EXPLORE!
Cook out of your cooking comfort zone and Explore different types of cooking, ingredients or ethnicity! These classes are ore Demo-style, with great discussion on where to buy ingredients, substitions for ingredients you can’t find, cooking skills with front and center view, and some assistance from the class. Enjoy the generous tastings of what is explored, for a full meal by the time the class is over!
Empanadas! - Thursday, Sep 19th, 6:00 to 8:00
We all love them and Chef Rachel will teach us out to make them at home! Empanadas make a great snack, appetizer or casual family meal. They can even be made ahead to take for a picnic. It’s also a fun thing to do for an adult cooking party or with your kids for a family activity. Chef Rachel will show you how to work with the dough, make several delicious fillings and fry to perfection with just a pan on the stove. She will start the evening off with her savory fried plaintains, a perfect appetizer for any evening. You will also enjoy a zesty Fiesta Salad and her husband will prepare a delicious pina colada mocktail with the freshest ingredients for a perfect fun way to entertain!
Papas Rellenas, Jibarito Sliders! - Thursday, Oct 17th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
In this class, Chef Rachel will introduce you to anoather Puerto Rican staple, Papas Rellanas. The combination of the fluffy, light mashed potatoes, with the spicy, savory Puerto Rican-style picadillo filling, and the perfectly crunchy deep fried exterior is a treat you have to experience. The class will shape their own stuffed potatoes as well as try their hand at frying them. Then, Chef Rachel will show you how to fry green plaintains and assemble them to make a popular steak sandwich called Jibarito Plaintain and Steak Sandwich. The class will enjoy slider size of these, their papas rellanas, a fiesta salad and of course, her husband’s delicious pina colada mocktail!
Holiday Appetizers! - Thursday, Nov 7th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
In this class, Chef Rachel will show you how to make two delicious and fancy appetiaers, Puerto Rican style! First, Crab emapnadas will be the star with a baked version of her popular empanada class, but with delicious lumb crabmeat. Then she will show you how to make Pionono de Carne which are like a fancy, mini lasagne roll-up, but with the delicious savory plaintains instead of pasta! Chef Rachel LOVES to introduce her classes to fried green plaintains which are a perfect vehicle for serving other delicious ingredients AND have a gluten free dish! Her students will enjoy a generous portion of these two appetizers, a Fiesta salad and a decadent flan for dessert! (and don’t forget her husband’s delicous pina colada mocktail to make the evening even more fun - especially if you bring your own rum!)
Private Class Opportunity - Thursday , Sep 26th and Thursday, Nov 14th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
You can choose from any of the classes listed above, bring 8 people, and enjoy your own family or friends for a great cooking and eating class!