Choux (pronounced as shoe) is of French origin and its literal meaning is “cabbage“. A cream puff has a cabbage like appearance due to the typical rough surface texture. Choux pastry is often referred to as “Cream Puff Pastry”. It is used in a variety of both sweet and savoury products, forming a basis for small confections, gateaux, as a fancy topping for slicesm and pies. It’s also used to make small savoury cases for fish, meat and other fillings.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Organic Walnut Sandies
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Macadamia and White Chocolate Cookies
You healthy choice of cookies! This cookies use extra virgin olive oil instead of butter. Unsweetened shredded coconut mixed with roasted macadamia nuts, give you a full variations in your mouth. Pairing with a dark roast coffee is my recommendation.
$18 for 20 pcs.
Ingredients: Macadamia nuts, white chocolate, extra virgin olive oil, cinnamon powder, brown sugar, egg, and unbleached flour.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Father's Day Gift Pack
Father's Day is coming on June 20. Express your love to him with my home baked cookies, together with this coffee dripper and 7 individually packed fresh roasted and grind coffee. Guaranteed he has a unique refreshment for 7 days.
Mrs. Beans coffee are fresh roasted with eco-friendly hot air system, from organic and fair-trade Arabica coffee, grown by small scale farmers.
This unique and yet simple coffee brewer gives you ultimate control. A cross between a French press and drip, the Clever Coffee Dripper allows you to get full flavor extraction without the sediment. Once the desired brew time is met, the brewer can be placed on a cup or thermos and the coffee drains through the bottom.
This gift pack is $40, which include: 1 lb. of cookie of your choice, 7 packs of 14g coffee and the Clever Coffee Dripper with paper filters.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Traditional Scotish Shortbread
Shortbread is a type of biscuit (cookie) which is traditionally made from sugar, butter and white flour. It is named like this because of its crumbly texture.
The story of shortbread begins with the medieval "biscuit bread". Any leftover dough from bread making was dried out in a low oven until it hardened into a type of rusk. Gradually the yeast in the bread was replaced by butter, and shortbread was born.
Shortbread was a special treat reserved just for special occasions such as weddings, Christmas and New Year. In Shetland it was traditional to break a decorated shortbread cake over the head of a new bride on the threshold of her new home. The custom of eating shortbread at New Year has its origins in the ancient pagan Yule Cakes which symbolised the sun. In Scotland it is still traditionally offered to "first footers" at New Year.
Shortbread has been attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots, who in the mid 16th century was said to be very fond of Petticoat Tails, a thin, crisp, buttery shortbread originally flavoured with caraway seeds. There are two theories regarding the name of these biscuits. It has been suggested that the name "petticoat tail" may be a corruption of the French petites gatelles (little cakes).
However these traditional Scottish shortbread biscuits may in fact date back beyond the 12th century. The triangles fit together into a circle and echo the shape of the pieces of fabric used to make a full-gored petticoat during the reign of Elizabeth I. The theory here is that the name may have come from the word for the pattern which was 'tally', and so the biscuits became known as "petticoat tallis".
Shortbread is traditionally formed into one of these three shapes: large circle divided into segments (Petticoat Tails), individual round biscuits (Shortbread Rounds) or a thick rectangular slab cut into "fingers."
The story of shortbread begins with the medieval "biscuit bread". Any leftover dough from bread making was dried out in a low oven until it hardened into a type of rusk. Gradually the yeast in the bread was replaced by butter, and shortbread was born.
Shortbread was a special treat reserved just for special occasions such as weddings, Christmas and New Year. In Shetland it was traditional to break a decorated shortbread cake over the head of a new bride on the threshold of her new home. The custom of eating shortbread at New Year has its origins in the ancient pagan Yule Cakes which symbolised the sun. In Scotland it is still traditionally offered to "first footers" at New Year.
Shortbread has been attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots, who in the mid 16th century was said to be very fond of Petticoat Tails, a thin, crisp, buttery shortbread originally flavoured with caraway seeds. There are two theories regarding the name of these biscuits. It has been suggested that the name "petticoat tail" may be a corruption of the French petites gatelles (little cakes).
However these traditional Scottish shortbread biscuits may in fact date back beyond the 12th century. The triangles fit together into a circle and echo the shape of the pieces of fabric used to make a full-gored petticoat during the reign of Elizabeth I. The theory here is that the name may have come from the word for the pattern which was 'tally', and so the biscuits became known as "petticoat tallis".
Shortbread is traditionally formed into one of these three shapes: large circle divided into segments (Petticoat Tails), individual round biscuits (Shortbread Rounds) or a thick rectangular slab cut into "fingers."
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Chocolate Chip Almond Biscotti
Espresso Biscotti
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