Bastille Day is a French national holiday commemorating the storming of the Bastille at a turning point during the French Revolution in 1789. …
Todays French pastry is the Beignet, with bananas, also known as banana fritter. This is another amazing pastry made from Choux Pastry dough. For the step-by-step tutorial on how to make Choux Pastry click here. If you would have told me a year ago I would be making French pastries, I would have thought you …
What is pâte á choux? Pâte á choux (pronounced ‘pat a shoe’) is a relatively wet pastry dough made of eggs, water, butter and flour. There is no rising agent and relies on steam from cooking this pastry at a high temperature to allow it to rise. This pastry dough has been around for 500 years …