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2,1,1,2...
Is how you make pate a choux...2 parts liquid: 1 part fat: 1 part flour: 2 parts eggs. It is done by the pre-cooking method which pre-gelatinizes the starch. This is done by first bringing the liquid and fat to a boil, then adding in all the flour,[...] -
Custards
Boiled Custard: Pastry Cream-The thickener is cornstarch in this custard so part of the milk and half the sugar is scalded. Then tempered into the remaining milk and cornstarch, eggs, and remaining sugar before being returned to the stove and[...] -
Baking Techniques
I'm full swing into my second bakeshop, baking techniques. I am loving this class! It is so fun and the Chef we have for the first half is great. I'm a little bummed we switch chefs at the midway point because I really like this one's teaching[...] -
No Excuses
So I realize I've been a really bad blogger these last couple of months and really bad these last few weeks....to be honest, the days I've interned I really have eaten the same stuff so I didn't bother with that...and was too busy (average day was[...] -
Alice's Tea Cup
Not surprisingly, on my internship days, I am working my butt off...but loving it. So far I have not done under a 12 hour day, and yesterday was there from 9:30 am to about 11 pm. The thing is, time just flies by...if you keep me busy, I don't[...] -
Nougatine at Jean Georges
Tomorrow is the big day...my first day of interning at the Jean Georges bakeshop. I'm so excited (but also a little nervous), especially after eating at Nougatine at Jean Georges on Sunday after unpacking. This is the more casual of the[...] -
Arrived
I'm officially settled into my housing for the month of July in NYC! I'll be interning 4-5 days a week normally but am looking for things to do on my off days...any suggestions? -
Breaking from Bread
And like that, my first baking and production class came to an end Thursday. My apologies for going MIA once again. The last few days have been pretty non-stop. I drove home overnight Thursday and promptly spent the day sleeping! Its just a brief[...] -
Check those Ears
Friday, are you serious, its Friday?! This week just flew by! After Monday we switched to two day rotations on stations in breads class so Tuesday and Wednesday we spent doing multigrain and breakfast pastry/breads. Tuesday we used Chef's sweet[...] -
Autolyse Mixing
It seems a bit strange to say that we are already at the halfway point in hearth breads. Today is day 7 and a quiz day. I'm a little nervous, but feel pretty confident. Yesterday was my team's last day on ovens and lean doughs. Chef had us make[...]
