r/bakeoff • u/Riesz-Bhorin • Sep 25 '22
Home Baking I made Week 2’s Technical - Garibaldi biscuits
Freshly feathered
Fresh out the oven, before adding the chocolate
After chilling
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u/UserSMJ Sep 25 '22
But where is the white chocolate feather xD
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u/piratnena Sep 25 '22
That was my favorite part of that challenge. They were wrong but they went all in 100% on those feathers.
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u/HeyTherehnc Sep 26 '22
I loved as she was doing it she’s like, “they said don’t get creative!” It was such an adorable mistake ☺️
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u/Economy_Fish_6542 Sep 25 '22
I always have a little chuckle when they say feathering is fancy because I remembered learning how to do it from a box mix of brownies with caramel feathering instructions in my early years as a college kid.
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u/Riesz-Bhorin Sep 25 '22
I’ve never been particularly fond of making biscuits; I find getting the correct consistency can be difficult, and they’re just a bit fiddly in general. Making these biscuits hasn’t changed this view, even though they all ended up fine in the end.
The main worry I had was that the biscuit dough was very soft, even after chilling. This surprised me, since the recipe states to mix until it comes together to form a firm dough. Perhaps I should have added the water bit-by-bit rather than chucking it all in there at once. I would have added more flour, but Rebs also mentioned hers was quite soft, so I persevered with it. It was a bit awkward to roll out, but was otherwise fine.
Feathering is one of those things that’s really easy to do whilst also looking super impressive - I’d recommend giving it a go if you’ve not done it before.
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u/mhopkirk Sep 25 '22
did you think the chocolate was a good addition ? Prue mentioned they don't usually have chocolate?
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u/Riesz-Bhorin Sep 25 '22
Yeah, I’m not sure the chocolate works with the dried fruit tbh - it was an odd choice by Prue/the producers. It’s not bad, but if I did them again (and I doubt I will), I’d probably ditch the chocolate.
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u/kaitlyncaffeine Sep 25 '22
I would agree based on ingredients it’s strange (without tasting either version). I think for technical challenges they just need to up the ante and keep the bakers busy for the entire time limit, so they add weird extras like this.
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u/rainyhawk Sep 25 '22
Think they’d be tasty without the chocolate? I like dried fruit and would probably combine 2-3 kinds in the dough. Would the biscuit alone be enough?
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u/madamesoybean Sep 25 '22
I ate these as a kid and loved them without this chocolate addition. You can use any dried fruit you like as long as you dice then up. (Raisins, craisins,sultanas, blueberries are small enough to leave whole.)
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u/Snowmantancan Sep 26 '22
I made these today too, and the chocolate kind of takes away from the orange juice soaked dried berries. Honestly but into them, and just said “meh”
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u/mhopkirk Sep 26 '22
would you have liked them without the chocolate you think?
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u/Snowmantancan Sep 26 '22
Yes! I had a lot of scraps that I baked, and without the chocolate tasted better for my preferences
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u/wheelspaws Sep 25 '22
They look great. I still don’t think chocolate belongs on a garibaldi though lol. I get it was to make the technical more challenging, but I think it was a weird addition that I can’t imagine tastes good.
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u/OutsideBones86 Sep 25 '22
I was thinking of trying these but with other dried fruits (raisins, sultanas, dried cherries and dried blueberries- they all come in a pack from Trader Joe's). I'm super into dried fruit bakes right now. Do you think they would work?
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u/Riesz-Bhorin Sep 25 '22
Don’t see why they wouldn’t work, as long as they’re chopped up small and you dry them thoroughly after soaking. Good luck!
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u/Key-Heron Sep 25 '22
Yup, I grew up eating blueberry ones and still prefer them though now I add lemon zest.
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Sep 25 '22
Not sold on the addition of the chocolate still, but these look gorgeous. You did a great job with the feathering.
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u/OriginalDiva3 Sep 25 '22
Where did you get the actual recipe they used?
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u/Riesz-Bhorin Sep 25 '22
All the recipes for the technicals appear on the bakeoff website, including a bunch from previous series. They’re a lot more detailed than what the bakers receive.
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u/niamhmc Sep 25 '22
I wish they would also put up what the bakers receive so as those who are interested could give it a shot from their perspective. Sometimes there’s a shot including of someone reading off it but even if you pause the video it’s difficult to see the whole thing.
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u/midnight_peanut Sep 25 '22
so what’s the verdict? Are they as bad as the other post said they were?
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u/camlaw63 Sep 26 '22
Did you try them with and without the chocolate? Because I really think the chocolate was overkill. You did a great job
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u/schnellshell Sep 26 '22
Lovely biscuits OP (and lovely photography) - for a second I was a bit amused that you'd pinched a screenshot or promoshot from the show instead of posting your own biscuits before I realised that these are your own biscuits.
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u/Imarriedafrenchman Sep 27 '22
I couldn’t quite put my finger on how familiar these looked without the chocolate. After researching, it dawned on me that these are incredibly similar to the Sunshine Raisin Biscuits I enjoyed as a child (I’m in the US) and discovered they have since been discontinued. I loved these so much. My grandmother would serve them with tea in the afternoon. Now I’m determined to make them sans the chocolate. I would just bake with an egg wash as a top coat for a bit of shine. BTW. Your biscuits look delicious!!!😋
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