OKTOBERFEST ARTISAN BEER WORKSHOP

OCTOBER COOKING CLASSES
OKTOBERFEST ARTISAN BEER WORKSHOP
Cooking with Michigan Artisan Craft Beers
Saturday, October 5th
10 AM – 3:30 PM
Techniques & Skills:
~ grinding our own sausage meat ~ stuffing sausage casings
~ using a stone pestle & mortar for grinding spices
Recipes include:
HAND-MADE BEER BRATWURST SAUSAGES
– we’ll grind the meat, add our own brat spice mixture, a generous splash of
artisan craft beer then fill the casing with a sausage stuffer
~ Bratwurst Spice Mixture
HOMEMADE BEER MUSTARD
– we’ll use a stone pestle & mortar to grind mustard seeds in making our beer mustard
ARCADIA ALES IPA BEER BATTER FRENCH FRIES
– the lightest, crispiest and most delicious batter coated french fries ever!
CHEDDAR-BEER BREAD
– fresh baked beer bread with cheddar cheese, served with fire roasted jalapeno butter
~ Fire Roasted Jalapeno Butter
PUMPKIN ALE ICE CREAM
– homemade pumpkin ale ice cream with warm dark chocolate fudge sauce
~ Warm Dark Chocolate Fudge Sauce
$95 per person
BACON, BEEF & BOOZE
Thursday, October 10th
6 PM
Recipes include: Braised Beef Tenderloin Steak with Rich Beef-Red Wine Gravy;
Loaded Mashed Potatoes – creamy mashed potatoes topped with sour cream, bacon
crumbles, green onions and cheddar cheese; Hand-Cut Cheddar & Garlic Biscuits –
flaky buttermilk-cheddar biscuits brushed with warm garlic oil glaze; Jack Daniels’s
Chocolate Chip Ice Cream – Jack Daniel’s spiked ice cream with mini chocolate chips
$75 per person
RUSTIC ITALIAN
Friday, October 11th
6 PM
Recipes include: Italian Fire Roasted Tomato-Basil Risotto and Meatballs – fire roasted
tomatoes, fresh basil and mozzarella cheese risotto topped with hand-rolled Italian
meatballs; Italian Meatballs – hand-rolled meatballs of ground beef & pork, parmesan
cheese, garlic and fresh herbs; Italian Autumn Salad Rustica – crisp radicchio lettuce,
shaved honey crisp apples, dried Michigan cherries, pancetta Italian-style bacon and
balsamic vinaigrette; Tiramisu Ice Cream Ripple – vanilla-rum mascarpone ice cream
with mocha hot fudge ripple.
$75 per person
KIDS KITCHEN – Deep Dish Pizza
Saturday, October 12th
10 AM – 1 PM
Calling all Junior Chefs – kids ages 8-16!
Le Chat Gourmet’s ‘hands-on’ cooking classes introduce students to a variety
of cuisine, harvesting fresh herbs & vegetables from our gardens, kitchen safety,
beginning knife skills, reading recipes, measuring dry & liquid ingredients
to plate presentation while building kitchen confidence in a fun environment.
Recipes include: Hand-Rolled Deep Dish Pizza Dough; Homemade Deep Dish Pizza
Sauce; Make Your Own Deep Dish Pizza – hand-rolled pizza dough topped with your
choice of toppings, sliced pepperoni, thin-cut ham, shredded mozzarella cheese, green
peppers, red onions or cherry tomatoes; Chocolate Chip-Fudge Ripple Gelato Ice
Cream – homemade gelato ice cream with chocolate chips and swirls of fudge sauce.
$50 per person
CHEF’S ITALIAN TABLE
Saturday, October 12th
6 PM
“These recipes were inspired from a
fantastic dinner I had in Tuscany, Italy
hosted by my good friend and winemaker
Stefania…the soup alone is one of my top
five favorite recipes!” – Chef Vincent
Recipes include: Char Grilled Whole Pork
Tenderloin – served cut into medallions;
Oven Roasted Italian Cheese Soufflé –
Italian cheese stuffed mild pepper halves,
served with diced tomato confit and smoked olive oil drizzle; Heirloom Yellow Tomato
Gazpacho Soup with Smoked Country Ham-Chive Quenelle and Fresh Basil Pesto
Bruschetta Toast; Italian Autumn Brown Butter-Peach Crostada Tart served with
Amaretto Spiked Whipped Cream.
$75 per person
KNIFE SKILL TECHNIQUES
Basic knife skills are an important component of any culinarians repertoire
– whether you plan to earn a living in the kitchen or simply cook for your
family and friends. Learning to handle a knife correctly will be safer, speed
up your prep time and result in uniformly cut food products that will cook more
evenly. The mastery of classic knife skills and methodology will also vastly
improve the look of your food, garnishes and plate presentations.
