GBBO 2013
Second year of Technicals, first year of the blog!
Ep10 – Pretzels
Ep7 – Choux Nun Buns
Wow we’re over half way through the series now and the challenges keep getting more interesting. This week it’s Religieuse, a dessert made up of 2 choux pastry buns filled with crème pâtissière then topped with cream and chocolate, what could go wrong? Once again with the progression of the series the challenges are definitely getting more … Continue reading Ep7 – Choux Nun Buns
Ep6 – Apricot Couronne
EnRICHed dough… I should think so with this amount of ingredients! This Apricot Couronne is definitely a step up from the last few weeks of basic components. Another first Having never made an enriched dough, I wondered what the difference would be compared to making a regular bread dough. According to the voice over given by … Continue reading Ep6 – Apricot Couronne
Ep5 – Tuiles
This weeks technical challenge was Tuiles, but I was met with an additional challenge, a physical one. I have a badly sprained ankle with has been slowly turning into a kaleidoscope of colours from black/purple to yellow/green. Nice! The other challenge was where to buy the template at a reasonable price. This was a lot … Continue reading Ep5 – Tuiles
Ep4 – English Custard Tarts
Yummy yummy, custard tarts. These were aways a cheeky treat when I was a kid. After a days shopping in town with my sister and my mum, we’d pick some things up for dinner in M&S, because who wants to cook after a busy day walking round and shopping? Anyway we these were added to … Continue reading Ep4 – English Custard Tarts
Ep3 – Floating Islands
Well that was a weekend of a very unsuccessful culinary adventure. I was feeling confident about this weeks technical challenge, which may well have been my downfall…always cook with some fear of the unknown! I’d made these little floating beauties once before, as a lazy Sunday afternoon experiment, and they were perfect, light, quenelles of fluffyness on … Continue reading Ep3 – Floating Islands
Ep2 – English Muffins
This week its time for a favourite, English muffins. I like these much better than crumpets especially with some poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, but I have never made them. Bread is not one of my regular bakes, unlike my mum who makes it at least twice a week and has done since I was … Continue reading Ep2 – English Muffins
Ep1 – Angel Cake
A new series of the BBC’s The Great British Bake Off begun this week, and I have made a pledge to myself: I will make all of the technical bakes the weekend following the broadcast. This may sound easy, but I have set myself a few ground rules 1. Use the recipe published on the … Continue reading Ep1 – Angel Cake