Baking Frenzy!

Bake with Maria has been a busy place the last two weeks! I enjoy the role of freelance photographer with payment in baked goods.

A few of the highlights:

BREADS & SPREADS - Recipe testing for the new class. All delicious and all homemade (of course)! Pita, flatbread, hummus, tabbouleh and tzatziki.

Mediterranean breads and spreads

Puffy pita pockets

Chopping dill for the tzatziki

Hummus - my favorite!

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FRENCH PASTRY - Amazing pastry chef, Pino Ficara, came from Paris to teach this course.

Students made creme brulee, eclairs, creme puffs, napoleans and madeleines.

Madeleines

Pino creates a napolean.

Making eclairs and creme puffs

Better than any Parisian cafe

Torching the creme brulee

A student's take home box.

After class, I gave it a try.

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CROISSANTS - Another day, another French lesson from Pino Ficara. The lesson I learnt - exactly how much butter it takes to make a croissant. Let's just say you are much better off not knowing.