Category Archives: pastry

Jack is Cooking Pastry # 4

Posted on by under bread, brioche, cinnamon, mango, pastry
Well Hello Internet!
This past pastry class we made some brioche products (more on that later, i actually made brioche over the weekend, so i will post that separately)  and we also made a delicious orange cinnamon bread loaf. 
So we made a mango coconut tarte out some of the brioche.  this is also really delicious.  i got a little fancy with my arrangements of the mango.

And heres the loaf!  on the inside is a delicious cinnamon swirl, and the bread is slightly orange flavored.

mmm mmm delicious!

Jack is Cooking Pastry #3

Posted on by under almonds, hazelnut, pastry, raspberry
Well Hello Internet!
Tonight in class we made a Linzer Tort.  its pretty delicious looking, but man was it tough.  not because of any particular reason but mostly because the dough is so soft it breaks so easily!  anyways its filled the crust is made from hazelnuts, and its filled with almond cream and raspberries. 
we also made a tarte flambée, but i forgot to take a picture of it.  its basically just a pizza with tons of caramalized onions covered with a custard made from creme fraiche, fromage blanc, and an egg, topped with bacon and cheese.  yup pretty much a pizza heart attack… delicious but yeah… not exactly something i’d make all the time.
but here is the linzer tort! 
p.s. i just tasted this tort, and while its pretty good, we used some kind of premade raspberry filling.  which while is ok i absolutely know that if i ever made this again i would go through the trouble of making the raspberry fillings myself, because i absolutely love raspberries, and this just needs to be more raspberry-y!

Jack is Cooking Pastry #2

Posted on by under pastry, quiche, swans
Well Hello Internet!
Just a quick post tonight, before some more substantial posts in the next couple of days.  i’ve got a whole lot of things that i’ve made sitting, and waiting for me to put them up i just have to type up the recipes.  
anyhow tonight i had more pastry school and we made a quiche!  here is the quiche that we made.  it is a classic quiche lorraine.
over the weekend i made another quiche, and that will be posted in full, so check that out soon.
We also made pate a choux – which is the basic dough for eclairs.  we didn’t finish making the eclairs, but we did get to make some super awesome looking lovers swans!  and we had to fully plate them!!  anyhow this ones for Julie! 🙂
in case you can’t see how super awesome those are from just that photo heres a close up
hopefully the eclairs will be done on thursday and i can post em, but these swans are pretty darned impressive!!!   (if i do say so myself)
 mmmm mmm delicious

Jack is Cooking Pastries #1

Posted on by under almonds, apples, pastry, pears
Well Hello Internet!
so i have started at pastry school (at the French Culinary Institute in NY)  to learn how to professionally make all sorts delicious pastries!  after i learn how to make them awesomely i am going to attempt to make these all gluten free.  which so far, should be fairly east to do!  
anyways here are the first two things we made!
since this is the first time i am making these, and the recipes are most definitely not mine or altered in any way i won’t be posting the recipes until i play with them a bit, but i will be posting my progress throughout the course!!
The First is a Tarte Aux Pommes
this is a delicious tart with a pâte sucrée, apple compote, and sliced apples on top finished with an apricot glaze.   super delicious!  
The Second is a Tarte Bourdaloue
this tarte also has a pâte sucrée, filled with almond cream (super delicious) and topped with poached pears and sliced almonds, and finished with an apricot glaze.  
This might be the most delicious thing i have ever made.
oh man.  it makes me drool just looking at this picture.  stay tuned for more pastries!  i have class twice a week so i will be posing delicious pastries at least once a week for the next three months! 
mmmm mmmmm delicious!!!