Now for a new twist on cooking lessons to start the Fall season: themed cooking lessons by ingredient and themed cooking lessons with one hour dedicated to tasting wine with my sommelier Sam.
NEW as of MARCH- Dandy Cooking Lessons!!
If you are or aren’t a dandy these lessons are for you! These classes start with a little trot to the market and then back in the kitchen the lesson is filled with trixster recipes, quick and delicious followed by lunch.
duration : 10.00-2pm
cost: individual 190 euros
150 per person per couple
themed cooking lessons:
These lessons are about ingredients i like to use in my lunches in all ways possible. The lesson is followed by a sit down lunch, a way of devouring the recipes that were taught and prepared. A dessert recipe is always included.
They take place on any day of the week and are limited to six people. The lessons are given in both French and English.
duration: 10.30-2.30pm
cost: individual 250 euros
160 euros per person per couple
rabbit: the new chicken and even better for you! We’ll de-bone it, stuff it and use every bit of it in three recipes that will set you off for a long rabbit adventure, Did you know that rabbit livers are divinely delicious? More later, come to the lesson!
example recipes: pain de mie tartelettes, onion confit, pecorino slivers and sautéed rabbit livers
stuffed deboned saddle of rabbit
rabbit à la moutarde
artichokes: it is the season and you won’t be having them just boiled and served with vinaigrette. There are many varieties and the recipes and combinations are endless.
example recipes: galette of artichokes and squid
artichoke ragout
sweet and sour
capers: i’ll share my 2010 harvest with you and convince you never to use the bottled capers you find in supermarkets and that have been sitting in vinegar for three hundred years!
example recipes: salsa verde
skate ravioli
involtini
forgottan vegetables: from the starter to the dessert all in vegetable heaven, ones that get ignored, forgottan or lost!
example recipes: jerusalem artichoke soup
dandelion roulade
chard sweet tart
cheese: recipes covering the cheese in season from unusual flavours and curious combinations, hopefully you won’t be too cheesed out!
example recipes: bleu d’auvergne soufflé, red pepper confit
camembert potato galettes, ratatouille
coeur à la crème, raspberry coulis
offal: and it isn’t one bit AWFUL! I always try and slip a little in my lunches and successfully manage to convince the unadventurous. Kidney, sweatbreads, and tripe to gizzards will be attended to.
example recipes: sweatbread fritters, celeriac cream
roasted veal kidneys, red wine sauce
poached veal tongue, potato and quail salad
cooking with miss lunch and sommelier sam:
My sommelier not only adores what he does, he is very chatty, especially on the subject of wine. For one hour just before you sit down for lunch, Sam will elaborate some of the dilemmas when pairing wine with the recipes you’ve just prepared with me. The wine tasting will prolong itself over lunch.
This combined cooking lesson and wine tasting take place on Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays. Although it may also be possible on other days as well.
duration: 9.30-2.30pm
cost: individual 350 euros
210 euros per person per couple
rabbit: often overcooked or too dry!
artichokes: cyanine in the choke makes it difficult to pair!
capers: too salty or sour, which wines would work with the capparis spinosa then?
forgottan vegetables: raw or cooked? How to pair wines that go well with these rare vegetables?
cheese: a special wine tasting to accompany the hot or cold meals
offal: Sam will find a merry match with these variety meats and their respectives sauces.