Petit fours -originated in france
-little oven or small oven
-traditionally made in a smaller oven next to the main oven.t
-the cakes were 1st made during the 18th century when French -bakers would put them in the oven after baking bread, while the oven was couling from high temperature tiny coukles served at the end of a meal usually w/ a cup of tea
-small confectionery or savery appetizer
-After dinner delights exiends how to include small fancy.
Miniature cookies -any type of pastry small enough to be consumed in one to two mouthfuls
-Attention to detail is paramount
-Uniformly in size, shape, and consistency of finishing details
Petit fours Sec (dry) -created w/ cookies rather than cake. The traditionally type of cikle used in shortbread which is a crisp, buttery cookie can also be created using butter of sugar cookies
Petit fours Glaze (glazed) (iced) -most common type of petit fours that you will find. These small pastries are made from sponge cake or pond cake with layers of fruit or buttercream in the center..
Petit fours sale (salted) -Savory bites that usually accompany glass of wine or champagne these are likely appear at the beginning of a meal and are perfect to nibble on while you wait.
Dry -fragile, crunchy, dairy, coukles
Fresh -tartlets, filled w/ cream & fresh frait
Iced -delicate layer cakes cut into small squares
Almond -french-style macaroons
Individual petit fours -are usually placed in fluted paper cast, allowing fur ease of pickup and neat serving trays
Desserts -came from the french word desservir which means to clean up the table, served at the end of the meal
Light desserts -served at the end of a heavy meal.
Heavy desserts -served after a light meal
food Presentation -known as plating, it is the proper arrangement and overall styling of food placed in the plate
Main item -center of a dish
Crunch component -combination of crunchy and soft items.
Garnishes -should be edible
Classic -The main item is placed in front of the plate..
Stacked -the proper arrangement or the different items.
Shingled -The main item is leaning on the side food items
GREEN - fresh cool, and can be suothing
Red- passion excitement
Black -Sophisticated and elegant
Blue -natural appetite suppressant, since it can make food look unappetizing
Frozen desserts -combining frozen dessert with different textures allows for endless variations and flavor combinations.
Coupe (kup) -Ice cream layered w/ a fruit sauce of whipped cream served in a houl or ice cream cup..
Bumbe Glacee (bäm glasa) -included molded and cut ice cream bases and other pases assembled using specialty mulds in much the same way as muusse cakes.
Vacherin -This is airy and crunchy baked meringue w/ ice cream.
Profiteroles -light pastry dough, which contains only butter, water, flour, & eggs. -compared to French pastry, pate a choux puffs which have been split and filled w/ ice cream..
Baked Alaska -layers of ice cream or ice cream and sorbet that have been sealed w/ thin layers of sponge cake masked & decorated w/ Italian meringue, and baked in an oven until the meringue is golden brown
Warm and hot dessert -dessert served wann or hut
custard & cream-based desserts -served in variations of the basic creme Anglaise.
-can be baked, cuured on stovetop, poured into mulds & set with gelatin, or whipped and serve soft
crème brulee -one of the most traditional and commonly found custards.
Fresh fruit - these ripe fruits can be cut, sliced, fanned, macerated, or morded a gelee. Commonly fuund layered w/ pastry bases.
Baked fruit -can be baked whole or used as a filling for pies, tarts, crumbles and cobblers, can also he baked in a bustard or parchment parcel
Grilled Fruit -This creates a smoky flavour and an original presentative ine fruit is most commonly sirced and skewered before grilling..
Driedfruit -this can add flavor and texture in many ways it can be made into stuffing, candied for compote, baxed into a bater, and fulded into a cream or mousse
Poached Fruit - moist heat cooking method that transfers heal from a liquid to cook the food submerged in it
- best method used in front that is a little firm.
Chocolate-based desserts -usually the best seller on the menu and is the must expensive to produce
Cheese-based desserts -must popular and well-known cheese dessert.