Friday 20 July 2007

Even a Chocolate has a soul!

"Chocolate has only three molecules, but he is not stupid" - said one of our chefs.
Did you hear how the chefs talk about the food?
Food for the chefs it's kind of human being. They talk to food, feel it, hear it and etc. It sounds crazy :-), doesn't it?
In Cuisine it was something like: "The meat should get used to the idea that it has become a steak" or some chef said "Chicken it's as a woman, you should be gentle with her, soft hand!"
In Patisserie it's: "When you make a ganache (chocolate cream), you should slowly add the slightly chilled cream to melted chocolate. Before you add the cream, try it with your finger. And if you say "Aah!" (hot), the chocolate will say "Aah!" too. Chocolate has only three molecules, but he is not stupid." By the way, three molecules are cocoa butter, cocoa solid and sugar :-).
The dish or the dessert can be sexy! It can be just a dish, you know the regular one, or it can be a sexy one. When I see a nice guy and it something in his eyes (or in other place :-) ), you know "something", that you can't explain, sexy. The same is about the food, it can be sexy dish, also a simple dish, but it something about it, something sexy!
And these are just a short examples.
At the beginning of my studies it was sound weird to me, but now I start feeling this way too. I think it's a good sign, I become a part of this profession!

And if you ask me: " Do you enjoy what you are doing"?
I'll answer "Absof---glutly"! (Mr. Big from "The Sex and the City" would say)
And here are some pictures from the Basic Patisserie:
Enjoy!

Black forest












St. Honore

Genoise sponge with Raspberry Jam and cream

Fresh strawberry and Chantilly cream cake

Light fruit cake










Alhambra - Death by chocolate - Very sexy :-)













Home made bread

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