OK, this is getting serious, so I better get it all down properly! :thumbsup
I’ll be arriving monday, so Tuesday 10 am should be fine, I might still be a bit jet lagged from my flight, but I’m sure I can work around it, as long as I have an official Telluride bluegrass wake up call
SO what we’ll need (or I would like in my ideal kitchen :flower ) equipment wise, UselessJo, is:
French rolling pin
several large/deep mixing bowls
small mixing bowls with pans that fit these for bain-marie style cooking
pastry brush
1/2 sheet pans
cooling racks
wire whips (easy Ron!)
rubber spatula
pastry bag w/tips
sifter
parchment
spring form pan (whatever size is available)
pastry cutters (different shapes & sizes)
dough scraper
Almond and Vanilla extract
Then… What we’ll need ingredient wise, Landshark, is:
Flour
Sugar (caster, golden, white, icing varieties)
Butter (of the unsalted type, industrial quantities :lol )
eggs (tons of those…)
milk (loads of it)
raising agent (cream of tartar, bicarbonate of soda or other)
bakers yeast (fresh if at all possible)
good quality dark chocolate (as much as you can get!)
flaked almonds, powdered almonds, whole almonds
pine nuts
any other nuts you might fancy
dessicated coconut
cinnamon, mixed spice (cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, star anis)
candied peel (orange & lemon), candied ginger (if available)
unwaxed lemons (a dozen at least!!!)
cream (single, double, soured)
apples (golden delicious ideally)
strawberries
any fresh fruit you fancy really
cornflour
vanilla pods
basic - digestive biscuit style - biscuits
raisins/sultanas
dates, orange flower water…
I think that pretty much covers it, but I might have to add to that list…
Finally we’ll need:
first class aprons
amazing pjs
medals to hand out for outstanding performance (this can be cooking or pj or picking or bacon related :cheers ) :medal
someone to restrain Jailhouse Rob if he gets itchy about all these girls in his kitchen
someone to restrain Ron if he tries to get his hands on the whips :lol :lol :lol
someone to snatch a photo of Hippie in his PJs
a massive table to hold all the amazing food we’ll be turning out, out of reach during the necessary cooling period
and of course: the best picking party in TP to get our mojo’s working and our feet stomping and the festitude going !!! :woohoo :woohoo :woohoo :woohoo
Feel free to improve the list above with your suggestions, or let me know if some of it is downright impossible so that I can rethink my recipes… :cheers