{"id":1187,"date":"2012-03-04T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2014-02-07T00:15:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T08:15:53","slug":"dessert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/1187","title":{"rendered":"Dessert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After hurting my shoulder, I had to take a 2 month break from culinary school.  Hopefully, I&#8217;m fit for the kitchen again, because I go back to school tomorrow.  Better start doing more cooking!<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I had company coming that I knew liked dessert.  There wasn&#8217;t going to be many of us, so I decided to make <em>cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e<\/em>, a classic French dessert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/1187\/img_0243\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot D10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1330808886&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0243\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0243\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0243.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turned out good, but I guess I could have caramelized them a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>Then I had the dilemma of what to do with the egg whites.  I&#8217;ve seen a few Australian cooking shows recently, and <em>pavlova<\/em> is something that is always mentioned and held in high regard.  So I decided to try it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/1187\/img_0240\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot D10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1330795907&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0240\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0240\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0240.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess it turned out okay.  No weeping at the top, but the bottom had a bit of syrup weeping out.  I&#8217;m thinking it may have been slightly undercooked.  It deflated a bit as it was cooling, but that&#8217;s normal, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>All pavlova recipes I found on the Internet called for an insane amount of sugar, so I found the most reasonable one and cut it back a bit.  Even after cutting the sugar in the recipe, I still found it cloyingly sweet.  So for a sauce, I made a tart raspberry and mango coulis.  The combination was actually quite good.  It should also be served with fresh fruit and some kind of creamy sauce&#8230; pastry cream or whipped cream or something.  Since we were already having cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9, making a creamy accompaniment wasn&#8217;t really appealing to me.  Was thinking fried bananas might be nice.  Next time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1190\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/1187\/img_0241\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot D10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1330801296&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0241\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0241\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wordpress\/..\/files\/2012\/03\/IMG_0241.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hurting my shoulder, I had to take a 2 month break from culinary school. Hopefully, I&#8217;m fit for the kitchen again, because I go back to school tomorrow. Better start doing more cooking! Last night, I had company coming that I knew liked dessert. There wasn&#8217;t going to be many of us, so I&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/1187\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dessert<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,9],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-food","tag-photos","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4jEMb-dessert","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}