sábado, 29 de marzo de 2014

Ideas, Ideas, too many Ideas... Let's get to work!

Let me talk to you about some ideas I've had lately, well I will start with 2 and I will keep on posting as we go progressing.
I've met someone recently who told me about a cookie shop he would love to own, is not that I never thought about it before, it's just very funny that a total stranger towards cooking, will have this idea, specially a guy; anyway, so I've decided to start trying cookie baking, just for fun, he said he would hire a professional chef after all, so this way I can try as many combinations as I please and then, who knows, maybe he will hire... me! Yay!.
So if you have any recipe that you would like/love to share with me, I'm all eyes, I will read them all and post them on my blog! with very cool pictures. And I also have this very cute book that I happened to find by accident at the book store.
With very handy and useful tips on how to decorate sugar cookies, mainly with royal icing. 
 Very cute ideas by Bridget Edwards.

The second I'm going to tell you about today is ... Cha Cha Cha Chaan!! Hahaha! Brownie baking, I am committed to find THE PERFECT, MOST AMAZING CHOCOLATE BROWNIE RECIPE. I will try as many as I can until we get to the bottom of the subject. 
The next section of the post might have nothing to do with the actual fact of brownie baking, well it does, but not from the investigation point of view. This is just a tip/anecdote that I just want to share... because I can!

This is about an accident that I had once, I admit, this pictures aren't mine since I didn't try this recently, I did many years ago.One day, when I was young and naive, I was making some brownies from mix,
and as you may know if you have tried them before, it usually calls for 2 eggs,

but I accidentally added 3 oops! confusing the recipe with a cake mix; I realized before baking but there was nothing to do at the moment, just wait and see the results.
When It came out of the oven, instead of looking like a chocolate fudgy, gooey, chewy brownie

It came out like a fudgy, aired, really fluffy, tasty, awesome chocolate cake.
So there you have, one unfortunate accident that perfected a simple recipe. Try it and let me know what you think.

Moving on

Long story short, as I was telling you on my previous post, I started working at the Ritz-Carlton, I was extremely excited to start working in a professional kitchen for the first time ever since I  finished university. So off I went., gave my all...and it just ended up being a complete mess, and trying to keep up with the Israeli rhythm is quite exhausting to say the least. So after trying very hard to get along with their shit, I got tired and quit. Which feels very unprofessional I have to admit, but that place made me miserable, you have no idea!

I've decided to start improving my baking/piping/decorating/caking/creating skills, because even-though  I do this unprofessionally I enjoy it very much, it makes me happy, and lately I haven't been happy at all, this country makes me feel incomplete. So from now on you'll be seeing a lot of me in the kitchen. Cheers!