5 Challenging Recipes (and How to Make Them!)

Napoleons are notoriously hard to create since they traditionally involve alternating layers of puff pastry and crème pâtissière, topped with icing. That said, Epicurious.com’s Meringue Napoleons with Lime Ice Cream and Blackberries (originally from Gourmet magazine) seems even more challenging. The prep calls for making your own meringues, pureeing your own blackberries (watch out for seeds!) and assembling it all together. The end result apparently got a 100% rating from users, so go for it if you dare!
Photo credit: Miki Duisterhof on Epicurious.com














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I would love to try a souffle
my new favorite thing is cooking with the boyfriend! We both learn new recipes and techniques and enjoy a delish..cheaper meal together without going out. It’s just a struggle getting him to help clean but im working on it!
love them all!
mmmmm i would like some baked alaska right now!!
love cheese and pretzels
I went to culinary school (but dropped out, as it was no longer fun, and at that moment I realized its not a career for me. but I still love to cook) and in Saucier class I was out sick when they demo’d and practiced making hollandaise sauce. I never read the recipe before, and the next day was the test for that as well as a bunch of other sauces. I made it perfectly the first time. The Chefs were impressed. Heck, I was impressed. I can cook – no doubt about it. But just not a career.
Baked alaska aint that hard… Try Tiramisu.
yummy on the pretzels
looks so good!
mmm yummy
I want to try the napoleon’s for sure!
I agree wityh Lesley…look difficult…or at least more time than they’re worth!
easy recipes for the win, going to try this…thank you
I like easy recipes. If it’s difficult I just save those dishes for when I eat out.
I love eggs benedict.
Napoleans are hard to eat, so not my favorite food.
angel food is always the toughest
souffle and eggs benedicts are two of my faves!
I’ve always wanted to master the french macarons! I’ve failed twice already.