This hands-on class will teach you:
- The secrets to silky, restaurant-quality risotto.
- Techniques for preparing grains like quinoa and farro to perfection.
- How to achieve that coveted crispy-on-the-outside, fluffy-on-the-inside texture for potatoes.
*Participants will likely be seated with other guests at a table of 4
Menu:
- Mussels (with blue cheese and white wine sauce)
- Pan-Seared Scallops (with sweet raisin compote and roasted cauliflower puree)
- Barbecued Shrimp (with smoked gouda grits)
- Oysters Rockefeller (on the half shell or barbecued, your choice)
- Boiled Lobster (for lobster bisque in stocks and soups class)
- Mussels (with blue cheese and white wine sauce)
- Pan-Seared Scallops (with sweet raisin compote and roasted cauliflower puree)
- Barbecued Shrimp (with smoked gouda grits)
- Oysters Rockefeller (on the half shell or barbecued, your choice)
- Boiled Lobster (for lobster bisque in stocks and soups class)
*Participants will likely be seated with other guests at a table of 4
Menu:
- Ratatouille
- Green Thai Curry with Roasted Tofu
- Fettuccine al Funghi
- Sauteed Fennel Cherry Tomatoes
*Participants will likely be seated with other guests at a table of 4
This menu includes:
- Traditional Pasta Fresca (fresh homemade pasta, rolled out and cut into spaghetti noodles)
- Pasta Rossa (red pasta, rolled out and cut into lasagna sheets for cannelloni)
- Pasta Verde (green pasta, rolled out and cut to shape for tortellini)
- Spaghetti al Pomodoro (spaghetti with tomato sauce)
- Cannelloni agli Spinaci (spinach cannelloni)
- Ravioli al Funghi (mushroom-stuffed ravioli)
- Mini Shrimp Po-Boys (on crusty French bread, served with a quick remoulade)
- Blackened Salmon
- Spicy Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya (a spicy cousin to the paella of Spain)
- Southern Style Pralines
In this class, you will learn to cut:
- A Whole Chicken (learn to cut breast meat, drumsticks, and thighs, keeping the much-sought-after "oyster", and saving the bones to make wonderful stock for your soups and sauces)
- A Whole Fish (learn how to cut the skin off cleanly and how to cut filets on a snapper or other round fish, saving the precious fish bones to make a flavorful soup and fish stock);
This menu includes:
- Cookies (Chocolate Chip)
- Quickbreads (Banana Bread)
- Berry Muffins
- Vanilla Cake & Chocolate Frosting
This is a private event
This menu includes:
- Beef Stock- Chicken Stock
- Seafood/Lobster Stock (all stocks are made both traditionally and the new, quick way with a pressure cooker)
- Chicken Enchilada Soup (always a crowd pleaser, good for any time of year!)
- Tomato Basil Soup
- Lamb Sausage
- Deer Sausage
- Pork-Style Sausages (such as andouille and chorizo)
- Spice Blends
- Learn How to Cure and Smoke Meats;
- Grilled Asparagus with Lemon and Anchovy Butter
- Strawberry Risotto
- Classic Neapolitan Margherita Pizza
- Caramel Gelato
The menu includes:
- Skirt Steak (poached in red wine, with sauteed haricot verts)
- Classic Beef Stew - Tangy Braised Short Ribs
- Grilled Beef Kebabs- Learn about the difference between Sauteed Grass-Fed Steaks vs. Traditional Corn Fed
