plain butter flaky pastry
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answer to Jay
Hi Jay This recipe is the one of the pastry AS A BASE for some desserts. Of course, it is not intented to be eaten by i...
answer to Lois
Hi Lois You are right : the measure of butter to be used is unclear : use 20 grams (2/3 oz). I will correct in the tran...
Flan
Comment on recipe : [url]http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/flan-611.htm[/url] I would have liked to have made this ...
flour
Hi again David For clarification, Type 45 flour is the purest one and plain flour (so the less pure) is at the opposite...
Flour
Hi David, If you want to get a flour similar to the french T45 use plain flour. But personally I would use strong flour...