Wednesday, October 16th
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Knife skills & techniques:
~ Learn to hold and cut correctly ~ Knife Safety
~ How to purchase a quality knife ~ Learn to hone and sharpen a knife
Learn the following knife cutting techniques…
~ Julienne
~ Paysanne
~ Bruinoise ~ Batonnet
~ Mince
~ Chiffonade
~ Lozenge
~ Bias ~ Fans
~ Rondelle
~ Dicing an onion ~ Apple Swan
your knife skill techniques to create two salsas…
Tropical Mango-Pineapple Salsa and Mexican Salsa Fresca served with tortilla chips
~ Use
$65 per person
In addition, save 10% on ALL your retail purchases over $150 including
Wusthof knives the day of class only! This is a great opportunity to update your
old knives or add a specialty knife or two to your collection.
JAMAICAN ME CRAZY – Pork Loin Roll with Jerk Sauce
Thursday, October 17th
6 PM
Recipes include: Jerk Smoked Pork Tenderloin – mesquite wood smoked pork
tenderloin roll filled with Jamaica jerk seasoning; Homemade Jerk Seasoning – garlic,
fresh herbs, peppers and Caribbean spices; Cilantro-Lime Long Grain Rice with Black
Beans; Caribbean Caesar Salad with Sourdough Croutons, Shaved Parmesan and
Homemade Fresh Key Lime Dressing; Pumpkin Spice Churro Doughnuts – warm
pumpkin churro doughnuts, tossed in cinnamon spice sugar, served with caramel-rum
dipping sauce.
$75 per person
CHICKEN WELLINGTON
Friday, October 18th
6 PM
Recipes include: Chicken & Brie Wellington – chicken breast wellington stuffed with
smoked ham and brie cheese, then wrapped in a flaky pastry crust and served with a
creamy Dijon-honey sauce; Parisian Mashed Potatoes – extra creamy and buttery
yukon gold mashed potatoes; Gourmet Autumn Harvest Salad – shaved honey crisp
apples, toasted walnuts, bibb lettuce, shredded red cabbage, dried cranberries and
homemade green apple-champagne vinaigrette; Hennessy Cognac Crème Brule with
Caramelized Brown Sugar Crust and Fresh Raspberries.
$75 per person
HALLOWEEN BAKING WORKSHOP
– Cake Pops & Push Up Cakes –
The haunting season is upon us, time to scare up some unforgettable
Halloween treats – join Chef Vincent in celebrating her favorite holiday
full of culinary thrills & tasty goodies sure to leave you screaming with delight!
Saturday, October 19th
10 AM – 3:30 PM
Techniques & Skulls Skills:
~ melting & working with chocolate ~ working with gel food coloring
~ using a pastry bag and decorating tips
Recipes include:
ZOMBIE CAKE PUSH UPS
– chocolate cake layered with green & purple tinted buttercream frosting,
graveyard soil cookie crunch & hand molded fondant zombie hands
PUMPKIN PATCH PUSH UP CAKES
- moist pumpkin cake, cream cheese frosting cake push ups,
topped with a with pumpkin cake pop
PUMPKIN CAKE POPS
– pumpkin cake balls dipped in orange tinted white chocolate,
decorated using a pastry bag & tips
SMORES CAMPFIRE POPS
– campfire toasted ‘homemade marshmallow’ pops (use mini sticks!)
covered in melted Hershey’s chocolate and graham cracker crumble
~ Homemade Vanilla Marshmallows
$95 per person
ITALIAN AUTUMN
Friday, October 25th
6 PM
Recipes include: Porcini Rubbed Char Grilled Filet Mignon Steak; Caramelized Cippolini
Onion Sauce; Wood Smoked Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes; Italian Autumn Salad –
fresh mozzarella cheese, thin-cut prosciutto ham, wood smoked slabs of vine ripened
tomatoes, char grilled ciabatta bread crostini, fresh basil- extra virgin olive oil dressing;
Mocha Crème Brule with Caramelized Brown Sugar Crust and Godiva Chocolate
Whipped Cream Rosette with Cocoa Nibs.
$75 per person
New! BREAD BAKING WORKSHOP
DINNER ROLLS, FRESH BAKED BREAD & SWEET ROLLS
Saturday, October 26th
10 AM – 3:30 PM
Skills & Techniques:
~ working with yeast
~ kneading by hand & on a mixer
~ discuss types of flour, water & dough temperatures
~ proofing ~ windowpane test ~ punching down ~ shaping
Recipes include:
TWISTED CINNAMON BREAD
– sweet roll bread filled with cinnamon sugar
~ Homemade Sweet Bread Dough
~ Cinnamon Sugar Mixture
ORANGE-MACADAMIA NUT SWEET ROLLS
with BUTTERED RUM ICING
~ Homemade Sweet Roll Dough
~ Orange-Macadamia Nut Schmeer ~ Buttered Rum Icing
CLOVERLEAF DINNER ROLLS
– homemade bread dough, hand-shaped into cloverleaf dinner rolls
HONEY WHITE BREAD
– classic white bread sweetend with a kiss of Michigan honey
HOMEMADE FRESH CHURNED BUTTER
$95 per person