When your mother gives you fresh peaches you put them to good use and make three different desserts. The first of the three is a brown butter peach tart. It has a sweet sugar crust and filled with fresh peaches and covered in a brown butter filling that bakes down to a fresh summer dessert….
Tag: pastry
Lemon Curd Sweet Rolls
These past few months I intended to throw myself back into my baking and blogging in my free time. Instead, it was consumed in much needed house projects , pets and family, and a new advancement in my career. So here’s to getting back to my blogging and having fun in the kitchen. Today I…
Earl Gray Tea Infused Cake with Honey Buttercream
Because I try and be all impressive and fancy with my baking, every once in a while, here is a classy cake with a light flavor of Earl Grey tea, iced with a sweet honey buttercream and drizzled with organic honey. This is a two layer cake split into four layers. It made for a…
Giant Strawberry and Cream French Macarons
If you know me, you know I love everything about French Macarons. I found this recipe while I was looking for a new one to try, and having fresh strawberries in the fridge, I decided to make these sweet light desserts. These cookies are two large Macaron shells with homemade sweetened whipped cream and fresh…
British Boxing Day Pie
After watching “The Great British Baking Show” I wanted to try this recipe Paul Hollywood made. It has a hot water crust pastry that encases layers of turkey, stuffing, whole cranberries and cranberry sauce. This was also a chance for me to use my baking scale and try something new. Being a corn fed American…
Strawberry & Chocolate Ganache Tart
As a busy fall beings with graduation, weddings, and holidays my time is limited for easy evenings off to bake and relax. This past week I found an evening to relax and listen to some records and bake. This tart has a rich chocolate filling covered w fresh strawberries. I used Ghiradelli chocolate chips for…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Eclairs
Another recipe I experimented with, for a family picnic, was using Choux Pastry and a peanut butter butter cream. These eclairs were to die for. They passed the test after being tested by my mother. Using the Choux Pastry recipe from my previous post for Blueberry filled eclairs seen here: https://pottsboilingover.com/2017/07/28/blueberry-cream-choux-pastry/ and using a simple recipe…
Berry Tartlets with Chambord Custard Cream
Another great weekend including a family picnic is all I needed after a week of studying and work. So, for this family picnic I decided to make a few desserts I’ve never tried before. The love of family is truly life’s greatest blessing. Today I made berry tartlets using my favorite pastry crust, 4 different…
Bittersweet Chocolate and Sea Salt Caramel Tart
Remember: “Desserts is stressed spelled backwards.” After another inscessent week of obligations, I decided, it was time to make another dessert. Scrolling and flipping through pages of sweet dishes I came across a recipe that started with “bittersweet.” This was it. This described the week. This was the recipe. This dessert has my favorite crust…
Strawberry & Blueberry Tart with Lemon Curd Mascarpone
When you have fresh blueberries and strawberries on hand, what do you do? I’ll pair it with some cream, a crust, and be a happy, happy boy. This recipe is easy to whip up for a fresh dessert during the summer or anytime. It looks impressive and tastes delicious! Strawberry and Blueberry Tart with Lemon…
Blueberry & Cream Choux Pastry
This past weekend for a family picnic I decided to make something new. So, I decide on two different types of éclairs. First was blueberry and the second was chocolate peanut butter. Today I am sharing the blueberry recipe. Once put on a plate they only lasted minutes. So i filled another, they disappeared. So,…
Orange Glazed French Madeleines
In my attempt to be fancy, once again, here is my second recipe for French Madeleines. These soft French desserts are pretty and sweet and can be made with many different flavors. This time I made orange glazed French Madeleines. With orange juice in the batter and in the glaze it was full of awesome…
Mary Berry’s Bakewell Tart
Sticking with my love of The British Baking Show, here is a tasty tart I made during my week of vacation last week. I used one of my new favorites, Mary Berry’s recipe for a Bakewell Tart. This pastry has a basic vanilla tart crust with a small hit of fruit preserves in the bottom…
The Great British Baking Show
This spring I binge watched The Great British Baking Show. The show inspired me and introduced me to new recipes I would have not tried otherwise. I have a whole new list of Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood recipes to try. Having a whole day off for me is rare so I took the…
Snozzberries?! Who has ever heard of a Snozzberry?
Two things I love is sweets for breakfast and sweets after dinner. So, while shopping, I picked up enough raspberries to make two sweet and savory desserts. The first is a raspberry and white chocolate tart. Combining the tartness from the raspberries and mascarpone the sweetness of the white chocolate and crust it creates a…
The Perfect Lemon Tart
My grandmother introduced me to lemon meringue pie when I was a young boy. I remember sitting in a little café, “Knights” restaurant, and each of us taking a big piece from the display spinner. I remember the smell of the smoky old air and leather booths. I used my fork to flick off the…
Potts Boiling Over 