Friday we had our final exam (which I did fairly well on) and we said our farewells to Chef Mushet.
Yesterday we started PBK121 which after this week will be mainly peti fours, but this week, we are doing a lot of pies. Our new Chef, Roger Frey, is hilarious. He is an L.A. native who drives a blue Harley to work everyday and doesn't seem to be too put off by my table's sometimes off color humor.
Yesterday we made a New York style Cheesecake which we presented today. We were allowed to decorate it however we wanted and while a lot of my classmates chose to top their cakes with pie filling, I chose whipped cream and fresh fruit. I ran our of berries so my design turned into what you see below.
We also made a Whiskey Pecan Pie. Pecan's aren't totally my thing but this was pretty tasty.
Below are Lemon Meringue tartelettes. We made everything by scratch and torched the tops ourselves.
The reason I didn't blog last night was because I went with Rhea to the So You Think You Can Dance tour at the Nokia! It was about three hours of sincere screaming and "OMG I LOVED this dance!" and "Philip is SO talented" and "You should have won, Kayla!"
Two more pies tomorrow... I am off to do homework.
I LOVE pecan pie - can I have the recipe?
ReplyDeleteI may or may not have licked my screen right where that cheesecake photo is.
ReplyDeleteWas it a long low bake (2 hrs at 200), or a two-temperature deal?
UM... JEALOUS OF SYTYCD!!! And you best be making me a pecan pie like that some day. I know where you live. Don't make me hunt you down. This could get ugly.
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