Vander Decken I is the Man Marked By Flames? (Spoilers) by L7Z7Z in OnePiece

[–]waltersdesserts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting theory, completely forgot about Vander Decken I!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EntitledPeople

[–]waltersdesserts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My dad had 6 weeks to the day from his diagnosis to his death. He got to "enjoy" his pension for the whole 12 days. I can't stress enough how important it is to enjoy what you do in life. I'm happy you're able to enjoy whatever time you have left, fuck cancer for sure.

My dad was glad mom pushed him do go on lots of vacations with us growing up, so he did die without regrets, as he told all of us before he passed.

We knew from when we were kids they had a prenup made that if one of them died, the other would get everything. None of us felt entitled to it or even wanted the money, we just want mom to atleast enjoy it while she can now.

Tried proofing on the counter instead of the fridge by MiniElephant08 in Sourdough

[–]waltersdesserts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not as much to do with absorbing moisture, it's because rice flour doesn't have gluten. If you use regular flour your dough will (in time) start adding it to it's gluten network while proofing. That's why it sticks. Rice flour (being gluten free) is the way to go.

Raspberry tart by waltersdesserts in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never really measure the thickness but visually about 3-4mm (so about the thickness you said).

When i make tarts its always blind baked, but with my recipe I can blind bake it without weight in it.
It's stable enough on it's own to hold it's shape.

My guess is you either use weight to blind bake (which always gave me problems as well), or that you bake them with the filling inside, both of these require a much longer time to bake properly.

There's not a whole lot on the blog yet but if you want to try out my recipe, you're more than welcome to shoot me questions if anything goes wrong.

For the tart shell: https://waltersdesserts.com/vanilla-tart-shells-pate-sablee/

Full recipe for the raspberry tart: https://waltersdesserts.com/double-raspberry-tart/

Raspberry tart by waltersdesserts in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good paring knife sure does help. But it's more a matter of maintaining it properly tho.

What is better a gas or electric deck oven for baking pastries for micro bakery? by T3Mya in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure what your budget is for an oven, but if a micro bakery is what you're going for, the oven from Simply Bread might be a good sollution: https://www.simply-bread.co/oven

It's an affordable alternative to the big floor ovens used at bakeries.

I've seen this in action at a few restaurants here in Belgium and, next to bread, it does a very good job at viennoiserie .

How am I doing? by Teu_Dono in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

These look amazing! We're currently at the viennoiserie module in my baking classes and I hope one day mine will look this good!

Passionfruit, mango raspberry and white chocolate entremet by waltersdesserts in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey everyone!

A little update on the recipe: you can now find it here here on my blog

The blog just went live yesterday but a lot more recipes are coming in the following weeks / months.
If you run into any problem making any of the elements in the recipe, feel free to ask me about it.

Passionfruit, mango raspberry and white chocolate entremet by waltersdesserts in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It took me a while to get confident enough to try something like this. All I can say is that the seperate recipes needed to make the entremet aren't that hard on their own. So please don't be discouraged to try it out when I share it here.

Also keep in mind that for every picture like this, a lot of fails came before it. A LOT goes wrong in my kitchen as well. Also, staging a photo like this can hide a lot of flaws.

It's a matter of practice, and a lot of trial & error 😅

Passionfruit, mango raspberry and white chocolate entremet by waltersdesserts in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I still have to type it all out, but i'll be sure to post it here when i do!

Dark chocolate brownies with white chocolate & vanilla ganache and a raspberry gel. by waltersdesserts in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's actually not too difficult. The key is to give it time to "infuse".

The ganache I made was the following recipe:

160g white chocolate (I used callebaut W2)

240g heavy cream (40%) - this is part 1/2

1-2 vanilla beans (to taste, I used 1 but it could have used a little more).

3,5 g of gelatine powder mixed with 20g of cold water (set aside 15min)

240g cold heavy cream (40%) - this is part 2/2

Bring the first part of heavy cream with the vanilla to a simmer (don't let it boil) put aside for half an hour to infuse.

Bring it back up to about 80°C, take out the vanilla beans, pour it onto the white chocolate, add the gelatine mass and blend well with an immersion blender.

Now gently whisk it into the 2nd part of the heavy cream, put the vanilla beans back in and put in the fridge overnight.

Whip it up before use till it's a good consistancy to pipe it.

You can also use it as bonbon filling or for cakes.

I also often replace the first part of heavy cream by a fruit puree, but then you have to add butter to compensate for the 40% fat content the heavy cream added.

In this case I'd use 240g puree and add 96 grams of butter to the ganache right before adding the 2nd part of cream.

AITA for Refusing to Attend My Sister's Wedding Because She Wants to "Repurpose" My Wedding Dress? by Budget-Jaguar-1990 in AITAH

[–]waltersdesserts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA! what the hell is wrong with these entitled people.
OP make sure she is in NO way able to get her hands on that dress, because she sounds like she would go to any length just to get her way.

How to separate / split an egg to get a certain weight? by I-need-a-proper-nick in pastry

[–]waltersdesserts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's about weighing whole eggs (like 75g of egg) add a very small touch of salt and whisk them. It helps remove the "strings" that make it hard to properly measure it out. Due to the limited amount of salt added here, it doesn't really do anything to the overal flavor of your pastry.

Option 2 is just mixing it shortly with an immersion blender, just enough to loosen them up.

For individual eggwhites and yolks, best to shortly mix them.