So there are two types of chocolate croissants that I have had. The more traditional, just croissant wrapped around a piece of chocolate. The other is stuffed with some sort of chocolate goo. I prefer the first kind. So when I found out we were making f%$*ing croissants, I knew I wanted some of them to be chocolate. Part of it is because they are good; the real reason though is that I am lazy and they are much easier to shape than my Hanz and Franz shaped ones. You do not need to do anything special. You roll out the dough as directed, but cut it into 6 by 4 inch rectangles rather than triangles. Place a 1 ounce piece of bittersweet chocolate...but really size is up to you. I happened to use my prize chocolate that I won for winning the soup contest over at Running with Tweezers. Tami sent me some lovely Dagoba Organic Chocolate and I used the Roseberry kind(with dried raspberries and bits of rosehips for a hint of citrus)for my 1 ounce(HA) piece of chocolate. Anyway, starting from a … [Read more...]
@#%^&*%$^& Croissants
First, I apologize if this post makes little sense...I'm on Vicodin people. So a bunch of us(Lis, Ivonne, Veronica, Jenny, Brilynn and Helen) got together and decided to bake the same thing. We are no strangers to this as we have done it before. I did however groan loudly when I heard what we are making...croissants. Out of our little group, I was the only non-croissant virgin(though I am not sure if Helen has made them before or not), in fact I have been around the croissant block more than a few times(don't tell my parents :P) I know what a pain they are to make and the time they take. In fact, next to cream puffs, croissants are my least favorite things to make....and I don't do it very often. I made them once for my hubby who wasn't a fan because he likes the giant ones from Costco. You know the pale, giant ones that have very little flavor and hardly flake at all. So do a lot of people from the States, like them that way(because that is what they are used to). Ugh, drives … [Read more...]
Out
So I wont be cooking/baking for a little while. I went on an excursion today and ended up in urgent care. I have a grade 1 ligament tear and am on crutches and have an air cast(and lots of happy pills)...so cooking/baking is a no-no...and so is playing hockey. I will have a post on the 30th(a little collab event that I luckily already baked for!). I'm suppose to be laying down with my foot up for the next 72 hours so I wont be getting to check up on your blogs either :( Hope things are better on everybody else's end. … [Read more...]
If I Only Had A Brain….
Though the lion is my least favorite character from the wizard of Oz(edit- I really mean the scarecrow), I have to say that I can really relate to him as of late. I've been so busy I just don't seem to even know what day of the week it is...I put sticky notes up on the mirror in the morning to remind me. So the day I made cream puffs, I made eclairs...chocolate ones. But stupid me puts the cream puff up and not the eclairs and so I missed my opportunity to participate in SHF...duh! I'm hoping that life will start slowing down and I can know what day it is without having to look at a sticky note. But for now I am off to see a wizard about getting me a brain. These are very similar to the cream puffs. The dough is the same but I added a TBSP of cocoa powder to it. The filling is a chocolate pastry cream that I once again made into diplomat cream. I also went with a different glaze too. Pate a Choux 7 ounces water 1/2 teaspoon salt 2-3/4 ounces Unsalted Butter 5 ounces Flour … [Read more...]
