Learn to make tart dough – January 10 November 25, 2009

I will be holding a class on how to make a basic tart/galette dough which can be used for either savory or sweet tarts.

Space is limited to 6 people per class.  Depending on demand, I may add addtitonal classes.

First class will be January 10 at 2pm. Location to be determined.

Class is free,  you will just need to bring the ingredients for the dough – 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter & 2 cups of all purpose flour, and a mixing bowl.

I will be baking both a sweet & savory tart so we can taste the end product.

Please contact me at pastrygirlsp@yahoo.com if you would like to attend.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks, Stacie

Making Sea Salt November 16, 2009

For an event last fall with OPENrestaurant entitled OPENcity, I made sea salt from water collected at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. From the 5 gallons of water I collected I ended up with approximately 4 cups of salt.

I was lucky and had a string of very warm and sunny days which provided optimal conditions to dry the salt. for the amount I dried, it took about 4 days. The salt dried completely in the sun, dried in to larger crystals which were light and flaky. As a comparison, I dried a small amount in a warm oven. This salt was not flaky, but instead dried into very fine grains.

Please click on the photos for a more detailed description.