baking soda, and salt in a bowl to make a cupcake is how people classify a pastry chef. In the dictionary a pastry chef is a professional cook who specializes in making desserts, especially cakes and pastries . There are over a million pastries out in the world that some may enjoy and may not. Becoming a pastry chef is my passion that’s why I am here to explain what responsibilities you have to take on this career. To me a pastry chef is a baker whom is passionate about what they’re about to design and
Creating fancy cakes, breads, delectable desserts and other treats are the specialties of pastry chefs. Desserts are difficult to make but everyone loves them. Customers especially love desserts that are new, appealing, and even desserts that remind them of home. Being a classically trained pastry chef is an honor and I am lucky enough to call myself one. Not only is being a classically trained pastry chef an honor, it is rare to find chefs with that title. I can create traditional and nontraditional
When life gives you lemons, why make lemonade when you can make lemon meringue pie? Here’s hoping life also gives you sugar, short crust pastry and eggs. Lemon meringue pie is a kiwi favourite that has been passed down through generations through great grandparents with their own secret recipes and ingredients. Which is where my Grandma got her famous lemon meringue pie recipe from that she has been making every Sunday since before I was born. I decided to research this particular item of lemon
a taster result. The short dough has a very high fat content. The short dough consist of having flour, sugar, and fat which makes the product such as a cookie or a pastry very crumbly and tender”(http://www.bakingterms.com, 5/24/2005). There are many people who love croissants and Danish pastry’s. To make a croissants or Danish pastry there needs to be a rolled in fat dough method. The rolled in fat dough method is when fat is incorporated into the dough in many layers by using a rolling and folding
gluten development. This explains why pastry often is fairly tough despite the large amount of fat it contains (McWilliams, 2012, p.271). Gluten provides dough with elasticity and the ability to stretch, as the leavening agent produces carbon dioxide, which enables the dough to rise effectively. The more protein in the flour (as in the case with hard flour), the more gluten is usually formed. (Perego, Sordi, Guastalli, & Converti, 2007, p.649-657). Fat gives pastries the flakiness that is highly desirable
Cupcake Desire; a bakery that produces cupcakes, cakes, and on special occasions, pies. The use of wholesome ingredients, unique flavours, and vegan recipes is what sets Cupcake Desire apart from other bakeries. Gastown has been the headquarters to your locally owned and operated bakery Cupcake Desire for 3 years now. Business has been going well in the trendy neighbourhood, and you are now looking to expand business into one of three possible locations; Yaletown, North Vancouver, or West Vancouver
wholesome breakfast, but I later came to understand the convenience of the Pop-Tart. My parents could put pastries in the toaster and continue to get ready for their day without having to worry about too much clean-up. It was during these early days of my education that I really found a love for the sugary, fruit-filled pastries. Post Cereals was the first company to come up with the idea for a pastry that would later inspire Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. In the early part of the 1960s, Post began developing
Restaurant Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Lorca North of Manhattan, a good cup of coffee is hard to come by; the taste is lacking in strength and not much thought is put into its production. Profit-seeking coffee chains like Dunkin Donuts and Donut Delight are widespread and lack in quality. More often than not, coffee is a $3 afterthought of dessert, rather than a delicacy in itself. Lorca cafe, situated in downtown Stamford on Bedford Street, appreciates the artistry and skill that must be employed
chicken and salads. Its definitely a healthier option although it might not be an immense amount of food where people are taking home boxes filled to the brim. Greek food is still amazing and the dessert that sells itself is baklava or a honey walnut pastry with filo dough. Next Italian restaurants also share much of the same foods pasta primavera, salad, chicken, shrimp, they do not have lamb or baklava. To replace those two dishes are cannolis and steaks. Home made food defeats Italian food at the
Personal Narrative Self Identity Throughout most of my childhood, I have been predominantly exposed to nothing but the Chinese culture. When my parents first immigrated to the United States from Canton, China, they rented a small apartment located right in the heart of Chinatown. Chinatown was my home, the place where I met all my friends, and the place where I'd thought I'd never leave. I spoke only Cantonese, both to my friends and to my parents. Everyone I was around spoke fluent
