it's so unhealthy, but so good for me...

Feb 16, 2006 19:05

...okay, so don't say i didn't warn you. there is somewhere around 75 pictures behind the cut of all the stuff i've made since... november. so maybe i'm a little behind on updating pictures.

p.s. y'all better comment



Viennoiseries II:

Baguette


Ciabatta


English muffin


Lemon poppyseed muffin


Pain au chocolat


Soft rolls


Sweet potato brioche rolls


Yeast-raised doughnut


Pate a croissant


Petit Fours

Financier, Gerbert Macaroon, Almond Tuile, Palette aux raison, Sarah Berhardts, Macaroons, Cornmeal Shortbread, Chocolate Macaroons, Lemon Curd Barquette


Madelines, Nougat, Langue de Chats, Opera Cake, Fruitcake, Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake


Coconut Puff Pastry Straws, Pate de fruits, Russian Tea Cookies, Swirl cookies, Coconut Palmiers, Checkerboard cookies, Florintine


Coconut-Pistachio Palmiers, Peppermint Marshmallows, Key Lime Barquettes, Red Velvet Peppermint Cakes, Gingerbread Boys, Snowballs, Cherry Pate de fruit, Orange-Cranberry Tuile Canolli


(These were the Petit Fours my partner and I made for our test. We got to choose our own menu and even make up our own recipes.)

Special Occasion Cake

This was my final for Pastry I. We picked out of a hat our cake component assignments, and from there we had to pick our own flavorings and choose a theme for the decorations.

Hazelnut biscuit cuilliere cake, raspberry bavarian, chocolate buttercream, covered in rolled fondant.






Chocolate I

Chocolate Candy Stand Project (Yes, it is made 100% out of chocolate)






Candies inside: Hazelnut Carres, Almond Rochees, and Crystallized Macadamia Nuts




Individual Desserts I

Banana macadamia nut financier, brown buter sauce, milk chocolate ice cream chocolate cigarette, macadamia nut tuile, caramalized macadamia nuts


Green apple charlotte russe, red currant sorbet, apple chips, red currant sauce, clear vanilla sauce


Orange creme caramel, orange-pomegranate salad, hippon tuile


Pineapple tarte tatin, vanilla-lime frozen yogurt, pineapple chips, kaffir lime syrup, pineapple sauce


Pistachio creme brulee, cherry sablee cookies


Warm apple charlotte, mixed apple sorbet, apple caramel sauce, caramel swirl


Sugar I

Nougatine basket with marzipan fruits and vegetables




Pear, pineapple, peach, corn, starfruit, apple, artichoke, pumpkin, orange, peas, strawberry, banana, fig


The stand is made out of pastillage, which is basically edible plaster. The cake is an orange biscuit with lime curd, a vanilla buttercream, and is covered in rolled fondant. The flowers were made with sugar paste, and were instructed by Ron Ben-Israel.





















Chocolate II





















...And a few pictutes of candies I made last week

Various Bon-Bons


Cardinal Gateau


Top of the Cardinal Gateau


Turtles, cherry cordials, peppermint patties, branches


Individual Desserts II

Chocolate mint pyramid, mint-citrus salad


Exotic fruit soup, ginger-lemongrass ice cream


Fontaine, white chocolate-cocoa nib ice cream


Kataifi napoleon, citrus medley


Mendiant, cherry compote


Panna cotta, dried fruit compote, dried pear sorbet


Pear broth, cranberry sorbet


Pineapple cilantro soup, lime sorbet


Tiramisu, espresso granita


Pear-walnut tart, caramel ice cream


White chocolate-hazelnut semi freddo, pear-cranberry compote


White chocolate-citrus parfait, caramelized pink peppercorn pineapple compote


Yogurt pineapple-cilantro soup


Sugar II

Hedwig the Amazing Technicolor Owl (Body made using poured sugar, rose and feathers made using poured sugar)


Fishie (Fish made with blown sugar, seaweed made with pulled sugar)


Baby Seal (Body made with blown sugar, flippers made with pulled sugar)


A few pictures of my group's artistic interpretation of the painting 'Scream' by Munch. This showpiece was constructed using poured, pulled, straw, and blown sugar in roughly 4 1/2 hours...





so yeah.

pastry

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