Saturday, March 9, 2013

The Dr CaSo's jam bites !

Here's a recipe I want to share with you. I made it some months ago and I liked it. I took it from my Internet dear friend, Dr CaSo.
But I have to say there's a complicated part... Surprise ! 

Here what you'll need for 16-19 jam bites. 

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 180 grammes of flour
  • 80 grammes of white sugar
  • 125 grammes of cold unsalted butter.
  • Strawberry jam or whatever kind of jam you like, but most of all ... without pieces of fruits. More practical. Believe me. The next time, I'll try with Nutella.
Your oven must be preheated at 180°C (350°F / Th6)



Step 1 : 
Stir egg yolk and vanilla together.



Step 2 : 
Mix together flour and sugar. Then add butter cut in small pieces and knead with your finger tips, until it's become as for a crumble. 





Step 3 : 
Pour the egg/vanilla and knead again until it becomes a pastry.




Then, in the fridge for one hour minimum ! 

Step 4 : 
In the meantime, arrange some little muffins mold, and two utensils supposed to help you. Yes, I said "supposed"...





A wooden spoon with a round handle and... something supposed to fill your cakes. Yes, I said "supposed" once again.

Step 5 : 
After one hour, get out the pastry from the fridge, put some flour on your hands and model, quickly, some small balls, of 2, 3 centimeter diameter. 




Too much criminal movies ... To show you the ball's size...

Step 6 :
With your spoon, make little wells in your balls. Take care to not make a hole in them ! 



Step 7 :
And NOW ... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ... Till there, everything was easy, right ?
It's time for you to understand what MESS REALLY MEANS ! 
On my dear friend's blog, she just says : "I took a little plastic sandwich bag and put my jam in it" ...
Yeeeeaaah ... dear DR CaSo ... IT DID NOT WORK WITH ME !!! 
When I did the recipe months ago, I failed at this step. My kitchen was a war place !
But those cakes are really good, so I decided to try once again, with the adapted utensil ! 
Wrong idea ... 
WELL ! The goal is to fill the cake with jam. So, truly ... do as you can ! Maybe, no... Surely, you'll be more talented than me ! 



In the oven for 15-20 minutes. Let them cool

Taaadaaaa ! Bon appétit !! There are perfect with coffee, for example. Delicious.




Sprinkled with some icing sugar.


...

Now, here's the other side of the pictures ...




'don't care ! I'll eat you the same !! 


Here what you'll need for 16-19 bites. 

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 180 grammes of flour
  • 80 grammes of white sugar
  • 125 grammes of cold unsalted butter.
  • Strawberry jam or whatever kind of jam you like, but most of all ... without pieces of fruits. 

Your oven must be preheated at 180°C (350°F / Th6)


Stir egg yolk and vanilla together.

Mix together flour and sugar. Then add butter cut in small pieces and knead with your finger tips, until it's become as for a crumble. 

Pour the egg/vanilla and knead again until it becomes a pastry.
Then, in the fridge for one hour minimum ! 

In the meantime, arrange some little muffins mold, and two utensils supposed to help you.
A wooden spoon with a round handle and... something supposed to fill your cakes. 

After one hour, get out the pastry from the fridge, put some flour on your hands and model, quickly, small balls, of 2, 3 centimeter diameter. 

With your spoon, make little wells in your balls. Take care to not make a hole in them ! 

Finally, fill the cake with jam. 

In the oven for 15-20 minutes. Let them cool.

12 comments:

  1. My dear Axelle - I'm sorry about your pain and the swelling :-/

    These look wonderful, but I'm pretty sure I would have a mess all over the place, too!

    I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. The sun was shining so nicely today.

    take care!

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    1. Hello Susan ! How are you ? :)
      Yesterday, in France, it wasn't too shiny but today, yes ! ... And I can't go out because of this laser !! I have to protect my skin from sun during 3 days !! :D
      I hope you enjoyed your sunny day !

