One of a kind, customizable cooking course tailored to you and your schedule
Go from your current cooking level to mastery of Tuscan cuisine
What This Unit Covers
Understanding and perfectly preparing the basic sauces are crucial for the making of many Tuscan dishes like Lasagna, seafood pasta, baked pasta, stewing, braising and pan roasting.
In this unit you will learn:
Techniques and tips for preparing sauces and soffritos properly
1. The difference between a sauce and a soffrito.
2. How to plan your recipes ahead of time so you can shop effectively
3. Prepping ingredients and why it's so important to do
4. How to enhance flavors using only a few things you have on hand.
5. Which sauces go with which pastas, and why.
6. Creating an array of delicious sauces and soffritos and using them in dishes.
Sauces and Soffritos (you will choose 5-6 to learn)
Skills Learned
What this unit covers
Stewing, roasting and braising form the backbone of Tuscan cooking. We'll be covering all the techniques you need to know to create mouthwatering dishes very simply and easily.
Dishes (you will choose 5 of these)
Skills Learned
The Course is designed to be totally flexible, so you can work with Chef Davide before you even begin cooking to come up with the perfect lesson plan for you within each section. If you are gluten free, vegetarian/vegan, or have any other food intolerances, chef Davide will guide you so that you learn by cooking exactly the dishes you want.
You can also pace yourself as you wish, and have your classes be 2-4 hours long until you have covered all the material (for a total of 20 class hours).
Classes can be spaced out as you choose over a period of 3 months. Each unit is designed to be completed over several classes.
UNIT 1
At the beginning it is vitally important to first learn how to perfectly prepare basic sauces and soffritos, which are crucial to Tuscan cooking. You will create an array of delicious sauces and soffritos and use them in 5-6 of the dishes below over several classes.
If you are already familiar with these sauces we will take your skill set to a new level.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
UNIT 2
Stewing, roasting and braising form the backbone of Tuscan cooking. We'll be covering all the techniques you need to know to create mouthwatering dishes very simply and easily.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
UNIT 3
The secrets of old Tuscan peasant cuisine
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN