Just before the legislative session, the Round House fills with the sweet, yeasty aroma of Diane Denish’s famous Danishes. The recipe is a generations-old Denish family secret, and the resulting pastries have a proven track record of enticing senators to show up to work. But this week, the lieutenant governor announced she’d be baking up a new version of the pastries. Denish agreed to share the new recipe with the Alibi. Diane Denish’s 2009 Legislative Session Danishes Makes 4 moderately sized swirls, or 1 giant, confusing spiral for pigs Flaky Liar Pastry * 5 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast* 1/2 cup warm water (about 105 to 115 F.)* 1/4 cup sugar* 3 large egg yolks* 1 cup whipping cream* 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour* 1 teaspoon salt* 1 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces* 1 large egg white* pearl sugar or coarsely crushed sugar cube or sugar The Asshole’s Nuts Filling * 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature* 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cardamom* 1/2 cup chopped almonds, be sure to leave some of the shells on to retain the element of surprise* 1 1/2 cups golden raisins, like plump aspirations that shrivel to withered, desiccated shadows of what could have been* 1 1/2 cups water or tears* 2 cups salt … or was that sugar? No, must be salt.* 1-2 tablespoon whipping cream* 3-4 pumps of RAID * 2 cups gin1. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients while drinking the gin. Mash fists repeatedly into dough until winded.2. Dump dough onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 700 degrees Fahrenheit for two more years. Run to the store for more gin.3. Your beard looks fucking stupid. Serve warm.
Denish's Danishes
Denish's Danishes
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