-Proust's memories of the past
When I saw the book macaroon's love affair, I jumped out of the sentence in Proust's reminiscence of the past. The description of Madeleine cake has always been my yearning for French desserts. "Suddenly, the past came to my eyes. This smell is the smell of Madeleine cupcakes. It was in Kampot Ray. On Sunday morning, when I went to my aunt Leonie's room to pay my respects, she soaked the cakes in tea or Bodhi scented tea for me to eat ... Their shapes-including the shape of fan-shaped cupcakes-were plump and sexy, but the folds were serious and pious ... "
There is also a sexier stunner in French desserts, that is, "almond cake", which is called "girl's breasts". It has always been the most expensive dessert in a dessert shop, and not every store can cook it delicious. Because "almond cake" is a kind of food that tests the patience and skills of dessert chefs, it has high requirements for raw materials, making and even baking tools. Want to make a light luster, crispy shell, soft inside, a light bite, full of almond fragrance, full of sticky and crunchy layering when chewing ... To make a perfect almond cake, you need to be full of love for it.
Mr. Damai, the author of this book, is such a baking enthusiast. Because of her love for almond cakes, she persisted in exploring and innovating, overcame many difficulties in the production process with her own perseverance, brought forth new ideas and integrated oriental flavor into western traditional production methods. Created an almond cake with both quality assurance and distinctive personal characteristics. In this book, she recorded her acquaintance with almond cake and told us how to make the perfect almond cake. And her experience of loving life and turning her interest into a career.
Mr. Barry has been in contact with almond cakes for more than three years and made tens of thousands of almond cakes. In order to make a perfect almond cake, she groped painfully for half a year. There was a time when I got off work at 8: 00 or 9: 00, and I was still doing it at midnight. In order to observe the state of almond cakes in the oven, she would squat on the floor for half a day. There is really little introduction to the making method of almond cake in China. In order to study various formulas, she only made a little attempt. Sometimes, if you want to bake the perfect dress of Macaron, you will die in the kitchen over and over again. Besides going to work, she doesn't play, go shopping, walk or get together, and her mind is full of how to solve the problems in the production process. Now these experiences have become the most valuable words in her production collection.
Following her book, we were lucky enough to enter the dream world of almond cakes. From raw materials, proportion formula, tool selection, production technology, storage and tasting ... every link, she has a detailed introduction. She also listed in detail the characteristics of each flavor, the best taste and the possible reasons for failure. Although it won't bake, it will still be deeply attracted by these beautiful pictures. Especially seeing her almond cake in the starry sky reminds me of that famous painting by Van Gogh, and I really admire her ingenuity.
Now Mr Bailey has become a professional baker. She not only has her own studio to teach almond cake making on the spot, but also has online video courses. She attends classes, writes books, and constantly develops more new tastes ... It is luck to turn her interest into a career, which is of course the result of her unremitting efforts and continuous accumulation. Being able to accompany food always brings happiness and satisfaction. This "almond cake incident" should be everyone's expectation.