Just Desserts

Tonight Antoine tried cooking fondants au chocolat with creme anglaise. The creme came out great; the fondant was tasty (it's hard to make something out of melted chocolate and sugar not-tasty), but the texture wasn't quite right. This may have partially had to do with the fact that he hadn't bought the proper baking tins, so we made ersatz tins out of an empty beer can. In any case, I'd be lying if I didn't admit I got mild sadistic pleasure out of watching a Frenchman fail to cook perfect French pastries.