Done with First Go at Pastillage

This entry and previous entry should be read in totality  …  (My previous account of air brushing my pastillage http://bakingjoysinhouston.com/2008/10/03/getting-out-of-hand-with-pastillage/)

I am so happy and relieved my first go at pastillage ended up like a “show piece”.  Compared to my air brushing, I think I fared better at gluing them together.  Just say that I finished it just before lunch at the Culinary Institute while waiting for lunch to be ready, and had a relaxing lunch yesterday.  A short moment earlier and the day earlier, I stared at all the coloured pieces and couldn’t make out how I was to piece them together.  When Chef Philippe said we got to finish by Tuesday, my mind was automatically set to “just gotta do it and make it happen” mode, the pieces just came together … I believed I really got divine help, coz the final “show piece” was beyond my imagination when I first completed air brushing the pastillage.  The after effect at the end of last friday when pastillage was air brushed – I needed a dose of caffaeine to sooth my nerve, and the after effect of yesterday – when the pastillage pieces came together – I was so relieved and I managed a long sleep after.  Retrospectively, I have to admit it was fun though I needed more feel in colours and air brushing.  Anyway, it got done.  Yes!

The “show piece” was only for practice, we started working on it when the Culinary Institute had not fully recovered the power post Ike.  We will need to do one for the level 3 final in a couple of weeks.  I seriously need to do some work in air brushing.