Literally translates to "little oven." All I know is, I LOVE petit fours. I'm not a fan so much of tarts/cakes, but if they come in mini form? I'm ecstatic! I still can't quite figure out why I love these so much...But, everything is better in mini-form, wouldn't you agree? Cute, finicky but dangerous. It is difficult to, for instance pipe 100 perfectly circular nickel sized cookies. But oh so worth it! And oh so dangerous to have say 200 mini cookies, that you periodically pop into your mouth, without notice, and all of sudden you've probably consumed 4 whole cookies. Whoops. Overall however, I'm loving this section! When I first was researching the school, when I saw a whole section dedicated to petit fours, I was sold (that and plated desserts). I've been looking forward to this since I began, and so far I haven't been disappointed! Macaroons and passion-fruit curd are in the mix tomorrow...
And, Alex arrives tonight!!! Which means the next 10 days will be full of many food-related adventures (the best kind of course!!!) Up first, Bo Ssam at Momofuku Ssam Bar; essentially, 9 of us are reserving a table for 4 hours and a whole slow cooked pork shoulder (and other things). Been wanting to do this for a long time, I seriously cannot wait!
Rum raisin palets (size of a nickel)
Beurre Noisette (brown butter) Financier, with chocolate
Tuiles-almond decorative item that tastes like a very crisp almond cookie
Perfect size for sending gifts!!
Okay-clearly I have no idea what petit fours actually are! I always thought they were tiny mini square cakes. Obviously wrong! So what they really are is......(oh now that's really great grammar!)???
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