French pastry - Introduction
From 9 200€
French pastry - Introduction
30 days training
Training course goals
• To become familiar with basic doughs: shortcrust pastry, choux pastry, puff pastry…
• To prepare biscuits and sponge cakes: dacquoise, lady fingers…
• To prepare traditional layered cakes and tarts
• To make meringues and meringue-based preparations: Swiss meringue, Italian meringue, macarons…
• To prepare basic creams and cream-based preparations: pastry cream, diplomat cream, chocolate mousse, fruit mousse…
• To bake loaf cakes, ‘gâteaux de voyage’ and ‘petits fours’: lemon loaf cake, chocolate loaf cake, ‘mignardises’…
• To discover jams and other fruit-based preparations.
• To become familiar with classic ‘viennoiseries’ (basics)
• To start working with chocolate
Daily management and organization module – introduction: working as a team, managing and monitoring the production and supplies, respecting the procedures and production methods, conserving and storing products.
This Introductory level and the acquisition of skills is validated with the successful completion of a mock exam and a final exam.
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Whether your guest is wild for macarons or cream puffs, a chocolate lover or a fan of culinary design, we have the the perfect class.