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Author Archives: Michelle Gillott UK Sosa Consultant
Icam Chocolate Tasting Notes:
Want to thank everyone for requesting chocolate samples via Home Chocolate Factory on the Choccy chat crew Facebook group. For those of you who don’t know me I’m Home Chocolate factory chef Consultant, along with UK Sosa Consultant & development … Continue reading
Pistachio Cake
Preparations: 1000g pistachio financier 1200g pistachio entremets 1000g pistachio coating cake 600g raspberry gel. Pistachio Financier Cake Method: 1️⃣ Weigh all the ingredients separately.Sift together the following ingredients: icing sugar, pistachio flour, flour and salt.2️⃣ Put in a mixer and … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, Chocolate, Gelcrem Cold, Michelle Gillott, Pavoni, pistachio, Recipes, silikomart Pastrychef, SOSA Pistachio paste, SOSA Recipe
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Tips to enhance the flavour on pastry…
Flavour in pastry making is the key to keeping many customers coming back to the same product. Because getting a sweet that looks wonderful but does not have an intense and appetising flavour is pointless. How can we get more … Continue reading
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Why does Rb1 Ruby Chocolate from callebaut go grey? How to prevent it.
Let’s look at why this happens then how to help prevent it… Recipe links at the end.. 🍫So the colour of the RB1 is natural coming from the cocoa beans there is no food colouring and it’s sensitive to acidity.This … Continue reading
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Living Salt – Sodium acetate.
After posting the below video on Instagram I’ve been inundated with people requesting information on Sodium acetate / Sosa Living Salt. The salt sodium acetate (E262(i)) is a preservative that comes from acid precipitation vinegar acetic. It is dissolved in … Continue reading
Lángos – Hungarian streetfood
As we have had a lock down and unable to travel me and my children are doing an eat around the world looking at different food and cultures. Colouring in on a map and drawing the flags as we go. … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, baking with kids, bread, eat around the world, fried dough, home cooking, lunch ideas, Pastry Chef, Recipes
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Sourdough Naan Bread
I Love this recipe as a perfect way to use up sourdough discard if you not baking bread, reducing food waste. However if you don’t have sourdough or the time to wait I do have fresh yeast naan recipe and … Continue reading
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Sourdough American pancakes -Egg Free Natural Levain Pancakes
As a pastry consultant I’m constantly been asked by my clients for Vegan / plant based alternatives to pastries, chocolates and desserts. Combining that with making sourdough for years at home and not always wanting to bake bread I grew … Continue reading
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Tagged American pancake recipe, Food, natural Levain pancakes, recipe, sourdough baking, sourdough pancake recipe, sourdough pancakes, Tutorial, vegan, vegan pancake recipe, vegan pancakes, vegan recipe
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Rosemary & Sea Salt Crackers
I want to thank Nicola from @proofperfected for the Recipe. Link to their Instagram here they also have a selection of books / Ebooks on sale here all about fermentation & sourdough … These sourdough discard crackers are a delicious … Continue reading
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Tagged artisan bread, baker, bread, discard ideas, Food, home baking, home-baker, levain, naturally leavened, proofperfected, realbread, Recipes, sourdough, sourdough baking, sourdough bread, sourdough bread baking, sourdough crackers, sourdough recipe, sourdough starter, Tutorial, wild yeast
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Sourdough Cinnamon Buns
They sure do take a lot longer with a natural ferment instead of fresh yeast but well worth the wait & if you give them a try please tag me in your bake. Please read the full recipe through before … Continue reading
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