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STICKY Toffee Pudding,Noisette, Caramelised AlmondCake, Honey and PecanLoaf….chef and soon-to-beauthor Shaheen Peerbhai, 29,is certainly capable of creatinga menu that will make you salivate.
These dishes are part ofPeerbhai’s upcoming BakingTour, covering Mumbai, Delhiand Bengaluru, from August26 to September 11.
The highlights
We can expect a fresh new setof recipes, techniques andflavours. “There are classicslike Lemon Tart and CrèmeBrûlées and modern layeredpatisseries like Chocolat andNoisette,” says Peerbhai.
As a baker who loves toexperiment with flavours,there is much to take awayfrom her classes. “I like to workwith interesting flavours andtextures, and layer them inunexpected ways, and to mod-ernise the classics. Forexample, a nougatine is tradi-tionally made with almonds,but I’m using pecans,” sheadds. The five-layer chocolatedessert Plaisir Sucre by PierreHermé inspired her to create amash-up using one of herfavourite Cordon Bleu recipes.The Noisette thus, is a mar-riage of chocolate andhazelnut with textures of dac-quoise, crispy feuilletine,ganache and Chantilly.
“I like to play with differentingredients but I need to makesure that people can go home,find the ingredients and repli-cate them,” she says. As a treat,she has a new ingredient,
tonka beans, to add in hercrème brûlées.
What you won’t learn ishow to make TV show desserts— nice to watch but pointlessbecause they can’t be recreatedat home.
A different class
Peerbhai’s classes are dividedinto six parts — TeatimeTreats, Posh Pastry, PlatedDesserts, Creative Pastry,Breads & Savoury, and SweetBakes; the Plated Desserts andBreads & Savoury are eggless.
The simpler classes are forthose who keen to ease them-selves into baking or learndifferent quick bakes and willcover recipes like SpeculoosCookies with cherry jam or moist chocolate cake with ganache.
The advanced class will beon French patisserie and is forthose looking to learn abouttextures, flavours and the dif-ferent techniques that combineto create one dessert.
For example, her Chocolatwill have components such ascocoa and pecan dacquoise,chocolate mousse, a shinymirror glaze, a caramelganache and a pecan nouga-tine. “Making this recipeneeds precision and planning.You can’t start baking imme-diately, and have somethingready in an hour. Time andtemperatures have to berespected to get the best set,and a delicate, beautifully cre-ated pastry,” she says.
Her plated desserts classwill focus on the properassembly of desserts in platesand bowls — there will nine
elements across two separate,intricate desserts. “I am a bitinstinctive about plating. It’swhat you do before platingthat will determine how yourplated dessert looks. You haveto put thought into differentcomponents and haveat least three to fivecomponents on aplate that work inharmony,” she says.
The demo-basedclasses will be threehours long.
ON Friday, 26August to Sunday,October 2 COST `4,800 to `5,800LOG ON TO http://classes.purplefoodie.com/
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Spiced cheddar,oregano, olive andwalnut biscuits.PICS COURTESY/SHAHEEN PEERBHAI
Get baked ❚ Inspiration: The Paris patis-serie scene, where pastry istreated with so much pres-tige, unlike anywhere else inthe world❚ Currently working on? Myfirst cookbook, Paris PicnicClub, which will be publishednext year by Sterling (Barnesand Noble, USA)❚ Common mistakes whenbaking: Over-beating the
cake batter. I tell my studentsto switch to a spatula to foldin the flour rather than mix inwith beaters because thatway you don’t work thegluten in the flour. This wayyou will end up with a delicate crumb instead of a tough one.❚ Plating tip: Ensure youplate by starting with thelargest element so everythingcan work around it.
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A pastry chef ’s upcoming bakingclasses will teach you new techniques,the trick to plate and layer desserts,and whip up sweet classics
Noisette
Compiled by Krutika Behrawala [email protected]
Caramelised banana loaf with ginger and chocolate
Chocolat
