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1 week agoHere's How A Bake-Off Star Gets Perfect Shortcrust Every Time
Hand-mix cold-butter shortcrust, minimize gluten, and blind-bake pastry cases to achieve tender, flaky pastry and prevent soggy bottoms.
I think a long enough time has passed since the heyday of Sara Lee to concede the magnificence of the OG BFG: that towering torte of cherry brandy-soaked chocolate sponge, cherries and whipped cream whose name nods to the German Schwarzwalder's many cherry trees and the black, white and red of its traditional dress. It's also a very simple bake, because the show-stopping bit is all in the assembly.