Puff Pastry the Queen of French baking
Galor personal chef service
www.galor.co.uk
Puff pastry is the most sophisticated of all the doughs. It is admired for its elegance and drama. With its buttery, flaky and rich texture it is light and tasty.
Consisting of hundreds of paper thin layers of dough, prevented from sticking together by thin layers of fat, usually butter. While the pastry is baking steam is caught between the layers to render them individual.
There are four main ingredients in puff pastry: flour, butter, salt,
and water. Puff pastry is used for making croissants, turnovers, beef Wellington and vol-au-vents to name but a few.
At galor we make the most delicious Bourekas from our secret recipe of butter based dough, filled with various fillings.
Order now www.galor.co.uk
Top Tips for baking the perfect puff pastry
Use butter instead of margarine, butter is best for flavour and baking.
If the filling is too wet the pastry will not bake properly, it is
better to dry the filling and to get rid of the liquid.
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Not too much filling, put the right amount, because we went to
create a space for the pastry to rise properly.
It is important that the bourekas are going to be cold before putting them in the oven, like this the fat which is between the dough layers will be cold and not split all over. Instead
the butter is going to create nicely ordered layers.
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Hot oven - The oven is to be really hot. 220C. After 10 minutes reduce head to 170C and continue baking until the layers become the same colour.
Be careful with the egg yolk, don’t put too much and don’t brush it on the edges. This can prevent the dough from rising.
Sunday, 8 March 2009
The new israeli cuisine
Galor Personal Cooking Services Newsletter
At Galor we design our menu around your unique culinary requirements, your individual tastes. In this newsletter I would like to tell you about my creations, how Galor makes the interesting and creative fusion of French, Israeli & Mediterranean style cuisine.
The new israeli cuisine:
Israeli cuisine is a very diverse cuisine brought to Israel by emigrants from around the world. This vast mixture of culture combined has lead to this unique Middle Eastern and European style cuisine. It is a young cuisine that develops each day by talented and creative chefs, using a great variety of local ingredients.
The spices identified with the Israeli cuisine are unique, well seasoned and with strong aroma.
Israeli food is a sensational style of cuisine that gives the ambiance of relaxation and restfulness.
A taster of Galor's Israeli inspiraed sample dishes:
Grilled organic aubergine
Grilled aubergine with a yogurt / sumaq sauce, roast peppers, poached egg and feta cheese.
Organic chicken schnitzel
Filled with sun dried tomatoes on a base of Israeli couscous accompanied by a herb sauce.
Beef kebab -
Warm humus, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini sauce, chick peas and matboucha.
Halve parfait & pistachio.
Read more
Galors Top tips:
One of the most popular vegetables in Israel is the aubergine. The aubergine has many secrets so to find the perfect one here are a few tips:
A good aubergine is relatively light irrespective of its size, it has a shiny colour with a smooth skin. When you press with your thumb there should be no impression left on the aubergine.
Think of an aubergine like a steak. The moment you are finished cooking it you must serve it immediately otherwise you will loose quality. All the stories about salting the aubergine is nonsense. Salt takes the life out of the aubergine. Follow the tips and simply find a good one.
If you can tick all the boxes then you are likely to have a sweetish seedless aubergine.
Steaming the aubergine opens new tastes and gives exciting results. Give it a try...
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Yuda Galis
www.galor.co.uk
Tel: 07908858468
At Galor we design our menu around your unique culinary requirements, your individual tastes. In this newsletter I would like to tell you about my creations, how Galor makes the interesting and creative fusion of French, Israeli & Mediterranean style cuisine.
The new israeli cuisine:
Israeli cuisine is a very diverse cuisine brought to Israel by emigrants from around the world. This vast mixture of culture combined has lead to this unique Middle Eastern and European style cuisine. It is a young cuisine that develops each day by talented and creative chefs, using a great variety of local ingredients.
The spices identified with the Israeli cuisine are unique, well seasoned and with strong aroma.
Israeli food is a sensational style of cuisine that gives the ambiance of relaxation and restfulness.
A taster of Galor's Israeli inspiraed sample dishes:
Grilled organic aubergine
Grilled aubergine with a yogurt / sumaq sauce, roast peppers, poached egg and feta cheese.
Organic chicken schnitzel
Filled with sun dried tomatoes on a base of Israeli couscous accompanied by a herb sauce.
Beef kebab -
Warm humus, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini sauce, chick peas and matboucha.
Halve parfait & pistachio.
