Day Twenty Three

Ok, let’s get right into it, I started my day by finally rolling out my Danish dough and folding it around my butter. Then took it to the sheeter for four turns and to be rolled out to thin. Then laid it out on a table and used my pastry cutter to get it into 4x4 squares. They go back in the freezer for a bit to cool down and then each square gets folded into a cool way. There were pin wheels, and bow ties and bear claws and triangles that I turned into batman symbols, what, wait, you don’t believe me. Oh course you believe me; I turned pastry into batman, who wouldn’t.

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Batman

The Danishes got a smattering of frangipane and some got some apricots on top too. They proofed and then they baked, and then we ate some of them.

While that was going on we were also churning our vanilla ice cream, and making dough for some baguettes and dinner rolls. So I learned how to roll the baguettes, which involves hitting them, which frankly is a lot of fun; and how to shape the dinner rolls. The rolls were interesting because we braded some and made tiny little loafs out of others, and some were just balls. Those had to proof along time because the yeast had little sugar to work with.

Also while that was going on the made parfait, now I know what you are thinking but this was just a type of cream. It was vanilla cream with just a bit of whipped cream added in. a little like Bavarian cream but much more sauce like.

Then we started on the bombs. Bombs are as follows, a ice cold bowl, layer of ice cream in the shape of the bowl, layer of sorbet in the shape of the ice cream, fill the rest with parfait, and top with a thin cake round. Freeze for a day or two, then turn out and eat. Sounds good right, well I have tried it all and it tastes better then you are thinking it does right now. It’s vanilla ice cream and strawberry sorbet, put them together and you have one of those strawberry shortcake bars from the ice cream man.

Some one sent us up the BOMB

Then it was time for dinner, and dinner was so good you would hate to even hear about it so I will spare you. Then I came home where mom and dad immediately ate two Danishes. If I have the time this weekend I will try and make Danishes, but this time fill them with cream cheese.