The recipe throwdowns continue. This week, we're doing shortbread. I finally put that Lurpak butter and Nielsen-Massey vanilla bean paste to good use. Thomas Keller's shortbread is pretty famous and after whipping up a batch I can see why. I'm not normally a big shortbread fan. I know Walker's is supposed to be the best, so says Nancy Silverton, but I've never gone nuts over it. Keller's recipe doesn't call for oat flour or cornstarch or confectioner's sugar like recipes I'm used to, but the texture and flavor is still amazing. I think I'll be making shortbread more often from here on out. Woe be my waistline.
Nancy Silverton and Cook's Illustrated's recipes are up next. I need to buy more butter.