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  2. Dear Axelle-Poor you with your pain and swollen face. I'm sorry to hear of your discomfort and hope that it will all be worth it in the end. I'm so glad we live in the era of modern medicine. These little cakes look amazing and should help you forget your trouble. I'm going to try these tonight with raspberry jam and a little chambord mixed into the jam. Hey. That's not a bad idea. Perhaps you should have a nice pastis every now and then to help your recovery. Thank you Dr. Caso for this recipe. I can tell these will be delicious! Regards-Jamie

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    1. Dear Jamie ! Don' worry for me, pain is already over. And, as you say well, it's a chance to live somewhere medicine give you the possibility to take care of a tiny physical problem ...
      Your idea of mixing chambord and jam seems gorgeous ! Tell me how it was, please !!
      I must be one of the rare southern person who never tasted pastis :D But I' would love a fresh glass of white wine !! :) As-tu déjà goûté le pastis ? As-tu aimé ?

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  3. Axelle, Dear Friend, I am so sorry to hear about your swollen face. We have a saying here "it is only minor surgery (or procedure) when it happens to someone else." You made beautiful jam bites, but I imagine they taste even better than they look. Thank you for the recipe and for being brave enough to show us the mess it can make...I appreciate knowing it is messy before starting the recipe. Hope you feel better soon. love and prayers, jep

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    1. Dear Jep, thank you for your comment. The sentence you say is so true ! Everything is lighter when you're not really concerned. :)
      But I forgive my doctor, he's a nice man.
      If you want to try this recipe, don't be afraid about the mess, because they are really delicious, light and full of flavor.
      Maybe Jamie will try to bake them soon and maybe she'll give us an easy solution for webbed hand as me !! :D
      Friendly.

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  4. First, sorry about your face, that must be terribly painful!! I hope the second session went better.

    Regarding the cookies, you made me laugh, sorry it was so complicated. I took a small plastic bag and cut one corner of it to fill the thingy with jam, you have some seriously sophisticated materials! Also, I think that your muffin cups are too big, which must have made things more complicated than they had to be. Do you want me to send you some tiny ones?

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    1. Dear dr, I'm happy if I made you laugh, this was the goal of this post :)
      Yeeees, I knew what you were talking about with the litlle bag, I saw it several times in cooking show... And I've tried it many times ... Unsuccessfully ! I think my biggest problem came from my jam. There were pieces of fruits in it and sometimes, no way to make it goint out from the utensil.
      But no matter, they are so delicious that I WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN until I succeed !!

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  5. Dear Axelle- These are so delicious! "We" made these and these were a breeze and mess free. My suggestion: use the tools Dr. CaSo suggested ( the wooden spoon handle and the pusher thingy). But, you forgot one or two items as well: Children. Ha Ha. I pulled the recipe from your website onto the ipad and set it up in the kitchen and said, "Here, girls. Make these for the church Fellowship Meal, please." For church. They did. No mess at all. And did I say these were SO GOOD? I tip my hat to Dr. CaSo and to Axelle for not being selfish and for sharing such a treat. Regards-Jamie

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    1. Dear Jamie, you're right, I just forgot children !! :D Do your children clean the kitchen after they cook ? My daughter does it sometimes... Sometimes ...:)
      I bake them and eat one each evening. You can keep them for a long period in a close box. As we say in french : ils se mangent sans faim ! :)

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    2. Dear Axelle, Yes, my children clean the kitchen after they cook. It is the job of one daughter to wash dishes. Another daughter dries and puts them away. Another daughter clears away the mess on the countertops and puts away left over food. One son sweeps the kitchen floor and takes care of 'recycle' stuff. And the last boy takes out the trash and sweeps the dining floor after meals. The boys and the dishdryer girl clear the table. The dishdryer girl also sets the table for meals. Everybody usually has something to do to prepare some part of the meals. It's good to teach everyone to cook and they enjoy it therefore. My boy sweeper makes homemade mayonnaise better than anyone! Je l'aime Les Friandises de Confiture de CaSo. Sont-ils sur votre lit dans une boit? Je l'aime pastis et l'ouzo de la grece. Et le martini de New York. Etc. Etc. Etc. Mais je ne pas un ivrogne! Regards-Jamie

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    3. Dear Jamie, I'll send you my children for one week !!! This way your children will teach them to DO SOMETHING IN HOME TO HELP ME !!! :D
      Such an organization ! I'm admiring !
      J'aime beaucoup le Martini aussi mais je ne connais pas l'Ouzo. Il faudra que je goute :) Et rassure-toi, je ne crois pas non plus que tu sois une ivrogne !!

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