Poached Pears “Belle Helene” - Why Escoffier Really Created This Dish

Poached Pears “Belle Helene” - Why Escoffier Really Created This Dish

Dessert French Cuisine Tips and Techniques

They say Auguste Escoffier created this dish in honor of the opera, La Belle Helen, but we chefs know the real reason. How else are you going to use up bruised pears in such a delicious and beautiful way? Okay, so maybe that wasn’t his motivation, but as you’ll see in the video, [...]

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Peach Financiers – Because French Bankers Hate Dirty Money

Peach Financiers – Because French Bankers Hate Dirty Money

Cookies Dessert French Cuisine

There are many different techniques used for making financiers, but as usual, I’ve chosen the easiest one. I would have been happy to try those other more complicated versions, but fortunately, I enjoyed this one so much, there’s no need. I mention in the video that these are called [...]

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Fresh Fig and Goat Cheese…Tart?

Fresh Fig and Goat Cheese…Tart?

Cheese Dessert

There are worse problems in the kitchen than making something that tastes amazing, but is very difficult to name. Like, for example, something that’s easy to name, but tastes terrible. Luckily, this fresh fig and goat cheese “tart” was the former. I wanted to make some sort of crostata, [...]

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The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies. Ever.

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies. Ever.

Chocolate Cookies Dessert

I know, everybody says that, but I really mean it. These are, these have to be, the best chocolate chip cookies, ever. Crispy around the edges, chewy and chocolaty in the middle, and thin, oh so thin. The only way someone doesn’t love these, is if they prefer thick cookies instead, [...]

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