Cooking up a Storm
Last Thursday evening my friend Stella and I went off to Cinnamon Square in Rickmansworth http://www.cinnamonsquare.com/ to take part in a patisserie course. We had a great time, made some fabulous tarts, and I for one learnt a lot. I'm now looking to take some other courses perhaps cake decorating or bread making we'll have to see. Here below are some of the items I made this time.
I don't think I will ever get to be a candidate for The Great British Bake Off but I was please with the end results having learnt how to make sweet pastry, a chocolate ganache, and creme patisserie. They tasted great too, which is always a big bonus.
They look fabulous and I'm sure that everyone really enjoyed eating them.
ReplyDeleteYes I've only had a bit to try as I'm still on my diet but everyone said they were fab.
DeleteIts strange I love cooking, especially all the cakes etc, but I don't miss eating them. All I really miss is crispy bread and lovely strong cheddar cheese. Ha ha ha
You've done an awesome job by the looks of the photos, Dawn. The top one especially looks mouth watering. I wish I enjoyed cooking, but sadly, I don't, so no patisserie cooking for me.
ReplyDeleteHave always loved cooking even thought I'd do it as a job at one time but decided to go i to the science field as everyone convinced me it was a profession that was hard work with little reward (money wise). I was also persuaded that anything in the arts was a bit of a waste and should be resigned to being just a hobby. May have had some element of truth as you do need to be good at marketing but I think Jamie Oliver Delia Smith etc etc would beg to differ.
DeleteYou're very creative with needle and thread so why worry about cooking let some one else do the cooking you keep them well clothed ha ha
These are beautiful and they must take an amazing amount of patience.
ReplyDeleteActually they were fairly straight forward bit fiddly but not as hard as I thought to complete. And boy did they taste good.
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