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| My patisserie challenge, gland Grand Marnier |
Welcome to my patisserie
challenge. This year I have decided to buy something different from our village
boulangerie every Sunday and to enjoy
the simple pleasure of treating myself each week. My choice today is an odd
looking one, that has a strange name and if I’m honest neither the look or the
name were instantly appealing.
I give you the rather glowing ‘gland’. I wasn’t too sure I wanted to eat anything called a
gland, but when I discovered it is actually named after the gland de
chêne, or acorn, I felt a little better
about trying it, despite its luminosity. It is an acorn shaped choux bun, filled
with a Grand Marnier flavoured crème patissiere and then brightly iced (can be either green or pink), with
a half coating of chocolate chips, to represent the acorn cup. Now I know these
facts I can see it, but I have to say it wasn’t initially obvious. In some
boulangeries the flavour of the crème patissiere, which can be natural, Grand Marnier, Kirsch or Rum
flavoured, determines the colour of the icing, but although I had the choice of
green or pink, they were all the same flavour here. Despite the vivid looks I
did enjoy it, the alcohol flavour wasn’t too strong and I found it helped to cut
through the sweetness. It was delicious accompanied by an espresso coffee.
Can you see that it’s an acorn
and would you give it a try?
Don’t forget to join me next week
to see my next choice from Bernadette at the boulangerie.
Here are my previous patisserie challenge posts, in case you missed them:
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