Day 13

today was our first exam. there is a written part then a practical part. for the practical, everyone had to make one tart, two tartlettes, and five cookies. (you could make more than five cookies, but you just had to present five.)

this is what a pastry school test looks like:


it's vanilla crescents, a caramel nut tart, and two quiche lorraines (should that be quiches lorraines, or what? i don't know.) it's not perfect. the caramel in the tart is seriously overcooked. the bacon (yes, i did cook bacon for the first time in my entire life) is a little crisp. and i could have filled the quiches more. BUT everything was baked properly, the quiches were the perfect consistency, and (i hate to brag) my tart shells were thin and beautiful.

i think for the first test it wasn't so bad.

we are moving on past tarts tomorrow. the lesson on choux starts. . . . eclairs tomorrow.