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Layered pastries
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5 main recipes
Chinese sesame shaobing
Sesame-coated yeast breads layered with nut paste. Ingredients, clear steps and troubleshooting.
Ingredients & method →Walnut Baklava
Buttered phyllo alternates with nuts; syrup enters after a slow bake. Ingredients, clear steps and troubleshooting.
Ingredients & method →Laminated butter croissants
Four letter folds create alternating dough and butter layers. Ingredients, clear steps and troubleshooting.
Ingredients & method →Parmesan puff-pastry twists
Crisp, flaky pastry twists with Parmesan and a little paprika. Keep the pastry cold as you work so its layers can lift in the oven.
Ingredients & method →Apple and sultana Danish pastries
Yeast pastry layered with butter, folded around a soft apple-and-sultana centre and brushed with apricot glaze. Start the dough the day before and keep…
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