La Bonne Vie Pastries--Part II

 Aaaand here are the rest of the La Bonne Vie pastries...

 

S'more tarts.  Almond sucre tart shell, filled with ganache, topped with Italian meringue "marshmallows".  Torched to golden perfection.

 



 Mini cupcakes, three varieties: Chocolate w/mint frosting, Vanilla w/vanilla frosting, Red Velvet w/cream cheese frosting.  The other day I saw a little girl with the chocolate cupcake in hand, licking the minty frosting off the top like an ice cream cone...

 

Dipped strawberries, three varieties: Dark Chocolate dipped w/chocolate croquant, White chocolate dipped with white chocolate shavings, and white chocolate dipped w/pistachio flour.

 

Of course, we can't forget about the Parisian macarons.  We have seven flavors: pistachio, vanilla, strawberry, passionfruit, coconut, hazelnut, and salted caramel.  Italian meringue method is used here, which creates a more stable meringue and fuller textured macs.

 



In addition to the sweet dessert pastries, we also carry breakfast pastry items (courtesy of the bread team.  We have a whole group of people just doing breads).  Pictured here are croissants, pain au chocolat, almond brioche, and cream cheese danish.  Other options include mini coffeecakes and strawberry-almond croissants.

These pastries need to be delivered to the shop by 9AM.  My shift starts at 6AM, so I have three hours to get all these prepped.  It seems like I would have plenty of time, but each pastries take so much care to prepare that time just whizzes by.

Once I'm done with these morning duties, I tackle onto the next task...the amenities.  The hotel provides amenities to the guests as a special gift/occasion service.  These can include birthday and anniversary cakes, special treats, etc....but that's for the next post. ;)