What you'll learn

  • 🎂 Master the art of crafting distinctive and elegant mousse desserts that will impress family, friends, and customers.
  • 🍰 Unleash your creativity by designing unique mousse desserts with innovative flavors and stunning presentations!
  • 🍫 Acquire professional skills with techniques like chocolate shaping, swirling, spoon designs, and 3D Tuile cookie creations.
  • 👩‍🍳 Elevate your culinary career by mastering essential recipes and intricate decoration techniques.

Course Content

Intro: Create Stunning Mousse Desserts in Many Flavors, Shapes and Presentations

1 lecture
Introduction

In this lecture Irit presents an overview of everything this course covers, and broadly explains all of the recipes and skills you'll learn.

Mousse Desserts - Base Recipes

4 lectures
Chocolate Sponge Cake - Introduction

In this lesson you’ll learn how to make a light, moist and airy chocolate sponge cake that serves as a base for our mousse desserts, and is wonderful as a base for many layered cakes.

Making Chocolate Sponge Cake - Demonstration

In this lesson you’ll learn how to make a light, moist and airy chocolate sponge cake that serves as a base for our mousse desserts, and is wonderful as a base for many layered cakes.

Milk Chocolate Mousse - Introduction

In this lesson we’ll go over the making of a decadent milk chocolate mousse. This delicious recipe is a great base for many desserts and cakes, and is fairly quick and easy to make.

Making Milk Chocolate Mousse - Demonstration

In this lesson we’ll go over the making of a decadent milk chocolate mousse. This delicious recipe is a great base for many desserts and cakes, and is fairly quick and easy to make.

Assembling the Mousse Desserts

2 lectures
Assembling the Mousse Desserts- Introduction

In this lesson you'll discover how to use the chocolate sponge cake, the chocolate mousse as well as other tasty surprises to assemble individual desserts in wide variety of shapes. The technique you'll learn is very flexible and opens up a lot of possibilities for many flavors and designs.

Assembling the Mousse Desserts- Demonstration

In this lesson you'll discover how to use the chocolate sponge cake, the chocolate mousse as well as other tasty surprises to assemble individual desserts in wide variety of shapes. The technique you'll learn is very flexible and opens up a lot of possibilities for many flavors and designs.

Creating Chocolate Triangle Decorations

4 lectures
Chocolate Decorations - Introduction

In the next few lessons you’ll get the opportunity to learn some of the secrets of working with chocolate, to create stunning decorations for our desserts!

Chocolate Triangles - Introduction

In this lesson you’ll learn how to make colorful chocolate triangle decorations. You’ll also learn how to cut chocolate to any shape you like to match the design of your desserts.

Making Custom Transfer Sheets - Demonstration

In this lesson you’ll learn how to make your own transfer sheets, and how to customize them to any colors and patterns you like to match your desserts. The technique we discuss is the basis for making colorful chocolate decorations.

Making Chocolate Triangles - Demonstration

In this lesson you’ll learn how to make colorful chocolate triangle decorations. You’ll also learn how to cut chocolate to any shape you like to match the design of your desserts.

Creating Chocolate Spoon Decorations

3 lectures
Chocolate Spoons - Introduction

In this lesson you'll discover the secrets of making perfect looking edible chocolate spoons, which are unique and very impressive decorations.

Creating Custom Stencils - Demonstration

In this lesson Irit demonstrates a quick and easy technique to make your own stencils for creating flat chocolate decorations in many shapes.

Making Chocolate Spoons – Demonstration

In this lesson you'll discover the secrets of making perfect looking edible chocolate spoons, which are unique and very impressive decorations.

Creating Chocolate Swirls

2 lectures
Chocolate Swirls - Introduction

In this lesson you'll learn how to make fun and impressive chocolate swirl decorations. These decorations can be used to add impressive and elegant look to many cakes desserts.

Making Chocolate Swirls - Demonstration

In this lesson you'll learn how to make fun and impressive chocolate swirl decorations. These decorations can be used to add impressive and elegant look to many cakes desserts.

Creating Tuile Ring Cookie Decorations

4 lectures
Tuile Batter - Introduction

In this lesson you'll learn how to make Tuile Batter which is the base for the ring cookies we’ll make. This is a quick and easy recipe that you can use in many occasions.

Making Tuile Batter - Demonstration

In this lesson you'll learn how to make Tuile Batter which is the base for the ring cookies we’ll make. This is a quick and easy recipe that you can use in many occasions.

Tuile Ring Cookies – Introduction

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to create 3 dimensional tasty and elegant tuile cookie decorations for our desserts. These decorations add a really nice and sophisticated look, as well as a really yummy and crunchy texture to the dessert.

Making Tuile Ring Cookies – Demonstration

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to create 3 dimensional tasty and elegant tuile cookie decorations for our desserts. These decorations add a really nice and sophisticated look, as well as a really yummy and crunchy texture to the dessert.

Mousse Desserts - Plating Recipes

4 lectures
Raspberries Sauce – Introduction

In this lesson we’ll learn how to make a classic fruit sauce to go with our desserts. We’ll use the sauce to garnish the plate as well as to add a tangy flavor that compliments the rich dessert.

