room temperature and try to enjoy them the day you make them Technically you can freeze a beignet, but the flavor and texture will never be the same as when they are freshly fried JACQUY’S TAKEAWAYS >> You can fill the beignets with different flavors of jam or pastry cream THE BEIGNET IS THE PASTRY that almost made me quit my apprenticeship Looking back, it would have been a huge mistake, but at the time I considered it I had begun my apprenticeship on September 1, 1976, when I was fifteen Overnight I’d made a brutal switch from being a happy and worryfree teenager to a pastry professional responsible for a daily production In January, a relatively slow month, the bakery closed for one week, and I went on vacation in the French Alps with the other pastry workers This was a far cry from a fancy Aspen trip; we were just a bunch of pastry cooks without any special gear who rented an old farmhouse and goofed around in the snow, trying to pretend to ski The casualties were numerous but the génépi, a traditional liqueur from the Savoie region, eased the pain I was in heaven after working so hard for the first time in my life Then it was time to go back to reality The bakery ... being a happy and worryfree teenager to a pastry professional responsible for a daily production In January, a relatively slow month, the bakery closed for one week, and I went on vacation in the French Alps with the other pastry workers...>> You can fill the beignets with different flavors of jam or pastry cream THE BEIGNET IS THE PASTRY that almost made me quit my apprenticeship Looking back, it would have been a huge mistake, but at the time I... trip; we were just a bunch of pastry cooks without any special gear who rented an old farmhouse and goofed around in the snow, trying to pretend to ski The casualties were numerous but the génépi, a traditional liqueur from