Culinary School has Altered with My Idea of Quick
Because one night this week, I came home at 7:00 after school, work, and errands, and after googling “sweet napa quick puff,” made a double recipe of Quick Puff Pastry (found here) for an Alsatian tart because it’s so “quick”… Only involving tossing butter and water into the flour and salt, rolling and folding it twice, chilling it 20 minutes, repeating the last two steps again, and then repeatings those steps yet again… while preparing some toppings, and then finally baking it and eating it. I didn’t take pictures… because I was hungry and ate it quickly.
BUT now I have a couple pounds of quick puff pastry wrapped in small pieces in my freezer, which, given the extreme heat in the Napa valley this summer, will defrost in no time for a truly quick dinner or dessert any time I want.
July 25th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Looking back on the afternoon of July 24th 2006, it was probably not the best time to try this recipe when the sun was blaring into my 80F kitchen. But try it I did, and despite the heat and though it is clear I need some more practice, this pastry has my seal of approval for potential. Wow - I just made puff pastry in minutes. (well an hour perhaps). Its not worthy of my blog yet, but I don’t mind sharing the result with just you! Thanks so much for the recipe! You be sure I will return to it again.
Sam
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July 28th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
I get an error when I try to click on the link.
I hope it gets better next time… when the Bay Area weather is no longer, um, tropical. I should have mentioned how strong my air-conditioner is…
August 5th, 2006 at 9:07 am
ok try this:
http://mybloginserts.blogspot.com/2006/07/blog-post_115385988969052266.html
August 10th, 2006 at 5:00 am
Oh, yeah, it looks like the butter melted down a bit… but that still looks delicious