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Back to school for the kooky kookies!
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TORRID details
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The OFFICIAL
exam
* Alina 3/10. Her signature recipe: chocolate cake.
* Clémence 5/10. Her favorite recipe: éclairs.
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* Emilie 5/10. Her most nifty
recipe: muffins.
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* Emilie 5/10. Her most nifty recipe: muffins.
* Charlotte 3/10. Her grandma's recipe: mousse.
* Fernando : pastry coach, 17 years and counting.
The CRAZY challenge?
To complete 80 hours of INTENSIVE training and take the OFFICIAL French CAP (Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle Pâtissier) pastry
chef exam in June. Emilie, GLOBAL assistant at Michel et Augustin, is feeling giddy ;)
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3 (ok, 4) VERY serious words of the hour:
The kookies will be learning 4.5 practical ways to become pastry experts.
The delicious
family of...
The basics
(to know like
the back of your hoof)
Tasty
trimmings
Various
variations
Tarts
Pâte sucrée, pâte sablée, pâte à
foncer (pâte brisée)
Lemon cream, almond cream,
chocolate ganache, Italian
meringue…
With candied fruit, canned fruit or
amandines (with almond cream)
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Entremets
(cream-based
desserts)
Génoise (Italian sponge cake), lady
fingers, dacquoise cookies, almond
meringue cake and Joconde
cookies
Crème mousseline, fruit mousse,
Bavarian cream, chocolate mousse,
Italian meringue!
Charlotte-style fraisier (strawberry cream
cake), frosted entremets
Choux pastry
Crème mousseline, crème
pâtissière, mastering fondant and
choux pastry
Your tastebuds' favorite recipes ;)
Éclairs, religieuses, salambo, Paris Brest
Puff pastry
6-layer puff pastry
Crème pâtissière, mastering fondant,
apple compote
Mille-feuilles, apple turnovers,
king's galette and pithiviers
Viennoiseries
Brioche and leavened puff pastry
(croissant pastry)
Crème pâtissière
Brioches parisiennes, 3-strand tressés,
Nanterre brioches, navettes, pains au lait,
pains au chocolat, croissants and pains aux
raisin
Take, for example, a Génoise!
To whip up a tasty Génoise sponge cake, prepare your workspace with the following:
200g of fresh egg*
125g of white sugar
Beat the eggs with
the sugar until they reach
the ribbon stage.
125g of flour
Incorporate the
pre-sifted flour.
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1 sheet of baking paper
two 20 cm circular cake rings
On a baking sheet, pour into a cake ring.
Warning: fill the ring no more than half way.
The génoise will expand while baking.
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Get stirring with:
* A 5-hour practical test de 5h + two 15-min oral tests. On the agenda:
questions on food science, recipes, hygiene, safety and materials
Example: What is the benfit of a grounded socket? Why is it important to wash your hands and how should it be done?
How is a génoise made? What role does salt play in pâte à brioche? The practical exam is weighted 11 times ?
* Two written tests (for the lucky ones who get this far)
- Prevention, health, environment: 1 hour wieghted 1 time.
- Supplies and stock management: 2 hours weighted 3 times.
To discover last year's topics, head this way.
Start reviewing now by clicking here.
The MUST-HAVES to be on TOP
* The CAP pastry book unearth it hereas well as this nifty collection from Christophe Felder.
* The regulatory clothing : safe shoes, cotton pants, a jacket (embroidered with a lovely first name like Dorothée), a chef's hat, an
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apron.
* A pastry chef's bag with 24 tools. To order one, send an email to our friends at Francis Batt.
* A KitchenAid mixer KitchenAid Add it to your list for Santa ;)
* Friends, neighbors and colleagues to taste your creations!
Advice from the kookie-club
Don't hesitate to knock on your local baker's door or at your favorite pastry shop. Offer your services.
You never know - they could need you to man the ovens or transport flour!
It's also an amazing way to learn the job, on the job ;)
Any chance to bake is a good one. Ask your friends and family to place their orders.
* Jean-Baptiste, the big winner of our casting. * Yan, cookie square joker in Lyon. * Mickaël, the kookie's resident pastry coach in
Lyon. * Salimata, the runner-up in our casting. * Jean, aka "Jeannot", Yan's right arm.
For next week…
The kookies are going to whip up 3 specialties: a plain génoise, lady fingers and choux pastry!
Take the class with us, starting with your shopping cart: T45 wheat flour, white caster sugar, fresh eggs,
water, 82%-fat butter, nib sugar, baking paper ;)
Review at home with your dog, cat or cow ;)
Define the following words: ribbon stage, coat a cookie, beat to pale, bird's beak, pâte à bombe.
+ answer the following HIGHLY technical question: how is a génoise made?
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Live from the Banana Farm ovens
Caroline, who oversees our ultra-fresh creations,
is putting the finishing touches on a new cookie
creation.
The ingredients? Oats, fresh butter, a pinch of
sugar, pumpkin seeds and cranberries.
I gave this nifty website a tune-up on september 15. My name is Claire.
Our disclaimer is NO laughing matter.
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