I have now started my final term of labs and my first class is Entremets and Petit Gateaux. An entremet is a cake based product with different layers of flavors and textures. A petit gateaux is basically a small entremet. Both are usually made in ring molds then covered in a glaze and decorated. The different flavors should compliment each other but give variety with sweet, salty, bitter and sour. To do this you can use ganache, short dough which adds texture, chocolate mousse, flavored Bavarian cream, pastry cream and of course have a layer of cake. These are very intricate and delicate but they are very intriguing to customers. After they are filled you let it freeze and then glaze it. In the picture on the right, we used a mirror glaze. It is raspberry and glazes just the very top of the entremet. After the glaze sets, then you can decorate it. This usually includes chocolate piping, fruit and something that can create height. These are difficult to decorate because if you mess up you can't go back and fix it. Overall I think these are interesting to make and the different layers are really what makes these entremets delicious.
December 9, 2013
Entremets and Petit Gateaux
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I have now started my final term of labs and my first class is Entremets and Petit Gateaux. An entremet is a cake based product with different layers of flavors and textures. A petit gateaux is basically a small entremet. Both are usually made in ring molds then covered in a glaze and decorated. The different flavors should compliment each other but give variety with sweet, salty, bitter and sour. To do this you can use ganache, short dough which adds texture, chocolate mousse, flavored Bavarian cream, pastry cream and of course have a layer of cake. These are very intricate and delicate but they are very intriguing to customers. After they are filled you let it freeze and then glaze it. In the picture on the right, we used a mirror glaze. It is raspberry and glazes just the very top of the entremet. After the glaze sets, then you can decorate it. This usually includes chocolate piping, fruit and something that can create height. These are difficult to decorate because if you mess up you can't go back and fix it. Overall I think these are interesting to make and the different layers are really what makes these entremets delicious.
I have now started my final term of labs and my first class is Entremets and Petit Gateaux. An entremet is a cake based product with different layers of flavors and textures. A petit gateaux is basically a small entremet. Both are usually made in ring molds then covered in a glaze and decorated. The different flavors should compliment each other but give variety with sweet, salty, bitter and sour. To do this you can use ganache, short dough which adds texture, chocolate mousse, flavored Bavarian cream, pastry cream and of course have a layer of cake. These are very intricate and delicate but they are very intriguing to customers. After they are filled you let it freeze and then glaze it. In the picture on the right, we used a mirror glaze. It is raspberry and glazes just the very top of the entremet. After the glaze sets, then you can decorate it. This usually includes chocolate piping, fruit and something that can create height. These are difficult to decorate because if you mess up you can't go back and fix it. Overall I think these are interesting to make and the different layers are really what makes these entremets delicious.
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