Paris French Pastry and Dessert Class

Sightseeing  :  France  :  Ile De France And Paris  :  Paris  :  Cooking Classes

Enrich your culinary knowledge and learn how to make French pastry and desserts. Discover the great secrets and neat tricks that make French pâtisserie an unsurpassed art. You will learn the simple but precise techniques that make French desserts incomparable to no other one and so unique.This course will allow you to discover and master, through making the great classics of French desserts, many different techniques. You will learn how to make basic cake mixtures: Joconde sponge cake, Ladyfinger sponge cake, biscuit Dacquoise or Genoise sponge cake. You will also learn how to make various creams: French butter cream, diplomat cream, classic pastry cream, mousseline or Chantilly cream. Last but not least, you will learn about the technique for assembling entremets (a classic French dessert with layers of mousse, cremeux, cake, and often a hint of crunch are equally adored for their beauty as much as their taste) In short, you will learn the secrets for satisfying and dazzling even the most discriminating sweet tooth.

You will learn some specific techniques:

• Foisonner Crème au Beurre: Whipping butter
• Bain-marie: (water bath) cooking in a water bath in the oven
• Dresser: Piping out a batter with a pastry bag
• Ruban: Mesuring the consistency of the meringue