On Thursday we made macaroons. Unfortunately, they didn't turn out so hot-they cracked on top and some didn't puff up at all. There is some solace at least that it wasn't my fault; it happened to the entire class. The possible issues are that the almond flour was too moist, or the recipe just sucks. Even if they weren't very presentable they still tasted okay. Each group colored and flavored them in various ways. We made vanilla ones colored yellow and peppermint ones colored red (pink). They were then sandwiched with buttercream.
On Friday we made more petit fours. Each group had two recipes for two different kinds of petit fours: petit four sec, meaning dry, and petit four glace, meaning glazed. Our petit fours sec were mini madeleines which we flavored with almond. Our glace were simple enough; mini eclairs which I've made a dozen times now after last quarter. Instead of dipping them in chocolate, they were dipped in colored fondant and had designs piped on them.
We combined our three items to make a pretty nice presentation. The macaroons were made into a macaroon tower, for no reason other than making it more interesting. We then presented them with our other two items and since they were all color-coordinated, it made for a pretty nice showpiece.
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