My Culinary Classes

After a lot of googling I finally managed to find culinary classes that are conducted over the weekend. This one is at the Draeger’s Cooking School in San Mateo. Downtown. They had a very well equipped kitchen. This was a class for “Chocolate Holiday Desserts” which covered a lot of chocolate recipes.

Chef. Dede Wilson was our chef for the day. She is a cookbook author, contributing editor to the Bon Appetit magazine and she gives numerous TV shows. Her book “Unforgettable Desserts” is fully loaded with mouthwatering dessert recipes. Her book is quite different from other cook books I have read, she gives a lot of details and explains it at every step. This is very needed when it comes to baking. 

We started of the class with lite snacks, were we were server Salad and Silky smooth Tomato and Orange Soup it was yummm. I really loved the soup. It was made by Chef Bill Hutton, who is also the Execute Chef at the Draeger's Cooking school. We made Florentine Bars with Candied Oranges and cherries, Blackout Cake, Spiced Pears and White Chocolate Tiramisu Trufle and Pomegranate Panna Cotta with Pomegranate Chocolate Sause. 

 In the pic: Pomegranate Panna Cotta in Chocolate Cups with Pomegranate Chocolate Sause and Florentine Bars with Candied Oranges and cherries

In the pic: Spiced Pears and White Chocolate Tiramisu Trufle

 At the end of our class we also had chocolate tasting of  Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolates.

I will soon be trying various recipes from this book and will definitely share my recipes with my experience here.