Category "dessert"

Caramel with their 3 stages (liquid, soft, chewy): What is the key difference when cooking?

I want to know what is the extra step that make the difference between: Caramel Sauce; Soft Caramel; Chewy Caramel. I will take Christophe Michalak recipe: 10

How to achieve a flexible consistency on ice cream? (photos attached)

I'm an amateur ice cream maker. I've tried to emulate this ice cream without success: it is thick and flexible; the texture reminds me of melted marshmallows ye

Identify this dessert

One of the best desserts I've ever tasted came from a restaurant which no longer exists, and I am trying to identify what it might be called and how to prepare

Why is my fresh tofu fa (douhua) sour?

I made some fresh tofu fa following this recipe: http://ieatishootipost.sg/how-to-make-tau-huay-tofu-fa-almost-everything-you-need-to-know/ When I eat the tofu

Jello and Evaporated Milk Dessert

In the 50s, my mother used to whip Jello and Evaporated milk together, pour it into single serve bowls and refrigerate. The result was a creamy foam that separ

How can I salvage burned apple crumble?

I made apple crumble in small ramekins earlier today. I tasted one and the crumble felt a bit dry and not sweet enough, so I added white sugar on top and put it

How to Bake Banana into Banoffee Pie

A friend recently went to Ireland and had a banoffee pie with the bananas somehow made into the caramel. How would one go about replicating this? The only rec

Why aren't my macarons as soft as professional ones?

I recently bought some macarons made by professional bakeries. When I got home, I threw them into the freezer and, days later, I checked on them. When I took a

What is the proper technique for torching a creme brulee?

Should you ever have your torch face downwards? When I do that I get huge flames. I try to torch it from the sides, but the sugar caramelizes very unevenly.

can I roast the nuts before I make a maple candied walnuts

Can I roast nuts for flavor before I make my maple candied walnuts? The recipe says raw nuts. I want to roast the nuts before I put in the maple candied walnuts

substitute for chickpeas in "bean blondies"

I'm trying to make "chickpea blondies" However, my brothers won't eat them because chickpeas are estrogenic. In the recipe, you have to puree the chickpeas, ad

What are "Honey Bubbles" and how are they made?

I recently had the thrilling privilige of eating a Kaiseki meal at Kichisen in Kyoto. One of the meal's many highlights was a desert course consisting of a la

My éclair (pâte à choux) was doughy

I followed the Pierre Hermé éclairs recipe: 60mL water 75mL whole milk 3g salt 3g caster sugar 56g butter 75g flour A little

Tiramisu tastes bitter. How to fix this

I made Tiramisu but the expresso was too strong. It tastes bitter. Is there anything I can do to counteract this?

Why mixing hot syrup (sugar + water) into yolks in sabayon?

Recently I browsed for tiramisu recipes where ricotta replaces the mascarpone. In this particular (italian) recipe the sabayon is started by adding hot syrup t

My posset curdled, is it salvageable?

Today I tried my 1st posset. Everything was going good until I added the lemon juice. It immediately curdled? Is there anything I can do to save it?

Why does canelé batter have to be made 24 hours in advance?

I am experimenting with making canelé. All recipes I've found call for the batter to be made and left in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before ba

Are there desserts which use whole eggs (not mixing them in)?

It is my opinion that all savory dishes can be improved by putting a fried egg on top, and I've yet to find an exception. However, the idea of doing that to a

Are there any snacks that use a large amount of black sesame seeds?

A dietician I was working with recommended eating 3 tbsp a day of black sesame seeds. If I can't do that, I'd at least like to do 1-2. Are there any snacks that

Why do catered baked deserts have a yucky aftertaste? [closed]

Baked desserts from home and fine restaurants leave no bad taste in my mouth. But catered deserts at my workplace or those purchased from a gr