Week 16

Wedding Buffet Week

 

January 30th Day 67 AM: Theory

today we learned about dairy products, the different treatments of milk, the different types of milk and fat content.  also the different types of creams and fat contents, and lower fat alternatives to cream.  we also then had a cheese tasting as well as oil tasting. 

Day 67 PM: Cooking

I was so excited to make croissants but was quite DISAPPOINTED in how mine turned out as they needed more time to prove. i will definitely make these again and maybe will add some chocolate in them next time.

  • Flower Pot bread with onions

  • Caraway bread

  • Croissants

  • Pickled quail


January 31st Day 68 AM: Wedding Buffet Demonstration Day 1

  • Smoked salmon and dill cheesecake

  • Polpettone (veal and salami roulade)

  • Pate de volaille en croute

  • Whole salmon infused with lime and ginger

  • Terrrine de ratatouille nicoise

  • Charlotte au chocolat, marbre Grand Marnier

  • Chilled cinnamon apple bavarois

  • Gatea de fraises en surprise

  • Pistachio meringue with rhubarb and orange

  • Croquembouche

  • Delice au cassis

 

Day 68 PM: Cooking

  • Caraway bread

  • Croissants

  • Flower pot bread with onions


February 1st DAY 69 AM: WEDDING BUFFET DEMONSTRATION DAY 2

Pate de Volaille en Croute

Pate de Volaille en Croute

Polpettone (Veal and Salami Roulade)

Polpettone (Veal and Salami Roulade)

Chilled Cinnamon Apple Bavarois

Chilled Cinnamon Apple Bavarois

Whole Salmon infused with Lime and Ginger

Whole Salmon infused with Lime and Ginger

Terrine de Ratatouille Nicoise

Terrine de Ratatouille Nicoise

Pistachio meringue with Rhubarb and Blood Orange

Pistachio meringue with Rhubarb and Blood Orange

Gateau de Fraises en Surprise

Gateau de Fraises en Surprise

Croquembouche

Croquembouche

Day 69 PM: Cooking

  • Prep work, time plans, and costing for two day PREPARATION of our wedding buffet


February 2nd Day 70 AM: Cooking

Lots to do and prepare today as we are each doing our own dishes, one savory and one sweet.  we each needed to focus on our own dishes but work together in sharing the kitchen and oven space.  the time went by so quickly and still lots to do tomorrow.

  • Spiced pineapple pickle

  • Peppered beef fillet with white onion salad

  • Saumon friode Bellevue

  • Fusilli and sun dried tomato salad with pesto

  • Fruit tartlets with gooseberry curd

  • Mortadella stuffed pork loin

  • Bulghar wheat salad with lemon and sage

  • Terrine de fruits d'ete

  • Kumquat and pear chutney


February 3rd Day 71 AM: Cooking

we did it and finished relatively on time.  it was a tough 2 days but amazed to see what we all have done and how amazing it all looks.

top left to bottom left:  Mortadella Stuffed Pork Loin with Bulghar Wheat Salad with Lemon and Sage, Polpettone, Flower Pot Breads with Onions, Caraway Bread Rolls, Peppered Beef Fillet with White Onion Salad, Fusilli and Sun Dried Tomato Salad…

top left to bottom left:  Mortadella Stuffed Pork Loin with Bulghar Wheat Salad with Lemon and Sage, Polpettone, Flower Pot Breads with Onions, Caraway Bread Rolls, Peppered Beef Fillet with White Onion Salad, Fusilli and Sun Dried Tomato Salad with Pesto

My Smoked Salmon and Dill Cheesecake

My Smoked Salmon and Dill Cheesecake

My Chilled Cinnamon Apple Bavarois

My Chilled Cinnamon Apple Bavarois

top right: Terrine de Ratatouille Nicoise, Pate de Volaille en Croute, Salmon Infused with Lime and Ginger, Duck Pate with Pistachio Nuts and Kumquats

top right: Terrine de Ratatouille Nicoise, Pate de Volaille en Croute, Salmon Infused with Lime and Ginger, Duck Pate with Pistachio Nuts and Kumquats

bottom left to right: Terrine de Fruits d'ete, Gateau de Fraises en Surprise, 'Mad Hater Themed' Croquembouche, Chilled Cinnamon Apple Bavarois, Fruit Tartlets with Gooseberry Curd, Pistachio Meringue with Rhubarb and Blood Orange, Charlotte d'agrum…

bottom left to right: Terrine de Fruits d'ete, Gateau de Fraises en Surprise, 'Mad Hater Themed' Croquembouche, Chilled Cinnamon Apple Bavarois, Fruit Tartlets with Gooseberry Curd, Pistachio Meringue with Rhubarb and Blood Orange, Charlotte d'agrume Pralinee, Delice au Cassis, Charlotte au chocolat marbre Grand Marnier

Jackie Wong