As exhausting as the Wednesday schedule is, it still feels worth it when you have a beautiful end product! Good thing I feel that way, too, or I'd never in a million years make it as a cook! haha
So, Pumpkin pies are actually annoying to make within a 3 1/2 hour time frame, because they take nearly an hour to bake, and a lifetime to cool. Chef Michelle nearly gagged when some groups gave her a slice that was not completely cooled. :S So warm pie was not an option. I stuck mine in the freezer after too long trying to cool it in the walk in and it did the trick. :) The apple pie was a pain in the butt. My teammate mostly worked on that, and it turned out pretty shoddy but I'm not going to pretend I could have done it any better because I've never made an apple pie before. :P
We both did things here and there for each other, as well, of course.
Okay, most satisfying part of the day was the very end! Every week, Chef will choose the best plating job that must be copied and used for actual service, and she chose my plating job on the pumpkin pie! :D Woot! She also chose my teammates plating for apple pie so I guess we were just rocking the plating this week. xD Okay, done boasting. Look at some adorable pies now!
I didn't get any of the apple, mainly because I wasn't the one plating it so it slipped my mind.
Oh, the middle is a little bit droopy because I've never cooked a pumpkin pie before, so it had just a few more minutes to go when I took it out. It tasted delicious anyhow.
Top: Before adding anything. Center: Overhead view. Bottom: View from "maple leaf" side.
If it's hard to see, click it for the original large size image. Basically it's surrounded by rosettes of hand-whipped cream, sprinkled very lightly with cinnamon (which shows up better off camera, but you can see it a bit in the pictures.) :)
No comments:
Post a Comment