The Best Cakes Europe Has Given Us

For the dacquoise preheat the oven to 225F. Trace three 6-inch circles onto parchment paper with a marker and flip the paper over and place them on baking trays. Grind the hazelnuts with 1/4 cup of sugar until fine and set aside. Whip the egg

Slice the oranges thinly into wheels and remove any seeds, taking care not to tear the orange.Bring a pot of water up to a boil and drop in the orange slices. Simmer the peel for 1 minute, then strain, discarding the water.Refill the pot with 1½ cups

1. Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds and add to a saucepan with the milk. Bring to the boil. Take care not to burn and turn off heat as soon as boiling point is reached. 2. Whisk egg yolk and sugar until it goes almost white, then turn