This past few weeks have been very busy at work. Hence no blog post update for a month. I am so glad that even in a very busy week, I could make time (by getting up before 7am and going to bed after 4am) to take my 3rd baking course “The World of Cookies” from chef Marco’s Pastry Training Centre of Vancouver. I have learned so much and this is definitely the most fun course so far!
You probably make thing anyone can make cookies why bother taking a course. But the cookies covered is not just the ordinary cookies. Making them feel like making “dim sum” of pastry. Small piece of wonder that requires lots of different technique if you want to present a collection of display that can “wow” people.
Base on the following ingredients, can you guess what kind of cookies we are trying to make?
ingredients of the first cookies - chocolate chips cookies (chef macro way)
We started with the American classic chocolate chips cookies but this is made with real chocolate instead of never melt during baking chocolate chips. The resulting cookies have rich caramelized taste with wonderful melt in your mouth chocolate felt. It is also really nice to learn recipe that can make by hand without bring out kitchen aids. It is petty nice upper body workout ;-)
Already looking very impressive and colour with only portion of the cookies display
start arranging cookies for display
Beautiful eisenbahner & linzer (aka hazelnut cookies). Eisenbahner is the main reason why I take this course and I loved it. The look and taste is amazing and sophisticated that you simply cannot buy it from regular bakery.
Eisenbahner & linzer cookies
Learned a couple cookies I have never heard of before: Fianacier & Florentine . I really like Florentine (the following pictures) because it so rich yet well balanced with a rather delicate sweat paste bottom. It was such a smart combo that is rich but not unbearably sweet like most regular cut square cookies
Florentine
Really enjoy this course and I am going back to for more. Signed up Christmas cookies. Looking forward to learning making more interesting little wonders of pastry world – cookies :-)