Cornetto Vuoto, Cornetto alla Marmalata e Cornetto al Cioccolato #RecipeTesting #ShelterinPlaceBaking
I've always wanted to make my own cornetti , those pillowy little horns in every Italian corner caffé or bar. I knew they weren't the same as croissants, but I thought I would simply adapt my croissant recipe and see how it went. I made three versions: Cornetto Vuoto ('empty' or plain), Cornetto alla Marmalata (with jam, I had some blackberry lemon summer jam from Happy Girl Kitchen Co. ), amd Cornetto al Cioccolato (with chocolate, I used a squeeze of ganache). Needless to say that these disappeared almost as quickly as I took them out of the oven and put them on the table. But they weren't cornetti ...at least not the way I remember them from the bar at Corso Trieste, 18 just around the corner from my home in Rome. I'll keep trying. One good thing about this shelter-in-place order - I have a lot of time for playing in my kitchen! For this batch, I simply substituted milk for water and added an egg. It was still a little too flaky and less ye...