Steamy Kitchen’s Pho Ga for the October Daring Cooks challenge.

The Daring Cooks challenge: Vietnamese Pho from Jaden of Steamy Kitchen. I made the beef pho and it was amazing!

Pho Ga, Vietnamese chicken noodle soup, for the October Daring Cooks challenge. Comfort food at its finest.

Homemade chicken pho – and you don’t HAVE to boil stock all day long. It’s “acceptable” to use canned broth!!

Vietnamese chicken noodle soup. Pho sure.

Caramelized apples vol-au-vent with homemade puff pastry

Daring Bakers: Vols Au Vent

Puff pastry filled with light chocolate cream, figs and slivered almonds…delicious!!!

Figs, feta and honey pair perfectly inside homemade puff pastry.

Daring Bakers Vols-Au-Vent aka Puff Pastry. Come read why it took me 3 tries!

Puff Pastry Vols-au-Vent filled with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.

Chicken & leek vol au vents

Daring Bakers do Puff Pastry & Vol-au-Vent

These lobster vols-au-vent were the best DB challenge ever!

Puff pastry cups for DB’s and a pepper cream mousse.

Sliced beef and tomato in a rich and savory black bean sauce, served in puff pastry called a vols au vent.

Vol-Au-Vents creations – Baked Maple Figs with Vanilla Mascarpone and Ricotta Spinach Chicken

Daring Baker Challenge – Roast Beef & Caramelised Onion Vol au Vents

Daring Bakers, September 2009 – Vols-au-Vent, filled with Zabaglione Cream.

Lemon Curd Mousse in homemade puff pastry vols au vent.

Vols-au-Vent with fresh figs & crushed pistachio. (DB Challenge)

Vols-au-vent filled with caramelized apples and cinnamon