Adventures in the Kitchen

I mentioned before that my new roommate can bake like nobody's business. Well since he finally finished his surgery clerkship he has taught me a thing or two! Before my mom came to visit we had a souffle baking lesson. He taught me to make Blue + Parmesan cheese souffles and of course chocolate souffles. I in turn taught my mother. As is said - see one, do one, teach one.



Below is a picture of the cheese souffle. Mom is about to pull them out of the oven. See how pretty & fluffy they are!



Yummy!



Next chocolate souffle...



This is the folding in of some egg yolks that have some sugar added and have been beaten to the consistency of ribbons. (don't ask, it didn't look like ribbons)



Bigger cups for the chocolate ones. They don't look as puffy, because these little dishes are wider on top than the bottom. Still yummy!


Next up...the roomie had the craving to make creme brulee. I'm not going to argue. He even has the torch to caramelize the sugar and everything! I didn't help with this baking process, but I did help with the eating process.




I'm starting to think - it's probably not the best thing for my health and my waistline to be eating creme brulee at my computer while studying. It's not one of those things that's supposed to be an everyday dessert.





And then...since creme brulee takes quite a few egg yolks there were tons of egg whites left over. Well he couldn't let them go to waste.
So when I got home today from school - this is what I found.




a fridge with 4 bags filled with tiny meringue cookies - chocolate, lemon, and apricot-nut (or something like that)!




Should I not tell you that souffles are easier to make than they look? I'll try and get the recipes this week and if you are feeling adventurous - you can take stab at it. Even if it doesn't turn out - I can pretty much guarantee that it'll still taste good.

In the coming month - my roomie and I should be having more baking days, because we'll both be on easier rotations. The irony is that I'm on a rotation entitled - "The Clinical Managment of Obesity." We'll see how this turns out.....