Almond flour is a product often used in confectionery. In France you can buy almond flour without any problems, but in our country this product is quite exotic and not always easy to buy. But it's easy to make almond flour yourself, you just need a little free time.
Ekaterina Gorbach is a petite but very strong woman who seems to be able to do everything: design outdoor lighting for huge buildings, bake cakes and teach others about confectionery. This is Ekaterina's story of how an energy engineer became a conqueror of biscuits and chocolate.
Maria Selyanina is an amazing confectioner with enormous talent and golden hands. Here's how the Russian teacher started creating confectionery masterpieces in Spain.
Are dried fruits and nuts healthy? Most people will answer this question in the affirmative. Although there will be those who will list the harm from the use of dried fruits. On this account there are several points of view and there is no agreement even harm scientists and nutritionists. But you can try to understand the pros and cons of eating dried fruits and nuts, weighing their usefulness and harmfulness.
Eggs are boring: only scrambled or scrambled eggs? If you still think so, I strongly advise you to make the famous French dish "poached egg". Such eggs look very appetizing and turn out to be very tasty - with tender creamy yolk and firm white. Pached eggs can be used to decorate toast and sandwiches, perfectly complement a salad, turn pasta into a noble pasta, etc.
Pached eggs are a great way to make pasta look and taste delicious.
Cheese – a delicious and healthy product. No one can argue with that. But the usefulness and flavor of cheese directly depends on its quality. And the price of the product does not always help to make the right choice. So to choose a quality cheese, you need to know a few rules.
Selecting a quality cheese is half the battle. In order for the chosen product to remain tasty after purchase, it needs to be stored correctly.
So you'll want to make sure it stays tasty after purchase.
This topic has been brewing for a long time, but after many questions from pastry chefs and customers, we finally got around to it and found the time. So, let's talk about the quality of confectionery, prices and the concept of «handmade» and mass-market.
In order to stay healthy, a person not only has to exercise and give up bad habits, but also carefully watch what he or she eats. Doctors, environmentalists and the workers of “knife and fork” diligently recommend to eat only “healthy” foods and give up ”harmful and dangerous” foods. But is what we are advised to eat so safe?
Pretty molded dumplings, pies and dumplings look very neat and appetizing. I highly recommend the use of molding, it will make your dish more elegant and festive.
Potatoes, or potatoes as they are affectionately known, are a versatile product from a culinary point of view, and there are many ways to use and prepare them. They can be boiled in water, steamed, fried in all kinds of oils and fats, stewed and baked. And each new type of processing gives potatoes a new flavor, which allows you to create a wide variety of potato dishes.