In the Clear

Day 45

Phew—I made it.

Consomme was a breeze the second day; I had no problems whatsoever. Good thing, considering I had two dishes to make this time around.

Every Friday in Level 3 is a practice midterm where we have to complete two dishes in a certain amount of time. The only difference is that on test day, we draw random dishes out of a hat as opposed to knowing what we're making ahead of time.

Besides the consomme, we also prepared the center-cut pork chop with green peppercorn sauce. The pork was cooked perfectly, the sauce was superior and the pommes darphin had a crunchy/creamy contrast. One glitch, though: I was about a minute late plating. I think that's an easy fix.

Alright, I'm beat. I'm gonna kick up my feet, watch Barefoot Contessa finish her truffled mac 'n' cheese and wish I had a bowl of it in front of me.

TGIF.