Monday, December 6, 2010

Hand-peeled Pearl Onions in a Brandy Cream Sauce.

I have included this photo because I peeled 3 lbs of pearl onions by hand for Thanksgiving! I have recently learned that peeled pearl onions are sold in your grocers freezer. Who knew? Obviously, not me!
So that makes these onions extra delicious. And I would like everyone to join in the respect for every single pearl onion that I peeled and even broke a nail peeling!
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Pachorkowsky-style holiday Filling.

My daddy used to prepare us filling every year for the holidays. I got sick of it when I was a child cuz it felt like we ate filling all the time but now that daddy has passed my family depends on me to prepare it at EVERY holiday.
He started by making a big pot of real mashed potatoes. Then sauté tons and tons of celery and onions in a digustingly large amount of butter. Add bread pieces ( I have changed the recipe from Sunbeam bread to foccaccia because I prefer the saltiness and texture of foccaccia) (I also added fresh dill and Italian parsley) Mix in a dozen eggs or so and bake in oven until crusty on top! Make 1 extra full pan to satisfy leftovers and doggie bags. Hands down- the leftovers are the best part of any holiday. Proceed to drown in gravy. Devour!
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Holiday Tradition

Turkey butters for Thanksgiving and Lamb butters for Easter, a real American tradition!
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Sweet 16

This cake was created by my assistant pastry chef.
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Showers of baby love

A baby shower of family love!
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1st Birthday Cake.

This is for 1 lucky kid! We do 1st birthday cakes for many children, or should I say parents, Lol. 1st birthday cakes and parties are pretty much for the parents-not the baby. Can't wait for the day I get to have my 1st birthday cake!
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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Espresso Swiss Roll.

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Num Num Numnum Num!!!

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Turkey Day Special.

Well it's turkey time again. Most pastry chefs are busy finishing up pumpkin and apple pies. Not the pastry chefs where I work. We are busy strategizing how we can bake 45 turkeys in 1 day with an oven that holds only 10 at a time. Now let's do the math; that's 45 turkeys divided by 10 which equals 4 1/2 rounds of baking at 3 3/4 hrs. each. That is almost 17 hrs of turkey roasting!!!
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Now That's More Like it! Think we will stick to the cake!

mmm...
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Into the Oven With Ya!

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Beautiful Bird!

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Ding! It's Done!

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Future Kraut?

We have local contracts with Lancaster farms so we can buy, use, and sell the freshest produce.
These Brussels sprouts are so vibrant. They are in the same "family" as broccoli and cabbage so they grow on stalks. These look like a giant stalk of a zillion baby cabbage. A dream come true for this Polish Princess! Wonder if they'd make good kraut?!
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Baby Cabbage. Yummy.

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Buy Fresh Buy Local, Brussels Sprouts!

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Wedding Week!!!

Well, it's officially here...Wedding week and already a day behind. The cake parade should have begun but my bakery was out of cardamom. The flavor profile of the cake is; Vanilla bean white cake w aromatics of cinnamon, cardamom, & clove w a white truffle glaze and cream cheese frosting!
Man, that's a mouthful, literally!!!!
Stay tuned...
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Amish Buttermilk Pie.

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Amish Apple Crumb Pie.

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Pumpkin Pie w/ Maple Whip Cream.

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Amaretto, Peach Cobbler & Blueberry Patch Cupcakes.

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Baby Ganache & Lemon Brule.

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Cheesecake babies.

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Just Peachy! Cobbler

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