The art of french pastry phần 716

professional chefs look for ways to create beautiful things in efficient ways We never have much time to complete our production of pastries, so when an idea like the hazelnut curl comes along, our eyes light up What makes this such a smart system is the fact that the curls are made with simple ingredients that we usually have in the kitchen: two blocks of butter, sugar, nuts, toothpicks, and gravity The blocks of butter are stacked on top of each other like a tower, and the nuts are stabbed with the toothpicks and dipped in hot caramel We then stick the toothpicks into the top of the tower and allow the caramel to drip from the nuts in a thin caramel string When the caramel is hard, we remove the toothpick and end up with a hazelnut with a long curvy tail It’s ingenious! BEFORE YOU BEGIN >> Get out the following equipment: Digital scale, set to metric weights Equipment for Caramel 1 small sheet pan lined with parchment paper 1 silpat 8 to 15 toothpicks Two 1-pound blocks of butter (note that this is equipment, not an ingredient in the recipe) >> Read this recipe through twice from start to finish UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS Hazelnuts are my favorite nuts to use because they are round and are the easiest to stab  ...kitchen: two blocks of butter, sugar, nuts, toothpicks, and gravity The blocks of butter are stacked on top of each other like a tower, and the nuts are stabbed with the toothpicks and dipped in hot caramel We then stick... hot caramel We then stick the toothpicks into the top of the tower and allow the caramel to drip from the nuts in a thin caramel string When the caramel is hard, we remove the toothpick and end up with... an ingredient in the recipe) >> Read this recipe through twice from start to finish UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS Hazelnuts are my favorite nuts to use because they are round and are the easiest to stab