Alrighty!
So last week in class we made Challah bread. I really wanted to transform all my bread from last week into something. I didn't get too far because some of my products didn't come out as planned. However, I was able to turn my Challah bread into a yummy French Toast Souffle. I usually make this for the breakfast pot lucks we would have at work. It was my "go-to" dish. It came out very well with the Challah bread. I added some whipped topping and a few strawberries.
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| French Toast Souffle with Challah Bread |
Time for the weekly school update!
This week was very laid back.
Monday 4.25.11
Boy today I wasn't feeling very well. We didn't do much in class. We had a substitute again. We watched presentations for the group projects.
Tuesday 4.26.11
Today we made our puff pastry dough. We didn't do the makeup of it this day- we let it chill in the cooler over night so it would be easier to work with. We also made frangipane that we would use to fill some of our puff pastry products with. In the midst of all of that, we also took a test. I don't feel that I did very well on it but I did the best I could.
Wednesday 4.27.11
Fun day!
We did our Puff Pastry Makeup! Lots of different ways to form Puff Pastry. I thought it was a lot of fun!
This is a Pithivier. The puff pastry is filled with Frangipane which is almond paste mixed with sugar and eggs (for the most part).
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| Pithivier |
Isn't it so cute? It reminds me of Mrs. Potts hat (from "Beauty and the Beast")
See:
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| Mrs. Potts and Chip from "Beauty and the Beast" |
Am I right? So cute!
These are Palmiers. You roll the dough in sugar to form these cute pastries- I added cinnamon. They are very tasty with a cup of coffee in the morning.
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| Palmiers |
These are some simple Pinwheels with Frangipane center. So yummy, so flaky, so good!
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| Pinwheels |
Lastly, vol-au-vents. These were my favorite to make. They look difficult to make but are actually very simple.
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| Vol-au-vent |
I believe that these could be very versatile in a kitchen. Therefore, I filled one with vanilla ice-cream and drizzled caramel sauce all over to show it's versatility.
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| Vol-au vent with Vanilla Ice-cream and Caramel Sauce |
Needless to say, Jeff and I devoured it!
Puff pastry supposedly consists of 1,000 layers of dough with layers of butter in between. I find that AMAZING! I keep trying to do the math in my mind but it just gives me a headache so I gave up! Don't get me wrong, Chef gave up too!
Thursday 4.28.11
Today we attended a lecture by a Master Chef. His presentation was very informative and inspiring. He is an amazing food artist. He specializes in transforming traditional meals or desserts into different presentations. The pictures he shared we awesome.
At the end of the lecture and demo we made our sourdough breads that we would make up the next day.
Friday 4.29.11
Today was very relaxed, bread-making day. We made up our sourdough breads. The Rustic Sourdough bread we made turned out very hard! They didn't rise very much. Chef said that the flour didn't get hydrated enough so we had to make a new one which we "spiked" with some active yeast.
Here are the sourdough loafs I made.
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| Rustic Sourdough |
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| Rustic Sourdough |
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| Rustic Sourdough |
This dough was very chewy. I made a sandwich with it but the sandwich won, it was just way too chewy. I need to check with Chef to see what may have gone wrong.
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| Ham Sandwich with Sourdough Bread with Spinach Salad |
We also made another sourdough out of an Apple Sour starter (tasted nothing like apple). It has a wonderful taste and I added currants to my dough. I have never tried currants before. I had no idea they tasted like raisins. I really like them.
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| Apple Sourdough with Currants |
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And that's all folks. Have a great weekend!
With love,
Adriana
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