ACE Cooking Classes Japanese Cooing in Your American Kitchen and Soup and Stew for a Snowy Day Finish This week.

ACE Class Japanese Cooking in Your American Kitchen Concludes

 

The second and last session of this class meets tomorrow night, February 21.  This week we will be making four dishes, 3 of which are shown above.  We will start off with Pan Fried Asparagus with Soy and Sesame; followed by Hibachi Rice and Chicken Teriyaki.  The last dish, not pictured, will be a Vegetable Tempura.

 

 

ACE Class - Soup and Stew for a Snowy Day Concludes

 

 

Pictured above is a Ribollita, an Italian Vegetable Stew made by one of the student teams in last Saturday’s session.  In the second and final session this Saturday morning we will make a Creamy Artichoke Soup and a Ratatouille.  We will also be making a dessert item- Strawberry Soup.  It does not really fit the title or scope of the course, but it came up in conversation and the class was unanimous in wanting to make it.

 

 

Reminder – Instagam

 

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Upcoming Classes

 

Here is my schedule for the winter term.

 

March 9, 16 and 23 – Friday Evening – Cooking Basics 101 – Plum Center

 

To register for these classes, or any ACE cooking classes, please go to:

 

http://www.fcps.edu/is/ace/

 

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                          

 

 

Chocolate Yokan; ACE Classes Soup and Stew for a Snowy Day and Japanese Cooking in Your American Kitchen

Post Date: 15 February 2018

Chocolate Yokan – Japanese Sweet

 

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I made the Chocolate Yokan pictured above for my class on Wednesday evening.  I took a short cut from the traditional recipe, however.  I had made chocolate icing with Heavy Cream, Instant Espresso, and 1 pound of bittersweet chocolate.  After it hardened in the fridge, I rolled it out in small increments with a rolling pin, then cut out the heart shapes with a mold.

 

Just a quick cultural note – in Japan women give chocolate to men on Valentine’s Day.  Men then reciprocate by giving women chocolate on March 14^th.  There are several categories of gift chocolate according to NHK, the Japanese public broadcasting network (www3.nhk.or.jp):

 

Honmei Choco – given to husbands and boyfriends

 

Giri Choco – ‘obligation chocolate,” given to classmates and casual acquaintances, work colleagues.

 

Tomo Choco – given to female friends

 

Jibun Choco – probably the best – it means “self chocolate,” the kind you buy for yourself.

 

Japanese Cooking in Your American Kitchen

 

This first session of this session class met last Wednesday evenings February 7.  In this class we made a Baked Salmon with a Miso Glaze, a Japanese Beef Curry with Peas and Grape Tomatoes (pictured above), and Kushi-Yaki, mixed vegetables and tofu on a skewer (see below).  The second session meets next Wednesday evening, February 21.  We will be making Chicken Teriyaki, among other dishes.

ACE Class - Soup and Stew for a Snowy Day

 

This 2 session class begins this coming Saturday morning, February 17, at the Plum Center in Springfield.  We will be making 3 dishes in the first session.  The first is a Chili with an Italian twist, using Mild Italian Sausage combined with chopped beef (pictured above).  The second will be Ribollita, a type of Italian Vegetable Soup with day old bread as croutons.  We will finish off with a quick and easy Tomato and Clam Soup, no chopping involved, just put everything into the pot and heat it up, great for an improvised meal.

 

Reminder – Instagam

 

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Upcoming Classes

 

Here is my schedule for the rest of the winter term.

 

March 3, 9, and 23 – Friday Evening – Cooking Basics 101 – Plum Center

 

To register for these classes, or any ACE cooking classes, please go to:

 

http://www.fcps.edu/is/ace/

 

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                          

 

 

Upcoming ACE Classes

Post Date: 1 February 2018

ACE Class – Classic Italian Sauces Concludes

 

This 2 session class concluded last Saturday.  In this class we made a Pesto Sauce with Spinach, Amatriciana Sauce made with Pancetta, and Bolognese Sauce (student dishes pictured above).  I hope to offer this class again in the future with 6 different sauces.   

 

Next ACE Class - Japanese Cooking in Your American Kitchen

 

 

This 2 session class meets on Wednesday evenings February 7 and 14 at the Plum Center in Springfield.  This week I ran through the recipes I am planning for the first session next Wednesday.  Pictured above is Baked Salmon with a Red Miso Glaze.  I added a little more miso paste to the mixture to thicken the glaze.  Blow is a picture of a Beef Curry.  Instead of adding water to the pan I used Low Sodium Beef Broth and peas instead of grape tomatoes.  The third dish I did was a chicken Teriyaki with the sauce made right in the pan.

 

 

 

Future ACE Class - Soup and Stew for a Snowy Day

 

This class will met later in February, on Saturdays the 17^th and 24^th.  Last time I did the class we made a Sweet Chili.  This time I am playing with the idea of doing a chili with an Italian accent.  More to come on that in a later post.  We will also be making a Ribollita , a type of Italian vegetable soup (pictured above).

 

Reminder – Instagam

Follow me on Instagram at #senseichef.  I look forward to your comments on my posts, culinary and otherwise.

 

Upcoming Classes

Here is my schedule for the winter term.

 

February 7 and 14 – Wednesday Evening – Japanese Cooking in an American Kitchen – Plum Center

 

February 17 and 24 – Saturday Morning - Soup and Stew for a Snowy Day – Plum Center.

 

March 3, 9, and 23 – Friday Evening – Cooking Basics 101 – Plum Center

 

To register for these classes, or any ACE cooking classes, please go to:

 

http://www.fcps.edu/is/ace/

 

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