Whisk together the flour, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. With a pastry cutter, cut the shortening and butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse meal, with pea sized pieces of ...

This tart supplies a double dose of raspberries: It is filled with a vibrant raspberry puree that stands in for the typical, vanilla pastry cream and topped with whole, gloriously unadorned ...

“Who would have thought?” Molly Wilkinson comments on her journey into the world of crackling sugar cages and rich mousse. Dallas-born Wilkinson recently published French Pastry Made Simple: Foolproof ...

What do all the best French desserts—we’re talking eclairs, fruit tarts and Napoleons—have in common? Pastry cream! Also known as crème pâtissière, this mix of sugar, milk, cornstarch and butter is a ...

A few years before the iconic Swedish bakery Fabrique opened its New York outpost in 2019, I had my first cardamom bun (and first experience with its namesake spice) in one of Fabrique’s Stockholm ...

A basic strawberry-rhubarb pie is a delightful and iconic part of summer, but why let it rest at that? This summer we decided to crank it up and take this pie to a whole new level. We started by ...