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My name is Jacquie Edwards and I work in the field of culinary arts as a pastry chef (in the making). This blog is intended to follow my passion for my work as well as all things food related as I advance more independently into my career. Enjoy!-
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Summer Peas and Berries
Posted on August 9, 2011 | No CommentsThis is the dessert course I served as part of a tasting menu we did for a fellow chef. It was a summer pea cremeux, with a strawberry sorbet. I also added dollops of creme fraiche for a bit of tang and garnished with compressed... -
My interpretation of Babà Al Rum
Posted on August 6, 2011 | No CommentsI was playing around the other day with some dessert ideas and put together my interpretation of Baba al rum. I made the baba bread, soaked it in a rum syrup, and broke it. Underneath is lightly sweetened ricotta mousse (the syrup is very sweet),... -
Plum+Rosewater+Parmesan
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No CommentsSummer is finally here and I’m starting to play around with some ideas. Here is one I came up with this week inspired by floating island dessert. Its a plum focused dessert with a rosewater poached meringue, white sponge, and parmesan cream. The parmesan cream... -
Pistachio+Anise+Almond+MilkChocolate
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsThis is a dessert are were running over the winter. It is a pistachio and star anise semi-freddo with almond brittle and a milk chocolate cremeux. -
Simple Panna Cotta
Posted on March 17, 2011 | No CommentsI whipped this up the other day for a small dinner party. Its a buttermilk, white chocolate panna cotta with a blood orange and preserved lemon marmalade. -
Citrus+Coconut+Mascarpone+PinkPeppercorn
Posted on February 22, 2011 | No CommentsThis is the other dessert I served to my colleague tonight. Lemon semi-freddo sitting on top of a coconut and pink peppercorn meringue, and mascarpone mousse, with a macerated blood orange slice. Orange marmalade paste and coconut sorbet. -
Pomegranate+Chocolate+Basil+Lime
Posted on February 22, 2011 | No CommentsI whipped up this dessert tonight on the fly when I found out, a half hour into service, that one of pastry cooks was coming in to dine with her Beau. Basil and lime chocolate pate, pomegranate gelato, seeds and coulis, flourless chocolate cake with... -
Pumpkin+Smoked Chocolate+Cranberries+Goat Cheese
Posted on November 22, 2010 | No CommentsThis was my personal addition to our the fall/winter menu. Spiced pumpkin cake, port braised cranberries on a ganache of smoked Lindt milk chocolate, served with a mild goat cheese gelato. Sorry its not the best picture I took it on my iphone and the... -
Tiramisù di piedi
Posted on October 28, 2010 | No CommentsTiramisù di piedi, basically meaning stacked tiramisu. This is Atul’s interpretation of a tiramisù . This is also the dish that convinced all the chefs when he was interviewing that he was the man for the job. Coffee macaroon, mascarpone cream and coffee gelee make-up... -
Lemon Tart for origin
Posted on July 3, 2010 | 1 CommentChef asked me on Wednesday to come up with a simple lemon tart with an almond crust for origin (our sister restaurant). I ran it by him today. Lemon Curd, Almond Sablee, Ontario Currents, Vanilla Creme Fraiche, Thai Basil … He approved