Cooking Class

One of the most unique wedding presents that we got was a gift certificate for a couples cooking class. I have been looking forward to doing this for so long and we finally used the gift certificate last night and it was such a fun date night. We decided to go to the cooking studio instead of having the lesson at our house because our kitchen gets so hot! Our chef, Alicia, took us through and helped us prepare 4 courses of delectable food! Alicia was so sweet and made the whole night so fun. She is from Australia and has worked as head chef at some of the best restaurants there, she shared so many funny stories of her career in the kitchen. We started with cheese curls and salad. These were so simple to make, filo pastry with grated parm and pecorino cheese in between layers and then twisted and dipped in the cheeses again and baked.

That was followed by pumpkin stuffed ravioli with butter and sage sauce - my FAVORITE! This is me making the pasta! Takes awhile but I have never made pasta and loved learning the techniques from Alicia.

The main course was herb crusted pork escalope with charred peppers and rocket. Justin pounded the pork and then it was dipped in cheese, herbs and egg white and then pan fried.

And last but not least, Justin's favorite, creme brulee. Here is Justin torching the sugar on top and the final product.

Everything was surprisingly easy to make, some things were more time consuming but oh SO tasty. I am seriously still full 12 hours later. Can't wait for our next dinner party to try these recipes out again.