Tres Leches Strawberry Pistachio Shortcake
Strawberry Shortcake is a classic dessert highlighting the beautiful seasonality of the berries in summertime. But this is no ordinary strawberry shortcake recipe. You will soon learn that the secret to an amazing dessert is the detail that goes into making every layer count.
Chef Thiago Silva has chosen to teach his Tres Leches Strawberry Pistachio Shortcake recipe because it is downright impressive, but also extremely achievable. All you have to do is follow his lead!
This dessert is broken down into four components: sweet pistachio sponge, milk sponge, mascarpone cream, and a tres leches soak. The strawberries come into play at the plating stage.
You can successfully participate in this class so long as you have a hand mixer or stand mixer and access to an oven. No previous baking experience is required and all skill levels are welcome! But remember, baking is a science. So it's important to follow the recipe and have the ingredients measured out properly so that at the end of the class you'll be ready to sit down to the most delicious dessert. Then it's entirely up to you if you feel like sharing!
The essential ingredients you will need for this recipe include: all purpose flour, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, salt, baking powder, butter, heavy cream, milk, yogurt, pistachio pieces, eggs, powdered gelatin, mascarpone, vanilla, evaporated milk, sweet condensed milk, fresh strawberries, and lime.
You will have the opportunity to engage with Chef Thiago throughout using the Zoom chat box. There will also be time at the end for a formal Q&A. You will also receive a free recording of the class afterward to watch again for the next time you'd like to make this sweet treat.
Hailed for his innovative designs, Executive Pastry Chef Thiago Silva's creations have served as jaw-dropping centerpieces on the tables of such stars as Sofia Vergara, Miranda Kerr, Derek Jeter and Carmelo Anthony. Food Network aired its first all baking Chopped competition, pitting four of New York City's most renowned bakers and pastry chefs in a competition they dubbed "Baker Boys," of which Brazilian-born Chef Thiago took home the win!
Having never attended culinary school, Thiago rose through the ranks of Manhattan's restaurant landscape from the early age of 13, after his mother encouraged him to take his first cake-decorating course. His first experience in a professional kitchen was an internship with Florian Bellanger at Fauchon. He then apprenticed with Alfred Stephens before taking a position at Sant Ambroeus, where he was able to explore his affinity for creating cakes. He worked with ace cake stylist Elisa Strauss of Confetti Cakes and in the kitchen at Atria before starting with EMM Group's flagship eatery, Abe & Arthurs. Thiago rose rapidly from Sous Pastry Chef to Executive Pastry Chef at CATCH and to Corporate Pastry Chef for all of the EMM Group's restaurants.
Thiago now works at Chew Innovation labs, working with top industry scientists to develop CPG products of the future. While at Chew labs, Thiago still keeps in touch with the culinary world by consulting throughout the US and abroad.
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