:: Molten Chocolate Raspberry Brownie ::

A line of cocoa dusted plates (15) awaiting for their brownie! mmm!
/ Plated :: Molten Chocolate Raspberry Brownie :: topped with Homemade peach ice cream! MMM! Made this plated dessert all from scratch for a little get together on Saturday...quite a success! I had no left overs and people took what was left in the brownie dish to-go! :)

International Cuisine / Week 7 - Scandinavia, Russia and East Europe

Group 1: Cabbage Soup (Sweden, Denmark) + Beef Stroganov (Russia, Beef Stroganoff) + Agurkesalat (Denmark) Pickled Cucumber Salad.

Group 2: Bramborove Knedliky (Czech Republic) > Bohemian Potato Dumplings with Frikadeller (Denmark) > meat patties.

Group 3: Morbrad med Svedsker og aebler (Denmark) > Pork Loin stuffed with prunes and apples ... in a bed of Paistetut Sienet (Finland) > Mushrooms with sour cream.

Group 4 : Lanttulaatikko (Finland) Rutabaga Pudding ... it tasted like corn bread to me LOL though some strongly disagree LOL

Group 4 : Csirke Paprikas (Hungary) chicken Paprika. This was the BEST from all the dishes in my opinion and in others too. Nice creamy and fullof flavor! MMM Good Job Jose & group 4!

Group 5: Pierogi (Poland) Filled Dumplings

Group 5: Potatoes and Mushrooms in Sour Cream (Poland). Topping was MMM!

Group 5: 2 Toskakakes (Almond Caramel Cake, from Norway) MMM Ready for service!!!
In the background... Chef Warner, Erinn, Mitchell and Jose.

Close-up on Toskakake

MMM!!! Chef Warners face reads. LOL. Karima seems not so sure and it seems that everybody else has made up their mind....about what? LOL Can't remember but here we are all explaining what me made for our Scandinavia, Russia and East Europe Lab; Which turned out MMM YUMM!

Sweet Endings... I had made this lil' flag a day prior to class thinking how nice it will look on the cake but it all went so FAST! the food and both of the cakes... HEY but the very last slice had the honor of holding the Norwegian flag.

1,000 POSTS!!!!

The blog reached a milestone by reaching 1,000 POSTS!!!! (total 1,055)
Many THANKS to all of those that visit the blog regularly and remind me to keep posting LOL
Specially to Adriana, Chef Warner, Mitchell Brown and Dolores Kearney.
The blog has been up since November 28, 2004 so this Nov.28^th will be its 2^nd anniversary!!!!

International Cuisine / Week 6 - Germany

Putting the Linzertorte together...the dough was really crumbly but turned out good! MMM!

Linzer prior to baking

Group 1: Zwiebelkuchen (onion tart) / 4 versions of the tart with different cheeses and a vegetarian one.

Group 1: Suss und saure gruene bohnen (sweet and sour green beans)

Group 2: Blaukraut (sweet and sour red cabbage) and Creamy Turnip soup

Group 3: Warmer Kartoffelsalat mit speck (warm potato salad with bacon)

Group 4: Sauerbraten (marinated beef roast)

Group 4: Schweine Fleisch mit Sauerkraut (pork with sauerkraut)

Group 5: Weiner Schnitzel (veal cutlet viennese style)

Group 5: Spaetzel (small noodles like dumplings)

During plate presentation / Chef Warner, Chelsea and Kenny

Chelsea, Kenny, Jamila, Blanca and Jose

My German Lunch! MMM!

Dessert! LINZERTORTE (spiced dough filled with raspberry preserves) / The dough becomes nice and crumbly and has hazelnuts + cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg! MMM

This one was gone in a split second!

International Cuisine / Week 5 - Semi Conductor Luncheon

Mitchell on fire!!!! This is good old Mitchell posing after having flambeed our Sauteed Chicken with Kentucky Bourbon sauce.... what you don't know is that the flame was actually much higher than what it looks! it reached well over the fire suppression system! and in the back we had chef Warner urging us to get a LID!!! to cover it up before the system got activated! Who said Culinary school was boring! fortunately nothing happened after this quick snap shot I ran to get a lid and no one got in trouble. LOL : )

Plated DESSERT!!!
THREE-CHOCOLATE BAVAROISE

THREE-CHOCOLATE BAVAROISE by Alison Hodges pastry instructor @ TCC and EL Centro College. This Bavaroise was OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!! chocolate heaven! consisting of a chocolate sponge + creme anglaise base multi layer flavored in Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate and White Chocolate.... all topped with more chocolate + whip cream and a sliced strawberryMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS Alison the cake was a HIT!

Jamila plating the chicken

Plating

Plating, molding the risotto

Final plate presentation / Sauteed Chicken with Kentucky Bourbon sauce in a bed of Collard Greens accompanied by mushroom risotto and steamed carrot garnishes.

International / Week 4 - Italy

GROUP 1: Pasta e Fagioli (pasta and bean soup)

GROUP 2: Panzanella (Bread Salad) by: Evelyn

Asparagi in salsa verde (asparagus in green sauce)

Kenny rolling out the pasta by hand since the machine broke!

The stuffing: Melanzane e Pomodori (eggplant and tomato ravioli)

Seal and cut

Ready to BOIL

Molly cooking the ravioli

GROUP 3: Ravioli di Melanzane e Pomodori (eggplant and tomato ravioli) MMM the BEST!!!! they where SO GOOOOOOOOOOOD!

Mauricio and Tu working on their "Pollo alla cacciatore"

GROUP 4: Pollo alla Cacciatore (Hunter style Chicken)