There is an old cooks' saying that people with cold hands are good at making pastry. Shortcrust, puff pastry and their relatives need to be kept cool for best results. This means chilling the ...

Puff pastry can be bought ready-made either chilled or frozen. Look for all-butter varieties for the best flavour. FAQs about BBC Food ...

It can seem daunting at first, but with a couple of practises you’ll be a pro at making pastry for tarts and pies. The notes of this recipe said: “This is a quick and easy recipe for ...

Red Velvet Pastry This is an amazing red velvet pastry recipe with cream cheese frosting. You will like its creamy taste; this soft and fluffy red velvet pastry is perfect for Valentine's Day.

Dominique Lombardo, executive pastry chef at New York's Rezdôra Osteria Emiliana calls the extensive book "always reliable," adding that it's a "good go to book when you need a base recipe to ...

About Eggless Pineapple Pastry Recipe: There's absolutely no replacement for a classic pineapple pastry! It is loved by all age groups. Sponge cake layered with cream and chopped pineapple, topped ...

Luckily, there are whole categories of pastry recipes that are relatively easy: choux pastries all start from a simple base; ...

So, if there's a roll of puff pastry hiding in your freezer, or you've just brought some home from the supermarket, what are ...

It is worth having a good recipe at your fingertips. It doesn’t matter whether you make it in a kitchen processor or by hand. Rolled thin pastry makes a light, crisp base for many sweet and ...

Try a few grated raw in a salad, mashed with potatoes, or in this Finnish pudding recipe from Gastronomica editor and rutabaga authority Darra Goldstein, whose passion for the much-maligned veggie ...

and heating to the specific degree that is often the dividing line between pastry chefs and savory ones. But Stupak says all the dishes in his kitchens are developed with recipes that specify ...

Tear open the package and pop it in the toaster. A few minutes later out comes a sugary toasted pastry stuffed with, uh, "fruit"?? Not exactly. Your average pastry is packed with sugar ...