Baking with yeast. Check. Setting food on fire. Check. Tempering eggs. Check. Yes, this weeks Tuesdays with Dorie recipe covered a lot of people's cooking/baking fears...all in one stinking recipe. Who was this bitch that chose it?...oh yeah, that was me. :P I wanted the TWD gals/guys to push past their comfort zone and possibly catch their kitchens on fire(none did that I know of). I wanted them to feel truly accomplished when they finished this one. And when they are done, they will have possibly added a few techniques that they had never done before. This weeks recipe, Brioche Raisin Snails, could quite possibly give you a heart attack for breakfast...but oh, what a way to go. I had made Dorie's brioche recipe a few times, so I knew it was a winner, but I had yet to make the raisin snails. Knowing that my uber-picky husband would not be eating these because they had pastry cream, I made them in a flavor I wanted....tangerine/Grand Marnier. Instead of rum, I used the orange … [Read more...]