Read more
Galors Top tips:
One of the most popular vegetables in Israel is the aubergine. The aubergine has many secrets so to find the perfect one here are a few tips:
A good aubergine is relatively light irrespective of its size, it has a shiny colour with a smooth skin. When you press with your thumb there should be no impression left on the aubergine.
Think of an aubergine like a steak. The moment you are finished cooking it you must serve it immediately otherwise you will loose quality. All the stories about salting the aubergine is nonsense. Salt takes the life out of the aubergine. Follow the tips and simply find a good one.
If you can tick all the boxes then you are likely to have a sweetish seedless aubergine.
Steaming the aubergine opens new tastes and gives exciting results. Give it a try...
--
Yuda Galis
www.galor.co.uk
Tel: 07908858468
Thursday, 5 March 2009
The new israeli cuisine
Galor personal chef service
www.galor.co.uk
Israeli cuisine is a very diverse cuisine brought to Israel by emigrants from around the world. This vast mixture of culture combined has lead to this unique Middle Eastern and European style cuisine. It is a young cuisine that develops each day by talented and creative chefs, using a great variety of local ingredients.
The spices identified with the Israeli cuisine are unique, well seasoned and with strong aroma.
Israeli food is a sensational style of cuisine that gives the ambiance of relaxation and restfulness.
A taster of Galor's Israeli inspiraed sample dishes:
Grilled organic aubergine
Grilled aubergine with a yogurt / sumaq sauce, roast peppers, poached egg and feta cheese.
Organic chicken schnitzel
Filled with sun dried tomatoes on a base of Israeli couscous accompanied by a herb sauce.
Beef kebab -
Warm humus, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini sauce, chick peas and matboucha.
Halve parfait & pistachio.
Read more
Galors Top Tips
One of the most popular vegetables in Israel is the aubergine. The aubergine has many secrets so to find the perfect one here are a few tips:
A good aubergine is relatively light irrespective of its size, it has a shiny colour with a smooth skin. When you press with your thumb there should be no impression left on the aubergine.
Think of an aubergine like a steak. The moment you are finished cooking it you must serve it immediately otherwise you will loose quality. All the stories about salting the aubergine is nonsense. Salt takes the life out of the aubergine. Follow the tips and simply find a good one.
If you can tick all the boxes then you are likely to have a sweetish seedless aubergine.
Steaming the aubergine opens new tastes and gives exciting results. Give it a try...
Galor personal chef service
www.galor.co.uk
Israeli cuisine is a very diverse cuisine brought to Israel by emigrants from around the world. This vast mixture of culture combined has lead to this unique Middle Eastern and European style cuisine. It is a young cuisine that develops each day by talented and creative chefs, using a great variety of local ingredients.
The spices identified with the Israeli cuisine are unique, well seasoned and with strong aroma.
Israeli food is a sensational style of cuisine that gives the ambiance of relaxation and restfulness.
A taster of Galor's Israeli inspiraed sample dishes:
Grilled organic aubergine
Grilled aubergine with a yogurt / sumaq sauce, roast peppers, poached egg and feta cheese.
Organic chicken schnitzel
Filled with sun dried tomatoes on a base of Israeli couscous accompanied by a herb sauce.
Beef kebab -
Warm humus, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini sauce, chick peas and matboucha.
Halve parfait & pistachio.
Read more
Galors Top Tips
One of the most popular vegetables in Israel is the aubergine. The aubergine has many secrets so to find the perfect one here are a few tips:
A good aubergine is relatively light irrespective of its size, it has a shiny colour with a smooth skin. When you press with your thumb there should be no impression left on the aubergine.
Think of an aubergine like a steak. The moment you are finished cooking it you must serve it immediately otherwise you will loose quality. All the stories about salting the aubergine is nonsense. Salt takes the life out of the aubergine. Follow the tips and simply find a good one.
If you can tick all the boxes then you are likely to have a sweetish seedless aubergine.
Steaming the aubergine opens new tastes and gives exciting results. Give it a try...
We are a London based personal Chef and private catering service. At Galor we only use the best local ingredients for our cooking with emphasis on seasonal produce and natural juices. Galor makes the interesting and creative fusion of French, Israeli & Mediterranean style cuisine.
Each plate is a delicate combination of flavours designed and tailored around your culinary requirements. Hire a personal Chef or private Chef for an unforgettable dining experience. You may find that this service has saved you not only money but time and health.
Each plate is a delicate combination of flavours designed and tailored around your culinary requirements. Hire a personal Chef or private Chef for an unforgettable dining experience. You may find that this service has saved you not only money but time and health.
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