Our National Executive Chef, David Goette has the foodspiration you need to take any dish from being ordinary to extraordinary! These ideas are pure genius and are very simple and easy to make, they will leave your guests in awe of your culinary art skills. If you love creating these little materpieces, then you might want to consider a career in Culinary Arts. The international Hotel School offers an exciting programme that will provide the knowledge and experience to move effortlessly between the most basic puff pastry to complex plated desserts.

Clear lemon gel

Ingredients:
200ml water
2 tbsp sugar
1 lemon’s juice and zest
1 lime
Green gel food colour
4g agar agar/ gelatine

Method:
1. Bring the water, sugar, lemon juice and zest to the boil
2. Add the agar agar
3. Simmer for 2-3 minutes and skim off any foam that rises.
4. Once ready pass through a chinois
5. Pour into a plastic container and leave to set.

Candied orange skin/peal

1 medium size orange

Start by cutting off the top and tail of the orange, turn orange onto the flat side.
Slowly start to peal the orange, very thinly leaving the white skin behind.
Take the orange skin (ensure there is no white flesh attach) and lay it skin down on a cutting board
Take a chef knife and slowly cut even length strips 1mm in thickness with all the orange skin
Put all the thin strips in a pot of water and cook until its soft to the touch,
Add half the amount of sugar to water in the pot and bring to boil again. Boil until it has a clear shiny consistency
Strain the liquid leaving the peal behind.
Spread the peel out on a baking tray and cover with caster sugar
Leave to dry, before use.

If you loved these easy to follow recipes and you are considering a career in Culinary Arts, this 1 year intensive cookery programme provides students with the relevant theory, background and practical cooking skills ideal for those wishing to make their career in the field of professional cookery. Students have an option to do an additional 2nd year in either Patisserie (6 months), or the Advanced Diploma in Food Preparation and Cookery Supervision (6 months), or both. The programme is offered in our Cape Town, Durban and Sandton campuses, and work experience takes place at leading restaurants and hotels in the greater Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg areas. If you would like to know more about our Culinary Arts course, send us an email on info@dev.brokenpony.club

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