Dublin Cookery School

Earth Day, sorted. We asked the team for their favourite no-cook meals — the dishes they make when the oven stays off and the good bread, good oil and good ham do the heavy lifting. Less energy in, more flavour out. Which one's landing on your plate this week?

Make it once, leave it on the shelf, and it just gets better. Mateus on why chimichurri is worth being patient with.

Full recipe on YouTube — link in bio.

Seven years cooking on fire in Brazil, and this is the technique Matheus brought with him. Charcoal butter changes everything.

Full chimichurri demo on YouTube — link in bio.

Straight onto the Quebracho coals, skins on. This is
what's underneath a good chimichurri — and honestly
it works on everything.

Full video on YouTube — link in bio.

This is a sneak peek inside The Beauty of Bread — a hands-on bread baking class at Dublin Cookery School in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. You'll learn how to make and shape dough, understand proving, and walk out with a proper loaf you've built yourself from scratch. No shortcuts. Just real technique taught by experienced tutors in a working kitchen. If you've been curious about bread but never known where to start — or you've tried and it hasn't gone to plan — this is the class. Dates are listed on our website.

This pasta shape is called caramelle — named after the Italian word for sweets.
You fill a square of fresh dough, roll it around the filling, then pinch and twist each end shut. The result looks exactly like a wrapped sweet. Every piece is made by hand, so no two are identical.

We're making them this coming Monday as part of our Pasta Masterclass: Explore More at Dublin Cookery School in Blackrock. The full menu for the night: Amatriciana with guanciale and hand-cut noodles, seasonal caramelle, a cannelloni demo, and roast fruit with honey mascarpone for dessert.

Here's what one of our students said after this class:

"If you've been thinking about taking a cooking class, do it. It's absolutely worth it and I didn't regret it one bit. The hazelnut and chestnut pasta blew my mind." — Lateefat, March 2025

Monday 30 March. 7pm–9:30pm. €95 per person.
Book at the link: https://www.dublincookeryschool.ie/courses/pasta-masterclass-explore-more?d=pasta-masterclass-explore-2026-03-30

Our chefs at Dublin Cookery School, Blackrock picked the cookbooks they actually cook from — not the ones that look good on a shelf.

World Book Day felt like the right moment to ask. What came up: books built around technique, not just recipes. The kind that teach you how to think in a kitchen, not just follow instructions.

Watch to see what made the list — and whether any are already on yours.

📍 Dublin Cookery School, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Link in bio to browse upcoming classes

Three years ago, Conall and Camille were randomly paired on a dumpling course. Each year they come back to the same kitchen, and last time, they got engaged.

Some love stories start with flour on your hands. ❤️🥟

Flour → knead → rest → stretch. No talking, just pizza night getting easier. 🥟🍕Read more on our latest blog