Olive Internship - Day 7

Today I went out for lunch with my cousin sister Keyaa, and my friend Nayna. We had Chinese food! I ate the most amazing Hunan Chicken Wonton Soup, with Spicy Dragon Rolls and Fried and Chilli Chicken Wontons.

 

The kitchen felt quite empty tonight, since there wasn’t anyone in the bakery. However, Chef Babul was there and we got started almost immediately.

First, we made a Pistachio Ice Cream. We prepared the normal vanilla bean ice cream recipe except substituted the vanilla beans with crushed pistachios.

Then, I had to zest and juice an orange to make orange sorbet. In the sorbet, we added CMC powder which acts as a stabiliser to hold the ice crystals in the sorbet together when frozen, and Milk Powder to thicken the sorbet liquid and give it a distinct creaminess.

Next, I made Banana Puddings.  I sliced thin rectangles of banana cake (the one we had made a couple of days earlier and kept in the deep freeze) and placed one each in six rectangular moulds that I based with cling wrap. Next, I piped Almond Cream over it to form another layer after which I sprinkled shards of toffee. Then I caramelised banana slices in a sugar-butter caramel sauce, and placed a few pieces in each mould. I crumbled a bit of the banana cake over this, and covered it with another slab of banana cake. Finally, I piped another layer of the almond cream over the top to cover and sprinkled white crumble on it.

After this, I went to the main order rail with Chef Babul and watched him plate the signature ‘Snicker Bar’ dessert.  He first placed a glazed log of peanut butter mousse and adorned it with several other components such as a ring of dark chocolate and nut praline, caramel coated popcorn, and chocolate crumble.

Finally, Chef Babul and I candied Rose Petals. It is actually an easier process than I thought it would be. First we peeled the healthiest looking petals from roses, then we lightly beat egg whites, just enough for froth to begin to form. We brushed each petal with the egg white, shook them in a dish of castor sugar, and placed them on a baking sheet to dry out.

All the work for the evening was done, and I could go home.