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custards-definition |
are liquids set by coagulation of egg proteins
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never go over what temperature for custards |
185℉
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temper |
the process of combining a hot liquid with raw eggs to ensure that eggs proteins do not coagulate
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nappage
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warmed apricot preserves thinned with water.
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mirror glaze |
fruit juice or water thickened with gelatin for shine and consistency.
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how do u preserve fruit for fruit tarts
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by glazing the fruit
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why do u glaze fruit tarts
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looks and preserves fruit
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what are the best to use for fruit tarts |
berries, kiwi, peach, plums, cherries
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why do u have to be careful with tropical fruit in fruit tarts
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enzymes can break down the starch bonds in the pastry cream.
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Swiss meringue ratio |
1:2 1pt egg whites 2pt sugar
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tart vs pie: _______ shells are typically baked fully before filling |
tart |
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Describe a tart pan: |
straight- sided rater than sloped edges can come in any shape come with solid or removable bottoms |
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Tart vs pie: 1) has only one crust 2) can have more than one crust |
1) tart 2) pie |
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Custards generally consist or what ingredients |
liquids, eggs, flavorings and sometimes starch |
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two types of custards |
Stove- top Custard Baked custard |
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Stove-top custards |
stirred continuously while cooking generally conain starch or other thickener MUST BE BOILED Liquid can be milk cream or juice |
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What liquids can be used to make a stove top custard |
Just about anything but generally milk cream or juice |
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when using starch in a stove top custard you must do what |
it must be added to cold liquid, either by adding at the beginning of the cooking process or by making a slurry and adding it in. MUST BE BOILED |
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Baked custards |
cook at low heat in a water bath not stirred during cooking generally pourable when cooled holds a clean, sharp edge when set |
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What type of oven is better for baked custards |
a still oven |
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Creme Patissiere |
Pastry cream; very thick and creamy |
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Pastry Cream formula: |
1000 g milk 250 g sugar 90 g egg yolk 125 g whole egg 75 g cornstarch 60 g butter 15 g vanilla extract |
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what does starch contribute to pastry cream |
thickens and stabilizes the eggs |
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What temp does pastry cream need to reach, for how long and why |
Needs to be boiled for the starch to thicken- about 2 min |
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when is starch added to pastry cream |
mixed with sugar first then eggs are added in to create a thick paste |
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how are milk and eggs combined for pastry cream |
eggs are tempered with scalded milk |
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how should pastry cream be cooled |
poured into a shallow pan lined with plastic wrap, it is then fully wrapped in plastic wrap and set over an ice bath to cool, once cooled it should be stored in the refrigerator until ready to use. |
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can pastry cream be frozen |
no |
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a ____________ based custard can not be frozen but an ___________ based custard can |
Starch based Egg based |
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Lemon curd is thickened with what |
egg |
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Formula for ganache |
2 pt chocolate 1 pt cream |
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Does ganache have to be made by a specific formula? |
No the ratios can be adjusted based on the thickness desired.
