We passed and now move on to Croissants next week!

Friday! We made it to the end of the week successfully.

Things are coming along nicely for us in class. We had our practical today and I had to make Turnover's.  I think we all thought these were the easier ones to do, but we got graded on them in great detail. I ended up getting a 94 which I was not too happy about. :( Boo, i did not have enough filling (blame my dad for that.. Grrrr) and also my shaping was off.  I will take his word for it ;) since he is the Chef and all...

Here are a few pics of him picking my product apart... :(

See picture #2??  Uh huh, that's the "you could have shaped these better" sad moment of mine... tearful, I tell ya...  You can see how I lean in that much closer, dumbfounded! laughing!! 

I can hear you already, an "A" is an "A".. but 94 and 100 are NOT the same! :) Enough with all that nonsense. :)   This was our last day of laminated doughs. I loved learning how to make these and I love knowing that everyone can buy the dough pre-made at a grocery store!  You know what that means right? Yes!! Jump up for puff pastry joy, you too can make these at home without all that manual labor! I know you want to ;) Come on now.. give in, dont by shy.  Sigh....

Next week we start making laminated yeast doughs which means we go back to fermenting the dough.  We will be making Croissants for 2 or 3 days and making them with different fillings. Please Lord, let him choose chocolate. What is a French Croissant if not with Chocolate??

There are only 2 weeks left in this class and then we are off to my specialty.. CAKES!! Have a fantastic weekend full of fun, family and ....more fun!

Ta Ta for now...

ME :)