Love baking.....
The month of march is my beloved Monchéri birthday month. His birthday is on 20th and I was trying to find an original gift like a balloon flight over Granada but not only this is quite expensive but also with the weather we're having now, surely the balloon would have whisked us away to Lisbon or Morocco...would be funny though. A few days ago I had an illumination and told him he was gladly entitled to a whole month of sweetness, meaning I would bake him a different pastry each week during his birthday month. now do you believe me if I tell you I spent between 4 and 5 hours in the kitchen yesterday to make this ?........
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I use Pierre Hermé's recipe from the Larousse des desserts, (the only one possible pastry book for me) and although the making is meticulous, tedious and time consuming, the result is really worth while.
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my sweet readers, here is the recipe.....eh oui, 3 pages ! you first need to make the crème au beurre, perfumed with coffee, then the Gioconda biscuit, then an ordinary syrup perfumed with rhum, then put the biscuit 1h in the fridge, then set up the moka, slicing the biscuit into 3 circles, impregnating each circle with syrup, covering with the coffee buttercream and ground hazel nuts and so on....
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Comments
Catherine
March 20th is my youngest grandson's 4th birthday.
Have a great weekend.
Happy birthday month to votre cherie!
I tried my hand at taking some cooking photos last weekend.
Your friend Gym is astonishing-looking
you're killing me!
I cannot bake and here you are putting this in front of my nose...oh I can almost taste them.
MMmmm.
Happy Birthday Month, Moncheri~
xoxo
He is sure lucky to have you Lala.
Un día de éstos me tendré que pasar por Granada y probar tus pasteles!
Can't wait to see what you make next week!
And remarkable photos, to remind you of your accomplishment - Judith
Greetings from London.
Spring in your area of the world looks divine!