Taste of Italy – Pasta Night – Classic Rolled Dough Dive into the world of handmade pasta and be transported to Italy in this hands-on pasta making class. Chef Jennifer Berry will teach you the Italian method of mixing dough by hand which you will turn into two different pasta shapes. A Neapolitan classic, Linguine and Clams and then the technique for laminating fresh herbs between sheets of pasta, hand cutting into ribbons and serving with a freshly made ricotta and brown butter herb sauce.Your Menu for the evening includes: Radicchio, Braeburn Apple & Blue Cheese Salad Linguine and Clams Pappardelle with Fresh Ricotta and Brown Butter Herb Sauce Served with wine, Salute!About Jennifer: Jennifer is a culinary arts instructor, private chef and recipe developer, she is a graduate of The Seattle Culinary Academy where she is also a part time instructor. Jennifer has over a decade of restaurant experience working under Jonathan Sundstrom at Lark Seattle. Jennifer spent her early life in the kitchen with her grandmother making homemade pasta, foraging for blackberries and using up every leftover available. Her food is heavily influenced by her Italian family and the seasonal bounty of the Pacific Northwest. Jennifer recently started a food blog to document her family’s traditions and the foods she has created for them, you can follow her @chefjenskitchen.
Neapolitan Pizza and Wine Pairing Authentic flavors from Naples Italy are possible at home using these approaches taught by Chef and Sommelier Bonnie Rae. In this hands-on class, Chef Bonnie will take you step-by-step through the process of dough making for maximum flavor development, learning the surprising impact that proper hand “stretching” has on the final product. Classic Neapolitan flavors depend on the perfect sauce, which Chef Bonnie will share her recipes along with topping selections and combinations. However, learning the process of baking the pizza to get the proper crust in your home oven along with techniques of grilled pizza base will demystify pizza making at home with these amazingly flavorful and beautifully blistered pizzas. Oh, of course Chef Bonnie will put on her Sommelier hat and share two Italian wines that pair well with your freshly hand-made pizzas of: White Sauce with Prosciutto, Lemon, Arugula and Olive Oil Basil, Garlic Infused Tomato Sauce with Braised Fennel, Italian Sausage, Guanciale and Provolone Heavy Cream with Mixed Wild Mushrooms, Fontina and Taleggio Cheese Basil, Garlic Infused Tomato Sauce with Pepperoni, Coppa, Mama Lil’s, Basil and Parmesan Wines: Cantele Chardonnay Salento Poliziano Rosso Di Montepulciano
The Art of Gnocchi Making gnocchi is a labor of love, and after making it from scratch, you’ll appreciate those little pillows of potato heaven even more. The perfect gnocchi are the result of carefully selected ingredients, well-crafted dough and the art of rolling them with love one-by-one. In this hands-on class, Naples-born Iole Aguero Limonciello will teach you how to prepare the perfect potato gnocchi and 3 different techniques for rolling the perfect gnocchi (the way her grandmother did it, the way her mother taught her and the new paddle way). Then, we’ll make 3 separate sauces to top your gnocchi with all the variations leaving your taste buds tantalized! Fresh, Sugar Plum Tomato and Basil Brown Butter Sage Creamy Gorgonzola Served with a fresh, Butter Lettuce Salad dressed with a simple, lemon chive vinaigrette.
The Cannoli Workshop Have you ever wondered how a cannoli is made? In this hands-on class, Chef Jen Tarantino Reyes will share her Nana’s 150 year old recipe and teach you how to make this Italian classic dessert – just like Nana! You won’t believe how easy it is to create these amazing pastry shells on your own, then pipe just the right amount of the traditional ricotta, add chopped chocolate, and then garnish the ends with chopped pistachios. They are perfect with a cup of joe any day or for your holiday spread. You will also make traditional, Italian Bow Tie Cookies well known as Angel Wings, which may bring back fond memories of holidays past. Many cultures have a version of these crunchy, sweet, fried cookies dusted with powered sugar or drizzled with warm honey. Chef Jen will teach you tips and techniques to create Italian Cannoli Shells, Classic Cannoli Filling and Italian Bow Tie Cookies.
Neapolitan Pizza and Wine Pairing Authentic flavors from Naples Italy are possible at home using these approaches taught by Chef and Sommelier Bonnie Rae. In this hands-on class, Chef Bonnie will take you step-by-step through the process of dough making for maximum flavor development, learning the surprising impact that proper hand “stretching” has on the final product. Classic Neapolitan flavors depend on the perfect sauce, which Chef Bonnie will share her recipes along with topping selections and combinations. However, learning the process of baking the pizza to get the proper crust in your home oven along with techniques of grilled pizza base will demystify pizza making at home with these amazingly flavorful and beautifully blistered pizzas. Oh, of course Chef Bonnie will put on her Sommelier hat and share two Italian wines that pair well with your freshly hand-made pizzas of: White Sauce with Prosciutto, Lemon, Arugula and Olive Oil Basil, Garlic Infused Tomato Sauce with Braised Fennel, Italian Sausage, Guanciale and Provolone Heavy Cream with Mixed Wild Mushrooms, Fontina and Taleggio Cheese Basil, Garlic Infused Tomato Sauce with Pepperoni, Coppa, Mama Lil’s, Basil and Parmesan Wines: Cantele Chardonnay Salento Poliziano Rosso Di Montepulciano