Wish Upon a Star
“I’d assumed a hungover Aimee and Adam would have set off at dawn in order to get back to London, but when we had a little walk later we avoided the village, just in case they were still hanging about.
I’d made some choux buns early that morning and, once they were cold, piped patisserie cream filling into them, so I could experiment with my own croquembouche later, though mine would be tiny compared to Jago’s.
So in the afternoon while Stella was napping, I made a cone out of a piece of cardboa...rd taped together and covered in baking paper and then, dipping the buns in liquid caramel, began to build my cake around it. This is not the easiest of things to do, even if Jago had made it look that way!
Still, by the time Stella woke again I had a slightly loppy little tower, plus a kitchen covered in sticky strands of caramel. I must have flicked some over Toto and Moses too, because they spent ages frantically licking first themselves, and then each other.
At teatime Ma came down from the studio and we all had a piece or two of the croquembouche – or three, in Ma’s case – which pretty well finished it off, though I did save a bit for Jago to try when he popped in on his way back from the Happy Macaroon.MoreLess
I’d made some choux buns early that morning and, once they were cold, piped patisserie cream filling into them, so I could experiment with my own croquembouche later, though mine would be tiny compared to Jago’s.
So in the afternoon while Stella was napping, I made a cone out of a piece of cardboa...rd taped together and covered in baking paper and then, dipping the buns in liquid caramel, began to build my cake around it. This is not the easiest of things to do, even if Jago had made it look that way!
Still, by the time Stella woke again I had a slightly loppy little tower, plus a kitchen covered in sticky strands of caramel. I must have flicked some over Toto and Moses too, because they spent ages frantically licking first themselves, and then each other.
At teatime Ma came down from the studio and we all had a piece or two of the croquembouche – or three, in Ma’s case – which pretty well finished it off, though I did save a bit for Jago to try when he popped in on his way back from the Happy Macaroon.MoreLess
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