• Baking Recipes,  Bouchon Bakery,  Choux pastry,  Experiments & experiences,  Foodie Life,  From the books

    My continuing struggles with pate a choux that led to delicious Chocolate Eclairs

    If I ever wrote a baking memoir, there would be a whole 50-page chapter devoted to my roller coaster-like ride in learning the pate a choux. I had thought that the hard-fought success after my first gazillion trials would help me nail the eclair rather easily. Turns out there is more to it than knowing technique and what the batter should look like at certain points. I mean, these are the things I have already truly learned after all my previous failures. No, this time I really have to chalk up the “rough” appearance of my eclairs to my lack of proper equipment. I now realise I do not have the piping tip appropriate enough to squeeze out the…

  • Baking Recipes,  Bouchon Bakery,  Cookies,  From the books

    I heart Bouchon’s Chocolate Chip & Chunk Cookies

    Ladies and gentlemen, I believe I have found THE ONE. Let me get down to it: these cookies are the most delicious and the most beautiful chocolate chip cookies I have ever made and put in my mouth. There I said it. I kind of hate myself right now because my photography does not give justice to just how gorgeous these cookies are! The dark and stormy weather on the day I made these was a glaring contrast to just how bright and delicious these were. But you know what solved all those petty annoyances? A bite of these cookies. Just a bite and I could forget about everything else,…