puff pastry

Mushrooms in Goat Cheese Sauce on Puff Pastry

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Either I’m losing my touch or I’m buying a different brand of puff pastry. I’m not getting the puff from the pastry that I want. I get all natural, pure butter pastry. The center puffs perfectly (which I don’t want), while the edges of the pastry seem to stay sealed together, forming a pillow. I … Continue reading…

Seafood Newburg in Puff Pastry Shells; Bramble ramble

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I know you’ve been on pins and needles waiting to find out how my bramble project is coming along…. (Or, as the Brit’s would say: at sixes and sevens). Here it is. We cleared out the big bramble patch in the main part of the woods. On the far side of the woods, there were … Continue reading…

Easy Chicken Pot Pie; life IS like a box of chocolates

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We went to the ‘city’ yesterday. Bordeaux. It was for an annual doc appointment for mon mari (it was fine) and the shopping we save to do in the big stores. Our little provincial backwater, lovely though it is, is somewhat lacking in the choices offered by the mega-stores in Bordeaux…. You know, the kind … Continue reading…

Butternut Squash Pastry with Chorizo; the update

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Let me show you our plan.  It may take a bit of imagination, but keep your eye on the scaffolding and the ladder to help stay oriented. The first photo is taken from the master bedroom doorway, looking straight down the hall to the door going into the barn (purple arrow).  The barn door leeds … Continue reading…

Puff Pastry Pizza with Prosciutto; the weekly shopping

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Sometimes, I truly hate doing the weekly shopping. I try to time it so the store is the least busy, meaning that I'm checking out around 1:00pm when every proper French person is sitting down to their 3 course lunch. Unfortunately, that means that things like shelf restocking and floor sweeping are also going on.   … Continue reading…