Tradtional Fudge

Do you like fudge? who doesn't like fudge? Well I figured that I would try to make some fudge. It makes for a great Christmas treat since we are coming up upon that time and it didn't seem to difficult to make. But I didn't want to take the easy route so I tried to make it the traditional way. I did again use my moms cook book that she made and some recipes were passed down. To do this I couldn't use chocolate chips and melt them but instead I used bittersweet chocolate instead of using nestle semi-sweet chocolate put it on the stove. I chose to add some nuts which wasn't in the recipe but sounded like a good idea to add. It melted, then boiled and I had to continually stir it so that the chocolate wouldn't burn while it was in the process of being melted. I used these ingredients and objects to make this happen:
- cooking pot
- Nuts (optional i used walnuts)
- Tin pan
- wax paper
- bittersweet chocolate
 

 This is what the melted chocolate looked like right after i contained it from coming to a boil, i then took it off the oven because it looked like the right texture. The recipe said "leave on oven for 5-10 minutes till comes to a boil" (Kim) which i did and then look it off but continued to stir so it wouldn't become hard before getting it into a pan where it needed to set.
 
I then set down wax paper on top of the tin pan and then dumped the fudge into the pan so it could cool and set. My fridge was too full to put this in there and since the fudge needs to be in a cold place to set the next coldest place would be my garage. I went and set the fudge out in my garage and left that to sit for the night.

So then i checked on the fudge the next morning and it set up nicely. i decided to use this as a treat i would bring to others when i go to their house for Christmas. i cut it into small cube like objects and put it on a plate. i think making this fudge helped me grow in my cooking by taking a different route on an easier task. i learned the little things like to continue stirring this food so it doesn't burn and ruin the whole thing. i think that i am growing in my cooking experience by paying attention to all details and trying various different types of food. this one turned out well showing progress in my cooking.

Kasidy's IRP - Cooking

Kasidy Klein

Ms. Meara

Honors English period 1

Cooking Blog

November 27,2015

Hello! So for my project I chose cooking to improve on since I have a passion for it and I just want to be better at it. I used a cook book that my mom had put together years ago because I find it has a better recipe choice that appealed to me more. The first food I chose to test out was a Pumpkin Spice Cheese Cake because it is helping me get in the winter mood. I have never made a cheese cake but I was up for the challenge because it can be messed up very easily. what I did to start out was get out all my ingredients such as:

• 12 ounces ginger snaps
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 6 tablespoons salted butter
• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• dash of salt
•  three 8 ounce packages cream cheese
•  one 15 ounce can pumpkin puree
•  3 large eggs
•  1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•  1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

The bold ingrediants are the ones that I put into a processer so that I could make the crust which turned out pretty good. there is a picture below to show the result.

 Then after I got the crust done I had to put that in the fridge so the butter could get hard making the crust a solid foundation for the outcome. then to make the actual cheese cake part I used to other ingredients and put that into a separate bowl. "the cream cheese and pumpkin puree need to be at room temperature." once I finished the cream cheese part I poured it on top on the crust which was sitting in the fridge for around a half hour. then I pre-heated the oven to 350 degrees and then stuck the cheese cake in there for 70 minutes.

 After 70 minutes I took it out and let it cool for the rest of the night until mid-day the next day so that it would have enough time to set up and harden. I then took it out of the pan and then cut into it to see the final product.

once I sliced it, I added caramel sauce, whip cream and broke walnuts into pieces and put it on top. the cheese cake turned out really good, it was moist like it should be inside. this cooking experience has helped me widen my cooking with a variety of different skills I had to get the hang on with this. Making this cheese cake helped me grow in my cooking skills by me experiencing the task and following directions to make the result product. I think that since I cooked this, I have become a slightly better cook because I am more experienced. Since i've done this and it came out the way it was suppose to, it shows that i've made good progress in becoming better at this skill, and its helped me grow. what do you think I should do next, sweet food or more salty?