Sunday, January 10, 2010

Yeast at work



In the spirit of Julie and Julia movie and blog, which I have found last week, this is just an update. Dog is resting her head on my left thigh, coffee is cooling down and I am waiting for Keith to return so that we can try together the filles braided pastry from this morning. I decided to use the leftover crushed pineapple before it turned into alcoholic beverage, and to try to make the pastry cream shown on TV yesterday with such elegance. The cream did not thicken, so I had to fix it with more starch, which worked. 


Second filling was ground hazelnut with sugar and chocolate chips and some pastry cream as well. The filling is placed into middle part of the rolled out rectangle of the dough and sides are cut into strips and folded over each other, so the braided effect stands up. The dough was buttery and not too sweet, so I hope the whole thing will be just right.


Dogs did not help much today, they preferred chewing on  each other and also on pieces of firewood. I hope Chompy won't be pooping wood pellets tomorrow. Walking them helped to make them tired now, although just as Keith was leaving, they were full of energy to turn the house upside down.
 
I feel like napping with Chompy now, good luck proposal writing!



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