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 Hands on cooking classes in Claremont

Spring classes -2008

Conducted at the Claremont Show Grounds/  Western Potatoes' venue

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Every Class, unless specified, is hands on and small in numbers for maximum benefit


SPRING CLASSES 2008


 

  Cooking From Scratch

3 week session

 

Begins on the Monday the 15th of

September book now!!

The perfect class for beginners, hands on

using the best of local ingredients

Please email ann@cookingwithmeyer and

register your interest for the September

session

$65.00 per class all inclusive

Monday nights from 6pm to 8pm

Claremont

In this class we cover the best knives to buy

How to use them and sharpen them

Pots and Pans, the best buys

Simple cooking methods

Fresh and Healthy recipes for mid week

Where to shop for the best buys


 

COOKING WITH CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE

Take a class that stretches the imagination

We at cooking with meyer have superb

recipes to pass on to you using

two of our favourite products

Real coffee and real chocolate

 

 Tuesday....09.09.08......6.30pm to 8.30pm      $55.00

 

Smoked Quail with Rose Petal and Chocolate

sauce

Roast free range Pork with goat's cheese and

sage stuffing and coffee jus

Mocha Mousse with Pistachio foam


Asian Delights

Tuesday....16.09.08.......6.30pm to 8.30pm     $65.00

Take a class that looks at the style of cooking that

offers a feast of flavours

A collection of recipes for you to cook up

Take a pew at the end of the class and enjoy your

efforts

North Vietnamese fish brochettes with lime

Spring Onion Pancakes with Sesame dipping sauce

Crab and Coriander spring rolls

Ponzu (Citrus dipping sauce)

Tamarind beef with peanuts

Blood orange and pomegranate fruit salad

Bring a chopping board and a sharp knife


COOKING FOR A LONG LIFE

Tuesday......   23.09.08.....  6.30pm to 8.30pm.... $65.00

Confused by what food is really good for you?

Join the club!!

Come along and try your hand at a range of dishes

that will help you to stay looking great at any age;

give you the vitamins you need without opening a

bottle.

 

Amaranth with spring vegetables served with a

black truffle and  red wine sauce

Sardines baked in citrus oils, olives and rosemary

Salt water Barrumundi with fennel and blood

oranges

Fresh Ginger and Beef salad with roasted nuts

Blueberry pudding with raw honey custard

 

Each of these dishes carries your body's daily fuel

requirements


COOKING FROM THE SICILIAN KITCHEN

Tuesday  07.10.08  6.30pm to 8.30pm  $65.00

Michele Di'Bartolo has just released her beautiful

book called

'The Sicilian Kitchen'

Come and join us for a Sicilian session using

local organic produce to re create a few of the dishes

from her book.....

Pasta al Forno

Chickpea soup

Sicilian Sausage

Ricotta cheesecake


COOKING WITH VEGETABLES

Tuesday  14.09.08  6.30pm to 8.30pm  $65.00

 

This hands on class reflects a contemporary approach to

vegetarian cooking. The class looks at applying

professional chef techniques to

the preparation of vegetable only recipes.

You will improve your knowledge of how to choose and

use vegetables which are healthy, tasty and beautifully

served. We use fresh seasonal  organic, where possible,

produce.We also include grains, pulses, nuts and fruits to

create delicious simple meals letting the food speak for

itself.

 

Crisp cabbage salad with macadamia nuts

Potato and fresh tumeric pancakes served with fresh

spicy greens

Moussaka with Cauliflower Skordalia and Pink

grapefruit vinaigrette

Vegetable tapas style....Pickled Fennel,

spiced capsicum dip

Shaved zucchini with parmigiano,

Margaret River Feta Souffle

Beetroot Tzatziki


CANAPES

Tuesday 21.10.08  6.30pm to 8.30pm   $65.00

With Christmas on the horizon this class is just

what you

need to spark the old grey cells with new ideas for

entertaining.

Simple sophisticated bite size morsels

The class will look at a number of different canapes

a few samples are listed below

Saffron and Pistachio Cannoli

Tuna Carpaccio with lemon foam

Pork Pies

Grape and Olive filo pastry fingers

Local black mussels stuffed with chilli crumble


GREEK FOOD IS BACK

Tuesday 28.10.08  6.30pm to 8.30pm   $75.00 per head

'Food is family, family is life, life is everything'.

George Calombaris

Thanks to George Calombaris from The Press Club in

Melbourne stylish greek food is here with a vengenance.

This class takes The Press Club cook book and chooses a

few dishes

 to impress your family and friends at your next dinner

party

Oysters Kataifi, Onion Stifado, Greek Salad Smoothie

Scallop Loukoumades

Roasted Pork Cutlet, local feta crumble, Greek coffee

jus

Tomato Stifado stuffed with fruit and nuts served

with cinnamon icecream

this is a hands on class so bring your chopping board, sharp

knife


Seafood with Lou Rummer

Tuesday  04.11.08  6pm tp 8pm   $55.00

This time at Big Fish Direct, Canning Highway, East Freo

It is still surprising how little we understand about

Seafood and where it comes from!

What to look out for when buying and how to

prepare it!

Come along to this special class to be held at Big

Fish Direct

Here we learn first hand what there is to know

about our fish in WA

This is a demonstration class with nibbles and wine


Meat Techiques with Joe Princi

Tuesday 11.11.08  6.30pm to 8.30pm  $65.00

Do you know how to bone Quail and Rabbit?

Cook Goat and Argentine Beef?

Come along and meet Joe Princi from Princi

Butchers.

Joe's family are all involved in the food industry. He

chooses and buys his beef from his Uncle's farm in

Harvey twice a week.

His wife owns Romano's deli which supplies him

with the best olive oil and seasonings.

His beef is mostly grass fed and he prefers to deal

only with the locals when it comes to the rest of his

meat and poultry.

Remember this is hands on so bring a very sharp knife and

 chopping board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   
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