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I was born in Paris. The name of the dough is pronounced "patay-oh-shoe", not "pat-a-chew".
Great recipe
It’s so amazing how one dough recipe can be used in so many ways!!!
What’s your thoughts on showing ways to create rich broths/stocks
got a subscription to americas test kitchen just because Lan Lam is so COOL!
I was intimidated by Pâte à Choux … then I realized it was good old "cream puffs" like granny made.
Mrs. Lam, you are such a pleasure to watch and learn from! What about a Gluten Free Pate a Cheux since you don’t have to worry about gluten development and are adding that structure with eggs???
I noticed you were using whole eggs for the gnocchi, rather than blended. Should these be room temperature or right out of the fridge? Sage Bacon Potato gnocchi for New Year's Eve.
the music editing is unnecessary
Just perfect…
LAM is the best, I love her segments.❤
Love her straight forward delivery. Should have her own channel or fb page.
10:33 "… it's like the best Cheez-It you've ever eaten." 😛 (I love Cheez-Its.)
Lan is a shining light among what is an already a star-studded crowd of YouTube chefs.
She gets my goat vote for 2023.
Thanks for this dough. I don't like leavener.
Sounds like you have a wonderfully creative mother! Thank you for sharing this fun story!
My mom loved eclairs. I would make them for her any time I was home. She was intimidated by the process. I learned to make them on a lark. Too many bakeries passing off eclairs made with the wrong dough, commercially prepared "vanilla creme", and really bad chocolate ganache 🤐. Another cooking technique mastered. Now for those cheese ones… New Years Eve is coming…. 😃
Hi can I make the gnocchi in a kitchen aid
The way Lan reacts to eating a profiterole at 08:38 is so damn cute and you know it really was so good. 😛
Have a Nice Little Marry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Substitute matzo meal for flour and voila , Passover choux pastry . Works great.
I am going to make my Grandma's cream puffs and eclairs. She used to melt junior mints and pour it on top. Xmas dinner 😁
About 6:30 plus
“Make sure they add the same size even if small”
Sounds like an oxymoron
I’m assuming part of that sentence is meant to represent the initial dollop but is vague…your editors should have noticed this🤷♂️
you know, i really liked the parmasean brazil little dough ball things, but i found them a little difficult to bake up in muffin tins. i think these would be easier to bake since i can just put them on a silpat. dang.
I use Dr Scholl's to pad a shoe.
Lan videos are the best. 😊
Another fantastic learning experience and video for my library. You pack so much useful information into a welcoming space. 🙏
you never said the measurements of the ingredients
Can you do the gnocchi with some potato in there since you're not relying on the gluten?
Lan can cook!
#LOL; MY EX USES TO BAKE THESE ALLLLL THE TIME FOR MY MOM WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE; THESE & BRAN MUFFIN'S SHE LOVED*..
I WISH I COULD TALK TO HIM RIGHT NOW; I MISS HIM AS A FRIEND & CAN'T FIND HIM….
BUT YOU GOT ME WITH THAT CAKE WHEN YOU SAID:
" ANGELA GEARY "
#CUZ I'M A GEARY TOO; & SO WAS MY MOM.
R.I.P.💔❤️🩹❣️👍🏻
Does this work gluten-free?
This is so wrong. I thought they are chefs at ATK? WTF??
“…Cool Whip, if you’re my mom in the 80s…” hahahahaha! I totally felt that in my heart,
I like your mom's way of keeping you quiet, even if that's all it was. It gave you the chance to learn, to feel important and helpful, to bond with your siblings, and connect to her, too. It was an age-appropriate task that put you on a path to building the skills you have now. I'm sure you're aware of all this already, but as someone who didn't get a lot of that kind of parenting, I just felt the need to appreciate how cool that was.
Id love to see more content from you
Caption bot/people: DAWN Yanagihara… 🤦🏼♀
Enough explanation and detailed videoing that I think I could do it.
Chou gnocchi???? Ohhhh yummmm😋😋tossed with the veggies even more yummier😋😋😋gonna try this for sure👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻wonderful lesson👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️🍸🍸🍸🍸
@lanlam Any recommendations on where to get a good pastry bag like the one you use?
Thank You … May I add a suggestion ? In Québec and in France we add to Pâte à Choux 'Smoked Salmond Cream Cheese' as an entrée …or 'finger food' … It is so good!
YUM!!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
" Open up a bottle of wine, invite your friends over. You'll thank me ". Jokes of you Lan Lam, I HAVE NO FRIENDS AND WINE MAKES ME SICK.
Had to say this because it was the only fault I can see in another of her amazing videos. Lan Lam is an amazing teacher of food. Thanks for these videos.
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I love your detailed descriptive commentary. I wish you would provide guidance like this using alternative flours like almond flour and coconut flour. I am extremely allergic to wheat. Because oats are usually cut in factories where wheat is also processed, I have not ever found any that I don’t react too. Even gluten free labeling rules allow a minute amount. I react to most of them. Reaction is most unpleasant and occasionally scary.
Lan rules
Uncle Roger where are you?