We made doughnuts in class on Monday and brioche today. The third picture above is another thing we made with our brioche dough - pain aux raisins. YUM! That will definitely be on the menu at my bakery! We also made our doughs today for tomorrows treats - cannoli and sfogliatelle. Remember that Tuesdays are my long day. Well, today was a little shorter than the norm, as I didn't wake up until 15 minutes before the bus came! Well, that extra hour of sleep was much needed today! After pastry class this morning, Gabriela and I had lunch at this place called Bonobo (named after the ape that most resembles humans), which specializes in raw, organic, vegan foods. I had a nutmeat salad. Nutmeat is this nut, veggie, grain mush that really was quite good. I'm sure my description didn't do it justice, but check out their menu. I will definitely be back. We were initially trying to go to Shake Shack (it's open now!), but the line stretched all the way around Madison Square Park. Photos attached.
It's crazy! We did end up waiting in the line there for dinner and it was also good. Not probably worth waiting an hour plus for it again anytime soon, but definitely a New York experience! Then, tonight we had wine class - the wines of Bordeaux! A nutshell on Bordeaux wines - the reds are austere, tannic wines, mostly Cabernet Sauvignons, and the whites are almost all Sauvignon Blancs, aged in oak, also very austere. Bordeaux does also contain the Sauternes region, which puts out some of the greatest dessert wines in the world. Sweet, but no sugar is added other than that formed during fermentation. (These dessert wines get extra sweetness from the botrytis mold that attacks it on the vine. The combination of sun and fog creates a humidity situation that encourages the growth of the mold.) There is your 2 cents on vino. Next week is a day off, but the following Tuesday - Italian wines! Cheers!
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