Quick Weeknight
Dinners
The
second session of this class will meet this coming Tuesday, December 13, at
6:30 PM at the Plum Center in Springfield. Pictured above are a couple of items we made
in the first class: a Spinach Salad with Golden Raisins, Walnuts, and Stilton
Cheese with a Maple Syrup and Mustard Vinaigrette; and a sautéed Orange Tarragon Chicken with blanched
Asparagus.
This
week we will make a quick dessert with Strawberries and Balsamic Vinegar so we
will have something sweet with which to finish off our meals. The salad will be an Italian one, Panzanella,
featuring tomatoes, basil, and crusty bread.
For our main courses we will make Hamburgers Dijon with a Lemon Aioli
and Pork Chops in an Apricot Sauce. We
will also roast mixed vegetables in parchment paper.
Cranberry Wine
This
past week my good friend John Treacy invited me over to make Cranberry Wine
with a recipe he found online. We made 5
gallons, but it will not be ready until next December. However, we did sample some
that was 2 years old, and I left with 2 bottles for the holidays. It is a light wine, perfect as a dessert
wine.
Kitchen
Arrangement
Trying
to find an essential ingredient or piece of equipment at a crucial stage of
your cooking can be aggravating, to say the least. Below is a link to a Bon Appetite web page that has some great tips for organizing your
kitchen.
Making Dashi
In
planning my Soups and Stews for the end of January, I am thinking of including
a Japanese Miso soup, so this weekend I made Dashi, the starting point for
Miso. It is a fish stock using Kelp and
Bonito Flakes, which I bought at H-Mart.
Tomorrow I will get the rest of the ingredients, Miso Paste, Tofu, and
Scallions.
Reminder – Instagam
Upcoming Classes
January
22, 29 – Sunday Afternoon – Soup and Stew for a Snowy Day – Plum Center
February
3, 10 – Friday Evening - Just Desserts – Plum Center
February
23 – Thursday Evening – Introduction to Middle Eastern Cooking – Plum Center
February
25 – Saturday Morning – Dinner in Normandy – Plum Center
March
4, 11, 18 – Saturday Morning – Cooking Basics 101 – Lake Braddock Secondary
School
March
10 – Friday Evening – Introduction to Middle Eastern Cooking – Plum Center
To
register for this class, or any ACE cooking classes, please go to:
While
there, be sure to check out the other culinary courses offered by ACE’s
excellent chef instructors.
Till
next time, keep cooking.
Contact Chef Kevin at: KJBrady@fcps.edu
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