Sweet Kitchen Tips 8

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This is a cool neat trick to get those distinct ridges on gnocchi.  It’s customary to give each little morsel their ridges by using a butter paddle or the tines of a fork.  But you can achieve the same thing using a whisk.  Line up the gnocchi pieces on a work surface, and then roll the whisk over them to create deep, even ridges.

And if you are making the sauce for those gnocchi’s or a yummy

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FFwD: Gougères

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And as some of you may know by now, Dorie Greenspan had published another book called Around my French Table.

And a cook-a-long group soon follow.  And because you guys know that I’m crazy, I joined up.  To be fair, this was being discussed in the TWD group months ago, and in fact it was projected to start in 2011.  But the book got an early release and here we are.  Over 1000 home cooks have joined the French Fridays with Dorie (FFwD) movement and we all be sharing our experiences in cooking through the 500 page book every Friday.  So along with my Sweet Kitchen Tips, I will also post any recipe that I make from the book.

And about that book….
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Palmeras {Palmiers – Elephant Ears}

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In Venezuela there is a bakery in every single corner of every single neighborhood.  Most of these bakeries are owned either by Portuguese and/or Italian immigrants that came after the war – and in some cases pass down form generation to generation.  Do you know what that means right?

European pastries and breads.

I know, I know, I’m a total snob when it comes to my sweets.

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