COURSES OFFERED BY THE BERTINET KITCHEN COOKERY SCHOOL

Today enriched doughs are our focus, that altogether silkier almost melting dough that works perfectly with savoury ingredients as well as the more traditionally expected sweet variety. Master a Babka (Russian plait), Challah, Gotchial, a plum tart, cinnamon knots and a baked brie.

We know how much some of you love to get your children into the kitchen, learning to cook from scratch is a vital life skill. There is no better environment than our school to encourage kids to  discover more about food preparation and teach you and your children new skills

You will start by making a perfect mushroom risotto and follow this with a classic autumnal minestrone with pumpkin.  Primi will be an Involtini (beef olives) in a tomato sauce with garlic and olive oil potato puree (vegetarian options available).

The menu will include Romanian covrigi (or little breads) and Ciorb? de salat? (lettuce broth) topped with omelette and made with a traditional bors, a sour soup and a national dish.  Also included is Ostropel de Oltenia (chicken in garlic tomato sauce with polenta dumplings)  Dovlecci pané (c...

Join Richard Bertinet for his classic hands on 5 day baking class. Begin the week with An Introduction to Breadmaking on Monday followed by French Breads, Italian Breads, Dark & Sweet and Slowdoughs & Sourdoughs on the following days.

The class will include recreating some of Julie’s stunning pastry designs from her new book. There will be plenty of opportunity to practice with both free style and template designs onto tarts that you can take home at the end of the day. Julie has also promised to demo some as yet unseen techni...

You will learn how to create beautiful seasonal chocolate truffles, some flavoured chocolate bark and nut rochers. The last part of the class will be about how to pack and gift wrap your wonderful creations.

Using a knife properly is the key skill of a good cook. This hands on class with Richard Bertinet gives you a firm foundation for preparing ingredients and a chance to showcase your new skills in a host of delicious dishes.