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Intro to Baking & Pastry

My Intro to Baking and Pastry course began at the end of August, and ended mid-October. Each week we focused on different methods and techniques of classic French baking and pastry, and had assessments on what we learned and produce. Here are some photos of what I’ve made…

Week One: Tarts

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Assorted fruit tarts with frangipane, pastry cream or chantilly fillings.

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Pate Brisee with asparagus, leek, gruyere and goat cheese quiche filling. Topped with creme fraiche.

Week Two: Galettes & Pie

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Blueberry Galettes with Lemon Curd & a lemon chantilly quenelle.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with a streusel topping and lattice.

Week Three: Cakes

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Biscuit cake with espresso mascarpone mousse and toasted coconut, whipped coconut cream frosting and glazed in bittersweet chocolate. Toasted coconut and chocolate leaves for decoration.

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Genoise Cake filled with lemon curd and raspberries, with lemon buttercream and toasted almonds.

Week Four: More Cakes!

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Pumpkin pound cake with pepita crumb topping.

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Complex cake: chocolate genoise filled with chocolate pastry cream mousse and strawberries, topped with strawberry jam and marzipan.

Week Five: Choux (Cream Puffs & Eclairs)

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Cream puff swans filled with vanilla or chocolate pastry cream and topped with orange chantilly. Smaller cream puffs filled with either chocolate, vanilla, coffee or pumpkin pastry cream.

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Eclairs filled with either chocolate, vanilla, coffee or pumpkin pastry cream and glazed in dark chocolate.

Week Six: Puff Pastry, Scones & Muffins

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Puff pastry gateau pithiviers filled with frangipane and apples.

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Puff pastry braid filled with boysenberry pastry cream.

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Savory scones with roasted garlic, fried sage and aged white cheddar.

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Cinnamon sugar palmiers, pesto and parmesan allumettes (puff pastry twists), and puits d’amour filled with boysenberry jam and either chocolate mousse or boysenberry pastry cream.

Week 7: Boulangerie

Brioche Sticky Buns with cinnamon sugar, pepitas, pecans and dried cranberries.

Brioche Sticky Buns with cinnamon sugar, pepitas, pecans and dried cranberries.

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Croissants!

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Assorted Danishes (bear claws, twists, pinwheels, lattice top pumpkin cheese danish), crescent croissant and croissant aux chocolat.

Croissant aux chocolat and crescent croissant

Croissant aux chocolat and crescent croissant

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Croissant aux amandes (with cranberry orange frangipane filling and bittersweet chocolate)

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See my last reel for the scoring process.
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Still photos of my little Hedwig loaf 🤍🦉 
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@artbreadlove & I are hosting a #myharrypottersourdough challenge for the month of May. Join us in the fun! ✨⚡️🖤🦉
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For the 🦉 & 🌙 I used a hand cut paper stencil, and dusted with regular ap flour. Painted the ⭐️ accents with gold luster dust mixed with a bit of water. Scored with my @wiremonkeyshop Poco lame & baked in my @challengerbreadware pan.
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Still photos of this mandala loaf for #mandalamay Still photos of this mandala loaf for #mandalamay hosted by @sourdoughgram & @birdysbread. 🌻🌾
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On another note, anyone else use clothes as photography props? 😅 This thrifted free people dress seemed like the right backdrop for this ‘lil floral mandala loaf 🍞🌻
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“I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usual “I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.” ⚡️✨🖤 
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If you haven’t heard, @artbreadlove and I are hosting a #myharrypottersourdough challenge for the month of May. Join us in the fun and be sure to tag us in your HP bakes! 🖤
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Painted with activated charcoal powder mixed with water, using a hand cut stencil. Scored with my @wiremonkeyshop Poco lame & baked in my @challengerbreadware pan.
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Still photos of my mandala loaf for the #mandalama Still photos of my mandala loaf for the #mandalamay challenge hosted by @sourdoughgram and @birdysbread 🤍 
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This one reminded me of Monstera leaves, so it felt only right to include Bellatrix (my Monstera Adansonii) in the shot. Yes, all of our house plants are named after Harry Potter characters.⚡️✨🌱
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“I open at the close”. My golden snitch loaf! “I open at the close”. My golden snitch loaf! I love the contrast of a dark charcoal powder loaf. ✨⚡️🖤
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My friend @artbreadlove and I are hosting a Harry Potter theme bread challenge for the month of May. Be sure to tag us both in your bakes and use the hashtag #myharrypottersourdough 🖤✨
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