Tour de Cuisine!

The organization that everyone in my program is studying through, MICEFA, arranges a few field trips throughout the year for us students. They aren't free mind you, but are really more apart of our pre-paid costs for Study Abroad. We've taken a walking tour through an area of Paris called Belleville where a plethora of artists have taken residence, the boat tour previously mentioned in this blog, a trip to French countryside in the town of Provins, and others that I am not aware of yet.

Today however, was the Tour de Cuisine! We had the opportunity not really to learn how to cook but mainly just a couple recipes. We were divided into pairs and 8 of us prepared the desserts while the other 8 prepared the "main dishes."

Our first task was to make a chocolate mousse which was fairly simply. Melt chocolate, whisk egg whites, caramelize sugar, combine with the rest. After that we put them in the fridge to be chilled.

Second, we made some croissants! (The dough was pre-made.) We filled them with "tomme" which is a certain type of cheese, oregano, and walnuts. We then based them with egg yolk and sprinkled them with sesame seeds.

Other groups made pasta dishes, something very similar to a samosa but with ricotta and honey (one of my favorites), a dish resembling ceviche, and cookies. Great finger food. A few of us are going to search for cooking classes that will actually teach us technique but for something fun to do with friends this was a great activity!

Bon appétit!
Michael