Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Libraries Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Shilpa Uskokovic

đŸ‘€ Speaker
455 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Yeah, I find that if you add, like, water or something, it can veer into, like, the tough category.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

You know what I mean?

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Sure, sure, sure.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Yes.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

You know, I think this is actually one of the main things, if not the main issue people run into with lemon bars.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

You'll see a picture of like a cut into slice and it's really undercooked, that shortbread.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

It's pasty.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

It's pasty.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

What I found is that since you are adding the curd on top, which is quite wet, you kind of need to, like, bake it a click past what you're used to.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Like, it is going to soften a bit when you introduce that liquid.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

So you really need to push it to, you know, what the French call bien cuir.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

I don't even know.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Like on the edge of burnt, essentially.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Yeah, yeah.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Yes.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

So you really want it to be like a deep summer tan.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Yes, exactly.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Like some things you really need to take it far.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

Yeah.

Bon Appétit
BA Bake Club: Whole Lemon Bars

And, you know, your patients will be rewarded with a crust that crumbles versus like squidges when you cut down.