A triumph it was not. I can now really truly claim that I had a ‘catastrophe’. I know I said this already about my dark chocolate disaster, but today was the real deal. I can’t exactly pinpoint where things went wrong.
The ‘Triomphe aux noix’ is a caramel mousse cake with a walnut sponge hiding inside. The caramel was a breeze, the biscuit worked perfectly…it was at some point during the mousse that things made a sharp turn for the worse. It was so bad that chef told me I would have to eat it with a straw, the mousse was that soupy. Luckily, I was not the only one that had the same bad luck. We chatted at lunch trying to figure out the problem and had a few hypotheses but nothing concrete. Today, our class was also given our list of potential final exam desserts and this gem was on the list – at least I can practice the mousse in our oven-less kitchen! Hopefully, then I can rectify the problem. And since I’m so embarassed with my final product today, I leave you with this…
Now, that’s a sweet treat. Some of your projects turn out perfectly!