The Rising
May 28th, 2008 by Amber
The Rising is one of Brian’s favorite songs. Bruce Springsteen often plays in the kitchen while Brian works during the day; this past week it was not only the soundtrack, but our kitchen theme song. Recipe testing began for the dessert menu on Wednesday with such items as blueberry brioche bread pudding, chimay spice cake, a Baskin Robbins palette of ice creams and our proposed signature item — a chocolate souffle — attempted.
In speaking with almost any chef or cook you quickly learn that culinary is a much different art than the skill of pastry technique. I have enjoyed watching Brian and Colin balancing the need to be spontaneous and to create with the responsibility of being exact and methodical. As with most anything, the ingredients of commitment, talent and hard work flavor a successful outcome. The biggest triumph has been to our delight, the rising of the souffle. A dense, lush base of chocolate which is to be aerated with the simple folding in of egg whites seems like an uphill climb both ways or a magic trick, but in just 10 minutes Brian and Colin opened the convection oven doors to a puff of chocolate goodness. Just one bite, okay really three or four, and The Rising is now one of my favorites. (Click to make pictures bigger!)
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Wow, Amber! Trond and I can’t wait to savor the incredible looking and sounding chocolate souffle. The blueberry brioche bread pudding sounds divine, too! Looking forward to dining with you:)
Carrie
Comment by Carrie Maun-Smith — June 3, 2008 @ 9:41 pm
I sampled the souffle last Friday evening, after enjoying one of the best dinners I have ever had. If I should ever have the misfortune of being sentenced to death (for a crime I did not commit, of course,) I will ask only for a chocolate souffle from DeepWood and then die a happy man…..
Comment by Tom — June 27, 2008 @ 6:35 pm