Study Abroad France Part 1: Entremets

 I spent my Spring Trimester Sophomore year studying abroad in a small town in the south of France! It was the best experience of my life! I highly suggest any aspiring pastry chef to at least visit France, their pastries are out of this world and so elegant. Here are some pictures of the sweets I made at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Patisserie. 

An entremet literally translates to " between servings" but is often reffered to as the dessert: a mousse bassed cake with many layers. For the final I had to create my own flavor and design. I made a banana hazelnut pictured directly below.

Cupcake Fun

These chocolate cupcakes are topped with peanut butter frosting, drizzled in ganache, and have an Oreo baked inside!

I Scream For Ice Cream

Cookie Monster

Blueberry Mojito

Pink Panther

Banana Pudding

December Birthdays

Red Wine, Chocolate, Raspberry Cake

Strawberry Cream Cake

Holiday Pies

Key Lime - Apple

Chocolate Silk - Pumpkin

Plated Desserts

Chocolate Mousse Plate

Poached Pear Gingerbread Cake

Poached Pear Chocolate Lava Cake

Mint Chocolate Bavarian Creme

Creme Caramel

Creme Caramel

Tasting plate. Three different flavors come together on one plate for our Italian themed plated desserts. On the left is coffee toffee gelato with toffee crumbles and chocolate garnish. The middle is moscato sabayon with blueberry sauce and garnished with fresh fruit and tuile cookie. The right is a classic canoli garnished in chocolate.

Banana Caramel and Macadamia Nut Cheesecake

Advanced Breads

Our final project was to create two sandwiches and actually make them for other students to try. My group made a chicken parmesan sandwich on a focaccia load and a BLT with arugula, mustard, on a pretzel bun!

National Sandwich Day 

Chicken Parmesan on Focaccia Loaf

BLT on a Pretzel Bun

Golden Sesame 

Bagels

Traditional Baguette

Multi-grain

Cheddar, Apricot, Walnut Crackers

Sour Dough

Light Rye

Sugar Sculptures

Completely edible and absolutely stunning!

Pastiage Swan

Contemporary Sugar Art  

Under The Sea Theme 

Sugar Roses

Entremet and Petite Gateaux

Entremet is a french word literally meaning "between servings". But for our purposes it is a mousse based dessert with multiple layers, similar to cake. Petite gateaux is also french meaning "little cakes" and is just a smaller sized entremet. Here are my designs from class.

White Chocolate Raspberry

Mudslide 

Tiramisu 

Chocolate Strawberry 

Bamkuchen

Chocolate Banana 

Advanced Cakes

Year two of my college career and my first class was advanced cake decorating! Here are some of my creations:

Praline Torte

Buttercream Wedding Cake

Snoopy Themed Cake

Gold Gift Box Cake 

Floral Cake