There are always loads of recipes I'd like to try but lose them before I do. This is where I can record recipes I find interesting and keep notes on my experiments with them.

I have a system that I've adopted for working through recipes:

1 - New recipes are saved to the Experimental Mouffette and is labeled : Untested
2 - As I'm working out the changes I'd like to make (if any) it is labeled : Testing
3 - Once I think I've got the correct formula it is labeled : Test 1
4 - IF I am able to reproduce the effect a second time it is labeled : Test 2 - if I am not able to reproduce the effect, it remains Test 1
5 - The same process as step 4 is used to graduate it to Test 3
6 - Once I have been able to reproduce the effect successfully 3 times, it graduates to my main blog, La Mouffette Gourmande

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Saturday, December 21, 2019

Schwowebretele (petits gâteaux secs de Noël) - Untested

https://www.marieclaire.fr/cuisine/schwowebretele-petits-gateaux-secs-de-noel,1200971.asp
https://mademoisellereve.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/schwowebredele-ou-petits-gateaux-alsaciens-de-noel/

3 1/4 cups (or 400 g by weight) of flour
1 1/4 cups (or 250 g by weight) of white sugar
1 1/8 cups (or 250 g by weight) of butter, room temperature, small dice
2 cups (or 200 g by weight) of almond flour
2 - 3 egg yolks
1 1/3 cups ? (or 100 g by weight) candied orange peel, coarse chop
grated zest from 1/2 lemon
1 generous pinch of cinnamon powder
1 egg yolk, whisked, for gilding

  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl, working the dough until it becomes uniform and firm. Feel free to add a third egg yolk if the dough seems to be too dry and cracking. 
  2. Form into a disk, wrap and put in the refrigerator to rest overnight and up to 72 hours.
  3. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  4. Roll out the dough to a 1/4" thickness. Use cookie cutters to make shapes to your liking.
  5. Place on a parchment-paper-lined cookie sheet and brush with the whisked yolk and bake for 10-12 minutes or until they are nicely golden.

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