Cookies
The name of the method used to mix cookies
Creaming Method
Blending Method
What is a precooked custard
Pastry Cream
Extra point for Creme Anglaise (Ice cream base)
Name one pie
All pies are accepted
Who is your favorite chef at LaGrone
Chef Sanchez, who else?
List a type of inclusion
Chocolate chips, blueberries, nuts, etc.
Name one chemical leavening agent
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Name one type of custard
Creme brulee, Flan, Pastry Cream
What is the date of the fun holiday known as "Pie Day"
3/14 (March 14th)
What is a Buerre Manie
What two ingredients go first in a cookie recipe
List two different quickbreads.
Banana, pumpkin or Zucchini bread
Muffins
Biscuits
What step is crucial in baking a custard
Water bath
What temperature range should your butter and liquid be for pie dough?
Cold
What can you do if accidentally leave the eggs out of a cookie recipe until the very end?
Nothing. It's game over. :(
How many increments are you supposed to add your flour into a cookie recipe?
Describe the method of mixing a scone
Mix the butter into flour with a paddle attachment until the butter is pea sized. Pour in the liquid ingredients (egg+heavy cream) mix until just combined. Add in the inclusions (blueberries) and roll out to recipe specifications.
What can happen if you do not stir your pastry cream aggressively as it is cooking with the tempered eggs.
The eggs will curdle.
What is the process called when you cover your pie or tart dough and weigh it down while baking?
Blind Baking
We've made Swiss Meringue Buttercream, name another type of buttercream.
Acceptable answers
-American Buttercream
-French Buttercream
-Italian Buttercream
Describe the process of mixing a cookie recipe. Step by step.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add in the eggs one at a time with the vanilla. Add in your dry ingredients in three increments until just combined. Scoop & Bake.
Describe the process of mixing a quick bread like banana bread, or blondies. (step by step)
Mix the melted fat and liquids together with the sugar. Add in your dry ingredients in three increments, mix until just combined.
Describe the process of making a creme brulee or flan. (step by step)
Creme brulee- Heat the milk mixture until a rolling boil. Temper into the egg yolk and sugar mixture, distribute into containers and bake in a water bath until slightly jiggly.
Flan- make a dry caramel, pour into prepared pans. Mix the ingredients for the custard in a bowl and pour into prepared pans. Bake in a water bath until slightly jiggly.
Describe the method of making pie dough. (step by step.)
What is the difference between Pate a choux and other quick breads?
Acceptable answers:
The dough is pregelatinized. (precooked)
There are no chemical leavening agents
The dough can be piped.