Making Raspberries Sauce – Demonstration

In this lesson we’ll learn how to make a classic fruit sauce to go with our desserts. We’ll use the sauce to garnish the plate as well as to add a tangy flavor that compliments the rich dessert.

Chocolate Ganache – Introduction

In this lesson we’ll explore how to make dark chocolate ganache. The ganache is a very versatile recipe and can be used as filling, as well as for topping and piping. It's a wonderful recipe to have in your repertoire.

Making Chocolate Ganache – Demonstration

In this lesson we’ll explore how to make dark chocolate ganache. The ganache is a very versatile recipe and can be used as filling, as well as for topping and piping. It's a wonderful recipe to have in your repertoire.

Glazing the Domes and Making Quenelles

3 lectures
Final Preparations for Plating - Introduction

In this lesson Irit covers everything we still need to do before we start plating our mousse desserts.

Glazing the Domes – Demonstration

In this lesson you'll learn how to cover the domes with beautiful, shiny and tasty dark chocolate ganache.

Making Ice-cream Quenelles – Demonstration

In this lesson you'll learn how to shape ice cream into unique and elegant shape called Quenelle.

Plating the Mousse Desserts

3 lectures
Plating the Mousse Desserts – Introduction

In this lesson Irit goes over everything you'll learn in the plating lessons.

Creating a Dome Plated Dessert – Demonstration

In this lesson Irit demonstrates how to use everything we made so far to create a stunning dome-shaped plated dessert.

Creating Desserts in Different Shapes and Flavors – Demonstration

In this lesson you'll explore even more possibilities for creating fascinating and unique plated desserts in different shapes and flavors. As you’ll see the possibilities are really endless and are only limited by your imagination.

BONUS - The Complete Guide to Chocolate Tempering

3 lectures
Introduction to Chocolate Tempering

In some people’s mind tempering is only done by professional pastry chefs, however you're about to discover that you can easily temper chocolate at home, even if you don’t have much experience or expensive equipment. In this lecture you’ll learn a great deal about tempering chocolate: why it's important, when it's best to use it and for which purposes. You'll also explore the two methods you can use for chocolate tempering: either manually or by using a tempering machine. Irit covers the advantages and disadvantages of each method, and explains when it's appropriate to use each of them.

Manual Chocolate Tempering

In this lesson you’ll learn a great technique for tempering chocolate manually, which Irit perfected over years of experience working with chocolate. You’ll discover how simple it is to temper chocolate at home even if you don't have any experience. In fact, all you need is a little bit of patience and a chocolate thermometer, which is not expensive and can be easily found in most specialty stores.

Using Tempering Machines

Our discussion of tempering wouldn’t be complete without covering the subject of using a machine to temper chocolate. Using a machine has many advantages over manual tempering. In this lesson irit covers the different kinds of machines available to you, and explains how to pick a machine that's right for your needs. You'll also get a demo of running a full tempering cycle using a machine.

Wrapping Up!

1 lecture
Course Summary

A brief summary of everything you learned in this course.

Course Materials

1 lecture
Downloadable Recipe Books and Course Materials

Next Steps and Bonus

1 lecture
Bonus Materials

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Description

🌟 Discover the Ultimate Dessert Experience 🌟

Once in a while, you uncover a dessert so exquisite, it feels like the ne plus ultra. Usually, it’s a mousse dessert! The term "mousse" means "foam" in French, capturing its essence—light, airy, and utterly delicious. 🍨

Join award-winning master pastry chef Irit Ishai and unlock the secrets of crafting and presenting breathtaking mousse desserts in an array of flavors, shapes, and presentations.

In this comprehensive course, you'll master the art of creating extraordinary plated mousse desserts. 🥄 With techniques shared here, design and make your own fantastic and unique desserts tailored to different tastes and aesthetics.

What You'll Learn:

  • Essential recipes like mousses, sponge cakes, sauces, and ganaches.
  • Exciting decoration skills, including crafting chocolate shapes, spoons, swirls, Tuile cookies, and ice-cream quenelles. 🍫🍪🍦

By the end of the course, enjoy a detailed step-by-step demonstration on how to plate and serve these stunning mousse desserts, sure to leave your guests speechless. 😮

Despite offering advanced knowledge, this course requires no prior baking or decorating skills! Follow the thorough guidance and transform into a dessert-making pro. Leverage Irit's years of experimentation and refinement in mousse dessert crafting and arm yourself with essential baking and decorating secrets. 🍰

🎓 Join us today and elevate your pastry journey to new heights! 🎓

See you in class,

Irit Ishai

Founder and Head Instructor

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Who this course is for:

  • 🍰 Anyone who loves mousse desserts and wants to serve them at home.
  • 👨‍🍳 Aspiring pastry chefs interested in a professional career.
  • 👩‍🍳 Pastry chefs and bakers eager to learn vital recipes and enhance decoration skills.
  • 🏪 Bakery and pastry shop owners aiming to introduce unique personal desserts.
  • 🍽️ Professional pastry chefs wanting to add sophisticated plated desserts to their restaurant menus.

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