FRENCH PASTRY WORKSHOP

PARISIAN FRENCH PASTRIES
Éclairs I Crème Puffs I Gateau St. Honoré
Chef Vincent recently returned from France, join chef for the
‘Sweet Life of Paris’ creating classic French pastries – Viva La France!

Sunday, February 15th
10 AM – 3 PM

Techniques & Skills:
Using a Pastry Bag & Decorating Tips
Making French Pastry Crème I Lemon Curd
Pate Choux Dough I Chantilly Crème
Vanilla Bean Meringue

Recipes include:

FRENCH PATE CHOUX PASTRY
– hand piped éclairs and crème puffs,
choux pastry is a delicate French pastry dough
with a soft, light, airy center and golden, crisp exterior

LEMON MERINGUE ÉCLAIRS
– pate choux éclair pastry shells filled with
lemon pastry crème, topped with lemon vanilla glaze
and garnished with fire torched meringue rosettes

LEMON PASTRY CRÈME
– also known as crème pâtissière,
a thick custard-like lemon bakery emulsion filling

VANILLA BEAN MERINGUE
– made with whipped egg whites and sugar,
 then ‘toasted’ with a kitchen torch

LEMON GLAZE
– a glossy glaze frosting
made with vanilla bean paste

RASPBERRY ÉCLAIRS
– fresh bake éclair pastry shells filled with
raspberry pastry crème , dipped in a raspberry glaze,
decoratively finished with freeze dried raspberry crumbles
and white sugar candied pearls

RASPBERRY PASTRY CRÈME
– also known as crème pâtissière,
a thick custard-like raspberry bakery emulsion filling

RASPBERRY GLAZE
– a shiny glaze frosting made with
French Chambord liqueur

CHOCOLATE CRÈME PUFFS
– crème puff pastry shells hand filled with chocolate pastry crème,
dipped in a rich dark chocolate frosting glaze,
and garnished with chocolate shavings

CHOCOLATE PASTRY CRÈME
– a French pastry filling made with dark chocolate

CHOCOLATE GLAZE
– a glossy frosting glaze made with
melted dark chocolate

GATEAU ST. HONORÉ
– this spectacular French dessert is named after
St. Honoré, the patron saint of pastry chefs!,
a buttery puff pastry base topped with French pastry
 crème,  surrounded by crème puff shells hand dipped
in liquid amber caramel sugar to resemble golden halos,
then finished with rosettes of Chantilly whipped crème
and garnished with golden caramel shards

VANILLA PASTRY CRÈME
– a custard-like vanilla bean filling

CARAMEL SUGAR
– homemade liquid caramel sugar
that firms to a crispy crunch

CHANTILLY CRÈME
– homemade Chantilly whipped crème
with vanilla bean paste

$145 per person