dough

Mille-feuille the Dutch way

Straight to the recipe Tompouce is the Dutch version of mille-feuille. It is popular throughout the year, but on some…

4 years ago

Puff pastry

On Coquinaria are several historical recipes for puff pastry. On this page is a modern version. While I was searching…

6 years ago

Traditional Dutch Banketletter

"Keep it simple: start with an I" The banketletter is one of the few traditional Dutch Christmas bakes, as most…

6 years ago

Cheese pie with pears

Straight to the recipe The recipe for this pie with Brie cheese, pear and egg dates from the middle of…

7 years ago

Puff Pastry according to Hannah Glasse and John Farley

Straight to the recipe The Apple Pie of Hannah Glasse (The Art of Cookery made Plain & Easy, 1747) is prepared with…

12 years ago

Sixteenth-century pasta dough

Straight to the recipe Two recipes from the Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi Let's all say it once more, loud and clear: "Marco…

13 years ago

Pastry dough according to Lancelot de Casteau

This one of the rare recipes for dough in old cookery books. Cooks knew how to prepare dough, so it…

14 years ago

Spinach Pie

This the third recipe for Good Friday. The other recipes are Pomegranate Salad and Jacobin Sops. If one grows spinach…

14 years ago

Carême on puff pastry and shortcrust

On this page is a short overview of what the French cook Antonin Carême (1784-1833) had to say about puff…

19 years ago

Arabian pasties

Straight to the recipe Just like the Arabian meatballs, these pasties were presented at the opening of the exhibition of…

19 years ago