a paring knife to cut away the excess. Fondant that is unused should be stored in an airtight container. GLAZES Are coating mixtures usually in a syrup form and applied to food is called a glaze. Glaze can be poured, drizzled or brushed on with a pastry brush on the outside of cakes or cookies or in between cake layers for different looks, called glazing. Once applied, the glaze sets up very quickly, so you only have a small window of time in which to use it. This coating like frosting mixtures
blueberry, apple, and brown sugar and cinnamon. There was also grape and French toast flavors as well! Did you know that there are over 30 different kinds of poptarts? Poptarts also made other sweet treats such as ice cream sandwiches and other pastries. Not many people know about these because they didn’t last long in the
Greece- Baklava History This is going to cover the Greek version of baklava, but first I must start in the 8th century B.C. of the Assyrian empire. Where baklava is said to have first been made from layers of dough with nuts, and honey poured over it, and then baked. Originally baklava was only considered a luxury for the rich, and as such was only baked on special occasions until the mid-19th century. The Assyrian land was located in north Mesopotamia (BetBasoo 2013), and cover parts of what we
Baking & Pastry is like learning science, more like chemistry to be exact. It requires time, patience and exact measurements of your ingredients. A pastry chef must show taste, judgment, dedication, pride, knowledge and skill. There’s many different things a future pastry chef should know about the baking & pastry world. The first four things you should know before entering this part of the culinary industry is the basics: Safety and legal responsibilities, Equipment, Ingredients, and mixing methods
Muffin Recipe Muffins has two different meaning. The American's muffins means baked bread in small tins or cups. While the English muffins means an oven-baked bread, cooked in a griddle. Muffin is a small cake according to the Old German word muffen where it name was derived from. Muffins has various variations such as banana muffin, blueberry muffin, cheese muffin, corn muffin and so many others. However, the American muffin can be likened to a cupcake but the difference is that cupcakes are usually
Smells of buttercream and sugar fill the air as Freshman Abbie Rockers adds a coat of icing to a chocolate cupcake. Abbie Rockers has owned her baking business, Abbie’s Sweet Treats, since February 2016. “I’ve always loved baking, it was a tradition with my grandma at every holiday,” Rockers said. “My mom taught me some recipes but then I would always [bake] with my grandma, then my other grandma got me all my supplies.” Abbie’s grandmother, Linda Rockers, said she started teaching Abbie how to bake
PR Problem Ben Bacchus, owner of the store he wants to open by 1st of the May 2016 called Ben’s Bikes. Is a shop that specializes in BMX, children’s and recreational bicycles in port credit, in Mississauga, Ontario. He wants his store to the first choice of recreational bike riders of all ages and capabilities in Mississauga. We do know that Ben’s budget is around $20,000 to launch his new business and also the store’s first three months of operation and that he will open his store on the ground
1- Introduction Pasta is a Latin term which means dough, and this dough is formed from hard wheat flour, semolina, eggs (for egg spaghetti), water, durum flour, farina flour, and some desirable ingredients. After mixing the ingredients are typically added to an extruder that has variety of dies to form the shape of the final product, and sometimes some pigments are added. Then the pasta is dried and packaged for marketing (Debbouz & Doetkott, 1996; Fuad & Prabhasnkar, 2010). Semolina is rough-ground
Mathematics is part of our everyday life. Things you would not expect to involve math do. Such as how to write a successful pop song, which gang is responsible for a crime, where terrorists are hiding bombs, how new drugs can affect people and how to keep a crowd from trampling each other (Jones, 2013), to name a few. As you can see, math is involved in things that you would never expect. In the following paragraphs, I will explain to you how a particular interest of mine, baking, involves math
Croissants are buttery and flaky viennoiserie pastry named for its unique shape. These are made of layered yeast-leavened dough, which is layered with butter, rollded and folded several times, and lastly rolled into a sheet in a technique called laminating. Croissants can be served at any time and any