Today I’m making Apfelstrudel again. It is one of the few desserts I know how to make and my family likes it. I’m not making my own dough. That is way beyond my capabilities. For a sense of how skilled you have to be to pull off authentic strudel dough, watch this delightful documentary: I’m instead using puff pastry from Whole Foods: ...
Dough by Richard Bertinet Baking bread from dough involves the best kind of kitchen alchemy, for the possibilities to be conjured from the four ingredients of flour, water, yeast and salt are truly endless. Building on five easy recipes for basic doughs, Bertinet shows how even a beginner can achieve truly impressive ... Like many others I picked up bread making during the pandemic lockdown. It turned out to be a fun activity. I eventually landed on Richard Bertinet’s youtube video explaining dough handling. ...