Tomorrow afternoon I have to give an interactive cooking lesson. They wanted Italian cuisine, simple menu, simple ingredients, simple prep, but the curve ball was to learn a lot of useful techniques to carry through to everyday cooking. Lots of techniques and simple dont quite go hand in hand. However, my menu is submitted, and Im shopped and ready to go! Menu is herbed ricotta bruschetta, mascarpone gnocchi with perfumed oil topped with seared filet, and cranberry pistachio biscotti. Techniques will include cheese making, (yes Im making my own ricotta cheese, pasta making, (dried pasta is gross, none here),perfect fool proof steak cooking every time (never a thermostat needed), knife cuts, double baking, and lastly, chocolate tempering, as were gonna dip the biscotti in white chocolate. Im so looking forward to tomorrow, its gonna be so much fun teaching just like the way I learned! Which is, In the kitchen, surround by many people, and many glasses of wine! In the meantime, I better roll up my sleeves and get things prepped and organized!
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:34:50 +0000
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