…: Cheese & Sauces contain salt so please use salt sparingly. You can bake the pie tarts blind & then fill the ingredients & bake again. Baking Blind : Roll & line the pastry in the tart mould. Prick the pastry with a fork. Bake till lightly brown. Remove from the oven, put the filling & bake as above….
…n just like you would a gujiya, karanji or nevri. The edges of the stuffed pastry are folded artistically to make it look dainty and gorgeous hence the name Chandrakala or Artistic Moon! Many feel Chandrakala and Lavang Latika are identical sweets with a different name but it is not so! There is a vast difference in the shape and flavor of the Chandrakala and Lavang Latika even though they are both soaked in sweet flavored syrup. The filling in th…
…pastry over it. Now place another piece of ghee smeared polythene over the pastry. This elaborate arrangement is to prevent the pastry from sticking to the board while rolling & also to prevent the rolling pin from ironing out all the lines formed by the 4 layers. Roll out to a circle of about 7 cm. Heat the ghee in a kadhai/wok till hot. Reduce heat & gently slide in the rolled chirota, basting the top with hot ghee from the kadhai to a…
…own if we want to enjoy a special filling. So instead of the regular puff pastry, I make my own which I am comfortable with & is not very tedious. It is a well tried & tested recipe which has always been successful. I love it this way.. whenever I feel like having a unique fresh homemade flavor, I find the time & patience for it. Besides, each time it gets better in taste because I try out different fillings too. I like it fried bu…
…alled is prepared. This sweet is Ukadiche Modak. It is a cooked rice dough pastry which is called Ukadi meaning cooked in boiling water. Modak means a dumpling and is in the shape of a whole garlic pod. These dumplings can be deep fried modaks, steamed modaks or mava modaks which is used to prepare barfis / burfis. The mava modaks can be of various sweet aromatic flavors like pista, vanilla, strawberry, chocolate or even fruit puree; mostly mango…
…vide the cream for piping between layers and for frosting the cake. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip and pipe a ring around the edge of the bottom cake layer Spread the cherry filling evenly in the middle of the whipped cream ring. Place the next cake layer on top of the filling. Repeat this process depending on the number of layers you intend making; ending with the undecorated layer of cake for the top. Refrigerate to set. Frost t…
…ng into a crescent/half moon shape & seal the edges well. Use a fluted pastry cutter to cut/trim the edges into a pattern. Lightly dust a plate/tray with dry flour & place the prepared neurios on it. Make sure you space them out or they may stick together. To Deep Fry : Heat oil in a sufficiently large kadhai/wok till hot. Test the right temperature by sliding a small bit of dough in the oil. It should rise up & start turning brown. Ve…
…e while rolling out. Do not over chill or it will be difficult to roll the pastry. Roll out each disc of dough to a ¼ inch thickness on a lightly floured rolling board with a lightly floured rolling pin. Cut the dough into desired shapes using a cookie cutter dipped in dry flour. Place the cookie cut outs on a baking tray lined with ungreased parchment paper. You may place them close to each other with very less space between them as they do not h…
…ng into a crescent/half moon shape & seal the edges well. Use a fluted pastry cutter to cut/trim the edges into a pattern. Lightly dust a plate/tray with dry flour & place the prepared neurios on it. Make sure you space them out or they may stick together. To Deep Fry : Heat oil in a sufficiently large kadhai/wok till hot. Test the right temperature by sliding a small bit of dough in the oil. It should rise up & start turning brown. Ve…
…and freeze. To Freeze Pesto: Pour the pesto sauce in ice trays, top with olive oil, cover with cling film and freeze. Once frozen, remove the cubes, store in a zip loc bag, label with date and the weight of each cube of pesto and re-freeze. Thaw the required cubes of pesto when ready to use….