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Blind Baking |
dough is rolled out to desired thickness dough is rolled into pan press foil into shell fill with pie beans or weights bake until edges are golden brown remove foil and beans; bake until bottom is golden brown |
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Frangipan |
Almond filling
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this product can be made with either almond flour or paste |
Frangipan |
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What MOP is used when making frangipan |
Creaming |
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At what point in the mixing would you add Almond flour to Frangipan |
added with dry ingredients |
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At what point in the mixing method would you add almond paste to Frangipan |
goes in with the butter and sugar |
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If the bottom of a tart pan is missing what should you do |
use a sheet pan lined with parchment paper under shell |
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Steps for a ganache tart |
par-baked shells are filled with softened ganache tarts are chilled to set can be left as is or finished with glazes, fruit, ect can be double chocolate by using chocolate tart dough |
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Fresh Fruit tarts are ________ cost with _____ profit margine |
High cost with low profit margine |
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How long of a shelf life does a fresh fruit tart have |
2 day max |
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why are lemon curd tarts often topped with meringue |
Sweetness of meringue helps to conteract tartness of lemon curd |
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why are egg whites and sugar heated to create a swiss meringue? and how? |
Egg whites and sugar are heated together over a double boiler before whipping heating the mixture creates a more stable structure of albumin proteins. |
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How long is meringue whipped? why |
to hold a stiff peak So that it can be pipped onto the tart and hold shape |
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Steps to assembling a cream pie |
Par bake pie shell fill with cream filling |
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Pate Brisee |
Broken dough used for pie dough |
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Pate Sucree |
Sweet dough Used for tart shells much higher sugar content; can be mixed using either sablage or creaming method |
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pate sablee |
Sandy dough more fat than pate sucree; less eggs and other moisturizers; very tender, good for small tarts and cookies. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO GLUTEN DEVELOPMENT |
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Sablee- |
Sand |
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sucree |
sugared |
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pate |
dough |
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brisee |
broken |
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Short Dough |
tenderized with fat and sugar; very short gluten strands |
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3-2-1 dough |
3 pts flour 2 pts fat 1 pt liquid |
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1-2-3 dough |
1 pt sugar 2 pt fat 3 pt flour |
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Coconut Cream Pie |
Toasted coconut and coconut extract are added to pastry cream |
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Banana Cream Pie |
banana slices are added to pastry cream |
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When is chocolate added to make a Chocolate Cream pie |
while pastry cream is still warm/room temp |
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fat cut into flour; left in small pieces will make what kind of pie dough |
flaky dough |
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Fat in mealy dough is: |
fully blended with flour |
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what type of dough will absorb less liquid from pie filling |
Mealy |
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what type of dough should be used for a top crust |
Flaky |
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what type of dough should be used for a bottom crust and why |
Mealy; will absorb less liquid |
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MOP: berries should be made with what method? |
Cooked juice |
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MOP: the Cooked fruit method should be used when |
for fresh fruit or dried fruit |
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Canned fruit should be used for what method of pie production |
Cooked juice |
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two types of cream pies |
Custards Chiffons |
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a shiffon pie is set with what |
Gelatin |
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A cream pie may or may not contain this thickening ingredient |
starch |
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what is used to lighten a shiffon pie |
egg white or whipped cream |
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crimp |
done to the outer edge of a pie |
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the pie slurry is what |
the "goo" part of the the fruit pie |
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Blancmange is also know as _______. |
cornstarch pudding |
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What is Blancmange made with |
milk sugar, flavorings, thickened with cornstarch |
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MOP: Blancmanage |
Part of the milk , sugar and flavorings are simmered, rest of milk and starch are made into a slurry. Slurry is boiled with flavored milk until thickened. |
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Cremeux is french for |
creamy |
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Cremeux is _______ thickened with _______, ________ or ___________- |
creme anglaise thickened with gelatin, butter or chocolate |
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MOP cremeux |
1) prepare Creme anglaise 2) if gelatin is used, bloom gelatin and stir it into the hot mixture 4) add any other desired flavorings 5) if butter is used, cool the anglaise to 90F, mix softened butter in with an immersion blender 6) pour into desired containers and chill |
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Pana cotta means |
cooked cream |
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what is Panna Cotta made with |
milk or crream, sugar, and flavorings are heated and then gelatin is added
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MOP Pana Cotta |
mixture is poured into molds or serving dish and then chilled; if enough gelatin is used, panna cotta can be unmolded |
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how are baked custards baked |
in a water bath |
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what texture are baked custards when set? |
solid |
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Creme brulee means |
burt cream |
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what finishing touch does creme brulee get? |
a thin layer of sugar is caramelized on top of the mixture to create the brulee |
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what is creme brulee |
very rich custard with high yolk, cream and sugar content is baked in a water bath |
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how is pots de creme different from Creme brulee |
does not set up as thick, no caramelized sugar on top |
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what are pots de creme baked in? |
small ramekins and espresso cups |