Through this series of classes on laminated dough --- in which butter is folded in multiple times to build a flaky, layered dough --- you'll master puff pastry, croissants, danishes and more. Make your own dough, create and bake classic shapes, and prep a wide range of international treats, both sweet and savory (and even stuffed). You'll acquire plenty of new skills, as well as lots of goodies to take home at the end of each day! Lesson 1: Puff Pastry & Quick Puff. Classic shapes for quick baking; cheese straws; spinach and cheese pinwheels; palmiers; and prepare puff pastry dough. Lesson 2: Bake Off Puff & Croissant Dough. Classic shapes for puff pastry; making dough; pithivier; savory vol-au-vent; chaussons aux pommes (apple turnovers); and prepare croissant dough. Lesson 3: Shaping Croissants & Croissant Dough, Round 2. Regular, almond and chocolate croissants; ham-and-cheese croissants; everything-spiced croissants; two-toned croissants (raspberry and chocolate); and prepare croissant/kouign-amann dough. Lesson 4: Advanced Croissant Shapes & Danish Dough. Kouign-amann; morning bun; xuixo (Spanish croissant with pastry cream); pain aux raisins; and prepare danish dough. Lesson 5: Danish Shapes & Phyllo. Bake off danish dough; apricot, blueberry and cheese braid; pinwheels, turnovers and envelopes; and baklava, tyropita (cheese pies) and spanakopita.
Five 5 Hour Lessons
Level 2 
$625
You will work in teams to execute the class menu. At the end of class, participants gather to enjoy the food they have prepared. Wine is served with meals in most classes. All class menus are subject to change. While a snack platter is offered in both morning and evening classes, you may want to consider a light snack before joining us for class. Students are encouraged to bring a light lunch or dinner to all pastry classes.
You will work in teams to execute the class menu. At the end of class, participants gather to enjoy the food they have prepared. Wine is served with meals in most classes. All class menus are subject to change. While a snack platter is offered in both morning and evening classes, you may want to consider a light snack before joining us for class. Students are encouraged to bring a light lunch or dinner to all pastry classes.
" You want to make great food in a minimum amount of time, but don't have a clue how to go about it. Or you're on your own for the first time and have discovered that eating out is expensive and takeout is tiresome! You need a small repertoire of dishes for daily dining, but you can barely manage instant coffee. Does this sound like you? Then this is the course to take. We assume you know nothing --- absolutely nothing --- about cooking and take it from there. In three relaxed, fun-filled classes, we'll get you on your cooking feet, teaching you how to prepare simple, healthful, delicious food. You'll learn about basic cooking equipment and menu planning; knife skills, including vegetable chopping and paring; how to make salad, vinaigrette, and other easy no-cook dishes; how to roast garlic and root vegetables; how to prepare delicious pasta; how to sauté and roast meats and more; and how to make desserts in minutes. You will learn to make three complete meals in three easy lessons, including: guacamole and chips, make-your-own taco bar, tres leches cake; classic Caesar salad, roast Cornish hens with root vegetables, and blueberry crisp; shrimp cocktail and garlic bread, classic fettuccini alfredo, arugula and radicchio salad with apples and glazed walnuts, and ice cream tiramisu
The elusive French Macaron demystified! Learn how to make delicious macarons from our experienced pastry chefs while working in some of the finest teaching kitchens in NYC. In this hands-on class you will make your own batch of macarons from shell to fillings! Choose any color you like and fill them with your choice of milk chocolate caramel ganache, dark chocolate ganache, hazelnut ganache or passionfruit curd.
ICE's resident sommelier, Richard Vayda, pulls out all the stops for this very special Valentine's Day celebration. For this delightful class, you will dine on a variety of hors d'oeuvres along with a select group of wines. Your evening begins with a discussion of the origin and making of sparkling wine, while tasting various examples --- from non-vintage to vintage to rosé. The highlight of the tasting features a prestige cuvée Champagne paired with an American challenger. The class rounds out with students enjoying a buffet of classic luxury food matches while indulging in additional bubbly, making for a sparkling evening you'll always remember.
If you liked our Cocktails & Apps class, you'll love this encore edition! Join us to make small bites and spreads that will amp up your parties and go perfectly with cocktails.Together, we'll make and enjoy mushroom, goat cheese and thyme tartlets, Peruvian beef skewers with red salsa, crispy samosa triangle, taramasalata with spiced pita points, and smoky party mix! Then we'll mix up a naked and famous and a bergamot martini to wash it all down!
Ranked as America’s Best Culinary School (USAToday 2019), our roster of Chef-Instructors have run top kitchens around the globe.
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