Profiteroles!
Ive been pretty bored ever since the end of the exams and and for the past 3 weeks or so ive been reading all my unfinished books, playing all the free games i could find online and driving...with the occasional outing....but lately ive really run out of things to do so i finally decided to do something constructive with my time... BAKE! And today was my first time baking by myself! Okay...i had my maid help me with stuff but i didn most of it myself!
Yeah anyway...today i tried to bake profiteroles! For those who dont know, they r like cream puffs, usually piled pretty high like a pyramid and covered with chocolate ganache! Heavenly! But yeah, i was using this baking book by nigella lawson, who's food looks pretty good on tv, and her profiteroles used custard filling and toffee instead. Still good!
So yeah, things started off pretty well and i started with the pastry....but things started getting bad! Even though i had all the necessary ingredients with a few substitutions i didnt have most of the impt tools! like a piping bag and a food processor to mix the dough....so yeah....things went down hill from there....in the end...the pastry turned out a bit on the soggy side....but on a happier note the custard and toffee-like topping turned out really nice! Would post up a photo.....but it was really just too ugly.... but if u closed ur eyes and ate it it wouldnt be half bad! So yay! Cant wait to bake more!
Yeah anyway...today i tried to bake profiteroles! For those who dont know, they r like cream puffs, usually piled pretty high like a pyramid and covered with chocolate ganache! Heavenly! But yeah, i was using this baking book by nigella lawson, who's food looks pretty good on tv, and her profiteroles used custard filling and toffee instead. Still good!
So yeah, things started off pretty well and i started with the pastry....but things started getting bad! Even though i had all the necessary ingredients with a few substitutions i didnt have most of the impt tools! like a piping bag and a food processor to mix the dough....so yeah....things went down hill from there....in the end...the pastry turned out a bit on the soggy side....but on a happier note the custard and toffee-like topping turned out really nice! Would post up a photo.....but it was really just too ugly.... but if u closed ur eyes and ate it it wouldnt be half bad! So yay! Cant wait to bake more!
