Ice Cream Sunday at Sur la Table

After churning out two quarts of sorbet this past week, I got up bright and early Sunday morning for Sur la Table’s ice cream class. I guess the sorbets was the equivalent of doing conditioning before a marathon. I was just warming up for the main event.

Menu (my lunch on Sunday):

Lemon Curd Ice Cream with Blackberry Swirl
Butter Pecan Ice Cream with Peanut Brittle
Mexican Chocolate Sundaes
Strawberry Ice Cream/Strawberry Milkshakes

A slice of lemon curd ice cream. To get the layered look, we formed the ice cream into a loaf pan. A bottom layer of lemon curd, middle layer of blackberry syrup, top layer of lemon curd and finished with more blackberry syrup. Then after it hardened, we unmolded the pan and sliced the ice cream.

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Sur la Table: Dabbling in French Macarons

Last week we dedicated a whole class to French macarons, this year’s new trend coming off the cupcake frenzy last year. From my observation, macarons haven’t created as much of a commotion as cupcakes, but nevertheless they are equally as fascinating to experiment with and taste.

Coconut macaron with rum cream filling

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Sur la Table Spring Cupcakes

We had a great class this past weekend with a menu of Spring cupcakes. All the cupcakes tasted great but what I loved about this class was the added focus on decorating using edible flowers and fondant. Such great techniques to use on cakes for Mother’s Day and the coming wedding season.

Spring Cupcake Menu:

Devil’s Food Cupcakes
Coconut Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes with lavender icing and sugared pansies
Sponge Cake Cupcakes with fondant bees

I wish I had taken more photos, but for once I have very few as I was trying to run around to all the recipes.

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What's New Cupcake? at Sur la Table

Rubber Duckie cupcakes…

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Sur la Table: Chocoholics Only

The minute I got home I went to the fridge and chugged a nice cold glass of skim milk. I keep forgetting we should have some on hand for class when feasting on chocolate. Here is my recap for all you chocolate lovers, or more appropriately, chocoHOLICS, because I’d say there was about a 1/2 to 1 lb of chocolate in each recipe. Couldn’t have been better.

The Art of Chocolate Menu:
Individual Chocolate Souffles
Chocolate Caramels
Silky Chocolate Pudding
Chocolate Biscotti
Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles

Dividing up the souffle batter into ramekins. We had so much batter we practically used every ramekin in the cupboard.

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