Thursday, August 05, 2021

The Great Bake-off, biscuits

 So, next episode was about biscuits... and the first challenge was 

the signature bake. 

Bake a biscuit/cookie that tells something about you, that means something to you, that describes you...

I think icebox kitty cookies like this:

They would be shortbread, flavored with liquorice and raspberry, and have allsorts eyes, not bakes in it, but cut from allsorts and "glued" in place. The problem with these is that they need to be worked on quite a lot, and I'm afraid they might get too tough... So maybe draw the pink parts on the cookies as well.

Paul Hollywood's scones



Showstopper challenge; petit fours; meringues, choux, and macarons.

Now... meringues are pretty hard to make into something amazing. Maybe some roses. After all, piping is also a merit and if one is good at it, one manages to impress quite a lot pretty easily. 
Like these peonies. Peonies are one of my favorite flowers, and one could leave the center empty and fill it with a piece of mandarin orange. I wonder if it would be too wet and destroy the meringue? I have to experiment. Maybe some dried mango or apricot might work...



Macarons are also easy, when one is good at it, and it's also something that's impressive. Maybe make tiny cubes of something to hide in the middle of the buttercream... like red currant gelé in caramel buttercream... maybe color the macarons in an interesting way...

pate de fruit framboise anis - except make it red currant. It's supposed to be sour and fresh :-D

And choux pastry. Mini eclairs? No - homage to Finnish fat tuesday buns, and choux a la creme :-D Except with a dollop of strawberry jam under the creme patisserie. Or maybe a dollop of marzipan, as that is the Swedish way, which I kind of prefer :-D I like the look of these choux buns, a bit baroque, like me. ;-)





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