Elements and Performance Criteria
- Select ingredients.
- Select, prepare and use equipment.
- Portion and prepare ingredients.
- Cook bases, fillings and coatings.
- Use cookery methods for bases, fillings and coatings to achieve desired product characteristics.
- Follow standard recipes and make food quality adjustments within scope of responsibility.
- Pipe a selection of small choux paste shapes.
- Prepare and blind bake sweet paste in small moulds or tins in a variety of shapes.
- Select baking conditions, required oven temperature and bake petits four bases.
- Cool bases in appropriate conditions to retain optimum freshness and product characteristics.
- Store reusable by-products of food preparation for future cooking activities.
- Prepare iced petits fours.
- Cut sponges and bases into a variety of shapes.
- Fill and assemble petits fours according to standard recipe specifications.
- Prepare icing at the correct temperature.
- Ice petits fours with icing of a consistency that achieves required coating thickness and surface gloss.
- Apply icing to ensure a smooth and seamless finish.
- Design and use decorations that enhance flavour and eye appeal.
- Prepare fresh petits fours.
- Prepare marzipan petits fours.
- Flavour and colour marzipan according to the recipe and soften with egg whites if required.
- Pipe or model marzipan by hand or shape with the aid of moulds to produce mini size fruits.
- Seal marzipan fruits with cocoa butter or food lacquer using applied heat to preserve desired eating characteristics.
- Prepare caramelised petits fours.
- Present and store petits fours.
- Visually evaluate petits fours and adjust presentation before displaying.
- Use suitable receptacles to attractively present petits fours according to organisational standards.
- Display petits fours in appropriate conditions to retain optimum freshness and product characteristics.
- Store petits fours and reusable by-products in appropriate environmental conditions.