The document provides recipes for various frostings, glazes, fillings and decorations used in pastries. It includes recipes for a basic milk glaze, brown sugar glaze, lemon glaze and chocolate glaze. Additional fillings mentioned are syrup, pastry cream and custard. Nut garnishes are also listed. The document concludes with principles for decorating pastries such as using colors that appeal to the eye and are harmonious, ensuring uniform appearance, consistency and moisture content of the finished products.
The document provides recipes for various frostings, glazes, fillings and decorations used in pastries. It includes recipes for a basic milk glaze, brown sugar glaze, lemon glaze and chocolate glaze. Additional fillings mentioned are syrup, pastry cream and custard. Nut garnishes are also listed. The document concludes with principles for decorating pastries such as using colors that appeal to the eye and are harmonious, ensuring uniform appearance, consistency and moisture content of the finished products.
The document provides recipes for various frostings, glazes, fillings and decorations used in pastries. It includes recipes for a basic milk glaze, brown sugar glaze, lemon glaze and chocolate glaze. Additional fillings mentioned are syrup, pastry cream and custard. Nut garnishes are also listed. The document concludes with principles for decorating pastries such as using colors that appeal to the eye and are harmonious, ensuring uniform appearance, consistency and moisture content of the finished products.
The document provides recipes for various frostings, glazes, fillings and decorations used in pastries. It includes recipes for a basic milk glaze, brown sugar glaze, lemon glaze and chocolate glaze. Additional fillings mentioned are syrup, pastry cream and custard. Nut garnishes are also listed. The document concludes with principles for decorating pastries such as using colors that appeal to the eye and are harmonious, ensuring uniform appearance, consistency and moisture content of the finished products.
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VARIETY OF FROSTING OR ICING,
FILLINGS AND GLAZES USED IN
PASTRIES BASIC MILK GLAZE Whisk together 2 cups confectioners sugar and ¼ milk until smooth, adding more milk if needed to reach desired consistency. Make about ¾ cup. BROWN SUGAR GLAZE Heat 6 tbsp. unsalted butter and ½ cup packed light brown sugar in a saucepan over medium , stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Add 2 tbsp of heavy cream, 1 tsp vanilla extract and ½ tsp salt brings to a boil. Remove from heat then let cool until thickened . This makes about 1 cup LEMON GLAZE Whisk together 2 cups confectioner sugar with 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest and ¼ cup lemon juice. This makes about 1 cup CHOCOLATE GLAZE Place 3 ounces chopped bitter sweet chocolate in a heat proof bowl Bring ½ cup heavy cream to a simmer in a small saucepan, pour over chocolate. Let stand for 2 minutes. Add 2 tbsp unsalted butter and mix until smooth. Let stand , stirring occasionally until slightly thickened Make 1 cup ACCOMPANIMENTS, GARNISHES AND DECORATIONS FOR PASTRIES 1. SYRUP Flavored simple syrup used to moisten some pastries. Flavoring like vanilla, liquors like rum Add syrup after the syrup has cold May also be flavored by boiling them with lemon or orange rind 2. PASTRY CREAM Contains starch thickeners as well as eggs, resulting in much thicker and more stable product. It is used as pastry filling for cream pies and as pudding. With additional liquid, it is used as custard sauce 3. CUSTARD Consists of milk , sugar , eggs and flavorings. Whole eggs are used for greater thickening power. Used as pie filling and as dessert it self 4. NUT GARNISH RULES FOR GARNISHING PASTRY PRODUCTS Garnish should be edible SIMPLICITY IS BEAUTY Garnished should appear natural, fresh and dainty Never overworked or overdone A few small groups of garnish are often more attractive than a continuous decorative scheme Colors should be harmonized- never clash. Contrasting colors usually produce an artistic picture Artificial coloring should be kept to the minimum Garnishes which are highly seasoned are not good in taste Garnishes which are highly seasoned are not good in taste Garnishes need not to be expensive The setting must be viewed as a whole STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES TO FOLLOW IN DECORATING AND FINISHING PASTRY PRODUCTS Color stimulates COLOR OF sense of sight and THE enhanced appetite. PRODUCT It is essential that it is eye appealing It is about form and shape of pastry APPEARANCE products after baking Each slice has the same size, shape and form Uniformity in grains and texture. CONSISTENCY It is how it is feel in the mouth when eating It contributes to the moistness and softness MOISTURE of pastries. CONTENT Moistness also enhance flavor and palatability.