Feeling a little whipped today! Didn’t get home from culinary school until 11 last night and I had to be up at 6 this morning so I can work early and leave early for Fit Bloggin. I still haven’t packed(!) so I have to do that during lunch. So looking forward to our 6:30 AM 5K tomorrow (NOT). 
Anyway, enough complaining from me. There are worse things than being busy with fun activities.
Speaking of, sauces were FUN!!
We learned:
- Béchamel into a cheese sauce, into macaroni and cheese;
- Velouté with white fish;
- Duck l’orange
- Espagnole with steak, alongside
- Hollandaise made into béarnaise;
- Tomato, combined with pesto and served with pasta; and
- Apple tart with caramel sauce and crème anglaise
That was one yum night! Here are some of our tastes from our chef’s demonstration:
The mac and cheese was to. die. for. probably one of my favorite things to come out of class, ever.
This was also fabulous – I love the idea of pesto and tomato combined to make one exceptionally flavorful sauce. VERY garlicky though!!
The espagnole was incredible. But I didn’t enjoy the béarnaise so much – so buttery. Hollandaise is just something I don’t think I get!
When it came time to choose what to make ourselves, my team and I opted for the Apple Tart with caramel and creme anglaise which was fun because it was so different to the savory foods we usually do. I did the creme anglaise which is basically English custard. We have custard lots at my parents’ house so now I know how to make a delicious one from scratch for everyone . The trick is a whole vanilla bean split and orange zest, left in the pot as the sauce is being prepared. It comes out so full of flavor!
Here’s our little tart before getting cut and sauced:
And served:
That’s one beautiful dessert! Delicious.
So that’s sauces! It was certainly one of my very favorite classes to date.
And now it’s just a few more hours until I’ll be in Baltimore for Fit Bloggin. I’m really excited to see what the weekend has in store - and I’ll be sure to update as soon as possible on the happenings!
- Beth
I’m glad you’re running tomorrow too. I would have felt bad setting my alarm and wandering around the room in the dark if you weren’t
ha, that is actually part of my motivation to run…i didn’t want to be the lazy roommate!!
Wow, that tart looks amazing, and so does the mac and cheese! Definitely looks like it was a fun class. Have fun in Charm City!
oooh i would love to learn to make some good sauces. especially a custard.
have fun fit bloggin’ this weekend.
No more $5 cans of Ambrosia for this girl! You know I’ll be making it from scratch from now on. Fabulous job with the Anglaise daaahling!
with an e!! you were right
YUM!!! Those sauces sound to-die-for!!! I also like that pesto and tomato sauce idea. I’m not a hollandaise fan either. I hope you have fun in Baltimore!
that apple tart! ahh looks so so so good! have so much fun this weekend, I cant wait to hear all about it and see everyones pictures
All your culinary food looks amazing!!
Have fun at FitBloggin – wish I were going!
oh my gahhhh i LOVE all that food! apple tart!! ahh! have fun this wknd girl!
Yum…all of those pictures looked incredible! Have fun at Fitbloggin! SO jealous!
oh that dessert is beautiful!
You’re learning some crazy awesome stuff! I’m so impressed!
That schedule sounds intense. Keep it together for a bit longer and you’ll have some stories to tell!
Such a cool topic! I love the idea of tomato and pesto in one. I so wish I had gone the culinary school route! Maybe some day I”ll go “back to school”. Have fun at fit bloggin
Too bad Johnson and Wales moved out of Charleston!! I wouldn’t mind moving back to go there for school too
Good luck tomorrow!
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