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Shortbreads with caramel mendiants
A gourmet version of the traditional Christmas beggars, topped with delicious dried fruit and a soft fleur de sel caramel.
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Sweet pastry dough
Techniques covered
- Using a cookie cutter
- Sifting powders
- Preparing a shortcrust pastry with a mixer
- Cutting shortcrust pastry dough
- Dough frassage by hand
- Rolling out shortcrust pastry
- Baking shortcrust pastry in the oven
- Rolling out sweet pastry dough
- Flour a work surface
- Deglazing
- Making a soft caramel
- Decorating with dried fruit
- Crushing dried fruit
- Piping with a tip
- Filling a piping bag
- Preparing a bain-marie
- Melting chocolate
- Slicing dried fruit
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