Cooking Around the World (Some cooking experience preferred)

Do you love cooking but want to improve your skills even more? By the end of this class, you’ll have more confidence in the kitchen and 4 recipes to impress your friends and family from all around the world including Mexico, England, Japan and Italy.

-Week 1: Mexico: Introduction to the class, knife skills, kitchen safety. Recipe: Guacamole.
-Week 2: England: Tea party with cucumber sandwiches, knife skills and garnishes. Recipe: Tea and cucumber sandwiches.
-Week 3: Japan: Sushi culture and how to make it. Recipe: vegetable or cooked shrimp/salmon sushi with spicy mayo.
-Week 4: Italy: Pasta history & culture, how to cook pasta, & how to make Alfredo sauce. Recipe: Fettuccine Alfredo

*Students can actively participate with the class as we prepare together or observe, take notes and make the recipe with their parent later and send a photo. This is based on what the parent agrees to based on skill level & supervision available to the student at home during the class.

-Tools needed: Parents can also decide between which knife they are comfortable with their student using (plastic serrated-similar to this link or a small steak knife or serrated knife-similar to this link. A cutting glove like this link can be helpful if using metal knives but is not required. A cutting board. Measuring cups and spoons. 1 medium mixing bowl. 1 sauce pan with a lid. 1 large pot for boiling pasta. 1 zester, microplane or box grater. 1 Pasta strainer or colander. 1 fine mesh strainer. 1 bamboo sushi mat, lined with plastic wrap. 1 microwave safe mug. 1 large cooking spoon for stirring. 1 potato masher for guacamole (or substitute forks). We will also need a sharp, flat edge (non serrated) chef’s knife for sushi and the cucumber sandwiches to get a clean cut.

-Ingredients needed:

Week 1:Tortilla chips, 2 ripe avocados, 1 large tomato, 2 limes, salt, 1 small sweet yellow onion, fresh cilantro (optional).

Week 2: Sliced white sandwich bread, small container whipped cream cheese, salt, 1 lemon, fresh dill, 1 English seedless cucumber, 1 bag of tea(any), sugar, milk for tea.

Week 3: uncooked sushi rice, Seasoned Rice Vinegar (like Marukan brand- or plain rice vinegar), sushi nori seaweed sheets, mayonnaise, sriracha sauce, soy sauce, pickled ginger and wasabi (optional), English seedless cucumber, avocado, cooked shrimp or salmon (optional), eel sauce/sweet sushi sauce (optional-available at the sushi counter of Publix, most grocery stores with sushi).

Week 4: 1 lb. Box of uncooked dry fettuccine (we will use half of the box). 1/2 stick unsalted butter, salt and pepper, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese (you can grate this yourself or buy pre-grated in the refrigerated cheese section).