Cooking School at La Gioia

Parents!! Don't forget to sign up your child for Cooking Classes on Sunday mornings in February!!!!! Schedule is posted below!

FEBRUARY 2016 Schedule
SUNDAY CHILDREN’S CLASSES
This is a four week Sunday program.
In order to take any cooking classes, all children and teens must take the Kitchen Safety and Sanitation class offered at the beginning of every month. If you sign up for all four Sunday Classes, you will be given 10% off the total price. Each Class is $50.00. I supply the students with the best ingredients when in the kitchen- I buy local when produce is in season and due to the price of fresh produce, prices are subject to change throughout the year.

9- 11 a.m.
2/7/16- Kitchen Safety and Sanitation. Knife safety and cutting techniques. Chopping fruitsand vegetables using different knife techniques. ( Large dice, Batonnet, Medium dice,Allumette, Small dice, Julienne, Brunoise, Fine julienne). We will make a Zucchini- Onion Frittata using our cutting skills and make marinades to roast our vegetables!

2/14/16- Pasta 101- Fresh pasta dough- different shapes-Spaghetti and Linguini. We will flavor our dough with carott juice, spinach juice or pumpkin pureè. We will then make a delicious Alfredo sauce to top our pastas. ( We will use a machine to make different pasta shapes but also make pasta by hand the old fashion way). Since it’s Valentine’s day, we will make Chocolate Vanilla bean truffles for dessert!

2/21/15- Fresh pasta dough continued - Fresh Ravioli dough with spinach-ricotta filling with a butter sage sauce and learn to make Gnocchi ( Potato dumpling) and top it with a homemade bolognese sauce.

2/28/16- Homemade Cheese-Ricotta. We will begin the class by making our own cheese! We will make Ricotta cheese and use it in our recipe! Spaghetti in a roasted cherry tomato sauce with fresh ricotta cheese. To make this a complete dish, we will make chicken meatballs to toss with our pasta!

Sunday December 20th
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
An Italian Christmas Feast of Fish- From Appetizers to Dessert

We begin this class by making our appetizers; Coconut shrimp, Fried Calamari, Tartufo Bruchetta and Fried mozzarella tomato stacks. We then move onto our main pasta dish of Mixed seafood over Orzo pasta. We incorporate clams, shrimp, lump crab meat and scallops into a creamy sauce over orzo pasta and top it with parmigiano reggiano cheese. For our final dish, we will make Tiramisu- choice of classic Tiramisu or Nutella Tiramisu, You pick! $160.00

Sunday December 13th
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Desserts Overload

In this class we will learn to make puff pastry dough from scratch for our Cream Horns, Torrone ( Italian Christmas Nougat Candy), Ricotta Cookies with frosting, Crostata with Jam or Nutella, Rugelach and Vanilla Bean Chocolate Truffles.
$110.00

Sunday December 6th
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Pasta 101

We will make three types of homemade egg pasta. We will mix the dough by hand and feed it through a pasta machine. Our outcome? Fettuccine, Spaghetti and Lasagna Sheets. We will make delicious sauces to compliment our pastas and make a spinach ricotta filling for the Canneloni. Our sauces include wild mushroom cream sauce with sausage and proscuitto, a classic marinara and besciamella. After everything is cooked, we will sit down and try our creations.
$110.00

Sunday December 20th
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
12-2:00 p.m. Ages 6-9 Cookie Making and Packaging Class
We will make and decorate our own mixes and cookies for gift giving!In this class students will make “Reindeer” brownies in a jar, peppermint bark, cut out sugar cookies and chocolate dipped butter cookies! We will then leave the creativity up to the child on how they would like to package and decorate. We will supply all the materials for packaging/decorating and they supply the creativity and fun! They will also be given a special Red Apron and Chefs Hat to get us into the Holiday Spirit!$75 per child

2:30- 4:30 p.m. Ages 9-12
Cookie Making and Packaging Class
We will make and decorate our own mixes and cookies for gift giving!In this class students will make “Reindeer” brownies in a jar, peppermint bark, cut out sugar cookies and chocolate dipped butter cookies! We will then leave the creativity up to the child on how they would like to package and decorate. We will supply all the materials for packaging/decorating and they supply the creativity and fun! They will also be given a special Red Apron and Chefs Hat to get us into the Holiday Spirit!$75.00 per child

All parents must fill out Emergency Contact Cards and Sign a Waiver before child can begin class.
There is 1 teacher and 1 assistant per children’s classes.
To Ensure safety of all of our students, only 10 students per class.
BLS CERTIFIED:ADULT CPR, CHILD CPR & INFANT CPR. EMERGENCY BASIC FIRST AIDBLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
COGNITIVE A.E.D SKILLS

Hello Everyone! As we approach the Holiday Season, La Gioia Italian Deli will be offering Cooking and Baking Classes on Sunday Mornings and Sunday Afternoons. Our first class begins on December 6th at 8 a.m. with Instructor Lisa Muscedere! To ensure the safety of all of our students, only 10 students per class. First come, first serve basis. If you sign up for all morning session Sunday classes for the month of December, you will receive 10 percent off of the total price!
We will be offering a children's cooking camp starting in February. Our menu schedule for the month of December will be posted next week!