Technique & Fundamentals
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Cooking Techniques – Mastering Eggs – Omelletes, Souffles, and Crepes
Cooking Techniques – Mastering Eggs – Omelletes, Souffles, and Crepes
- Creamy European Style Scrambled Eggs - Poached Eggs - the modern way- Hard Cooked (Boiled) Eggs - French Omelettes - made in less than 1 minute- Frittata;(aka Tortilla Espanola) - only for the brave at heart!- Ham and Egg Quiche
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Cooking Fundamentals – Sauces
Cooking Fundamentals – Sauces
- Homemade Salad Dressings (basic vinaigrettes, Caesar, jalapeno ranch, and garlic honey mustard)- Classic Mother Sauces (veloute, mayo, hollandaise, bechamel, tomato, and Espagnole)- Small Sauces (take the mother sauces and blend them into delicious combinations for your meals. Adding one ingredient makes the sauce something completely different!)- Roux (learn the art of roux-making and thickening agents)- Relishes, Chutneys, Condiments (will be discussed and recipes will be provided)- Stock your pantry and know what equipment to buy for your kitchen(there will be chicken, beef, and pasta in the class so you can try your sauces with food to see how they pair);
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Colored Pastas and Sauces
Colored Pastas and Sauces
- 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)
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Baking 101
Baking 101
- Cookies (Chocolate Chip)- Quickbreads (Banana Bread)- Berry Muffins- Vanilla Cake Chocolate Frosting
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Baking & Pastry – Techniques – Cakes and American Buttercream
Baking & Pastry – Techniques – Cakes and American Buttercream
- Cookies (Chocolate Chip)- Quickbreads (Banana Bread)- Berry Muffins- Vanilla Cake Chocolate Frosting
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Cooking Fundamentals – Knife Skills 2 Chicken and Fish
Cooking Fundamentals – Knife Skills 2 Chicken and Fish
In this class you will learn to cut:- A Whole Chicken (learn to cut breast meat, drumsticks, 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);
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Cooking Fundamentals – The Art of Sausage Making
Cooking Fundamentals – The Art of Sausage Making
- Lamb Sausage- Deer Sausage- Pork-Style Sausages (such as andouille and chorizo)- Spice Blends- Learn How to Cure and Smoke Meats;
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Cooking Techniques – Beef
Cooking Techniques – Beef
- 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
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Cooking Techniques – Chicken & Duck
Cooking Techniques – Chicken & Duck
- Classic Buttermilk Fried Chicken - Roasted Chicken (with herbs and vegetables) - Braised Coq au Vin (browned in salt pork with pearl onions) - Crispy Skin Duck Breast (with honeyed haricots verts and hazelnut vinaigrette)
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Cooking Fundamentals – Stocks and Soups
Cooking Fundamentals – Stocks and Soups
- 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;(La Madeleine will be calling YOU for the recipe)- Lobster Bisque (from start to finish, how to make this classic soup)- Seasonal Minestrone Soup;(the best vegetable soup you will ever have, and it all comes down to technique)
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Cooking Fundamentals – Pizzas, Breads & Cinnamon Rolls
Cooking Fundamentals – Pizzas, Breads & Cinnamon Rolls
This class is taught only September - April- 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)
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Baking & Pastry – Techniques – Pies
Baking & Pastry – Techniques – Pies
This class is taught only September - April- 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)
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Cooking Techniques – Fish
Cooking Techniques – Fish
- Lamb Sausage- Deer Sausage- Pork-Style Sausages (such as andouille and chorizo)- Spice Blends- Learn How to Cure and Smoke Meats;
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Cooking Techniques – Lamb
Cooking Techniques – Lamb
- Lamb Chops;(herb-crusted);- Leg of Lamb;(Greek style, grilled, olive oil marinated)- Stewed Lamb (in brown curry sauce)- Turkish Lamb Kofta Kebabs (with yogurt garlic sauce)
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Cooking Fundamentals – Pizzas, Breads & Cinnamon Rolls
Cooking Fundamentals – Pizzas, Breads & Cinnamon Rolls
This class is taught only September - April- 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)
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French Macarons
French Macarons
- Basic Macaron Shells (and variations)- A Variety of Fillings (including chocolate ganache, and buttercreams!);- Chocolate Ganache(Learn how to pipe the macarons, the best conditions for baking, the do's and don'ts, tip and tricks, and creative ways to create hundreds of macarons at home!)