Instructor: Carolina Abiassaf
Date: Starting Wednesday, Jan 6 (For 6 consecutive Wednesdays) – Ending Wednesday, Feb
Time: 6:30 PM till 10:30 PM
Price: LBP 1’925’000 for the 6 sessions instead of LBP 2’275’000, if you register before Wednesday, Dec 30 and pay 640’000 LBP/month over 3 months
WHY THIS CLASS
Cooking without mastering the cooking basic fundamentals is like trying to run without knowing how to tie your shoes. Therefore, we have prepared for you a package of 6 classes where you will learn all the basics of cooking: Knife skills, stocks and mother sauces, food preservation, introduction to fish, to meat, to poultry, and everything in between!
During each class, you will learn new techniques and apply them in different recipes. Each class will be followed by a dinner with drinks.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Class 1: Cooking Vegetables
You will learn: Blanch, sautée, boil and grill
Knife skills: Peeling, chopping, brunoise, dicing, julienne, batonnet, paysanne, shredding (chiffonade), mincing
What you will be cooking: Vegetable stock, gnocchi from scratch
Class 2: Mother Sauces
You will learn: Velouté sauce, tomato sauce, hollandaise sauce, béchamel sauce, Espagnole sauce
What you will be cooking: Poached eggs with hollandaise sauce
Class 3: Risotto & Pasta
You will learn: Pasta dough from scratch, ravioli from scratch, risotto
What you will be cooking: Meat ravioli, mushroom risotto
Class 4: Introduction to Poultry with @tanmia_lebanon
You will learn: Food safety basics, how to choose, break down and cook a chicken
What you will be cooking: Chicken stock, chicken stir fry with carrots and broccoli
Class 5: Introduction to Meat
You will learn: Choose your piece of meat, butchery techniques (cleaning and cutting), grilling
What you will be cooking: Brown veal stock, beef tenderloin medallions in wine sauce
Class 6: Introduction to Fish & Shellfish
You will learn: How to choose, clean, handle and cook your fish and shellfish
What you will be cooking: Fish fumet, traditional Spanish paella
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CREATING A SAFE AND HEALTHY SPACE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY
We want you to feel as good about cooking with us as we do about hosting you back!
For the comfort and safety of everyone in our Lab, we are following the health and safety measures communicated by the Ministry of Public Health for all our in-house classes and shopping.
Practicing social distancing and maintaining enhanced cleaning protocols, including regularly disinfecting cooking stations, high-touch surfaces, utensils, and ingredients.