Cooking Classes: Culinary School Lenôtre, Paris (France)
2015-03-07
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Lenôtre Culinary School
| Back to school. I took the class «Apéritifs Dinatoires» (French Appetizers) at the Ecole Lenôtre, in the heart of Paris |  |
Different LocationsClasses are provided at different locations in or around Paris |
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This class was held on the Champs Elysées, in the heart of the capital
Pavillon Élysée Lenôtre
10 avenue des Champs Élysées
Paris 8ème |
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| Lenôtre provides culinary classes since 1971... |
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| Classes are composed of small groups. I lucked out as today we are only 3 students, turning this class a semi private one... |
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Chef David Martin
| Once arrived, I discovered that our instructor is the great chef David Martin |
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| We started the class by making a toast with Lenôtre champagne |  |
Crab and Avocado appetizers
| The first course is Crab and Avocado appetizers, a delicious treat to start a meal... |  |
| We start with the creamy crab sauce |  |
| and we prepare the avocado. Chef David Martin recommends to dice the avocado very thinly instead of mixing it |  |
| We add Tarama (a mediterranean cream made of fish eggs) |  |
| Then Chef David tops it off with black fish eggs... |  |
| ... and red fish eggs to bring some nice color contract |  |
ResultC'est magnifique ! Simply delicious. A nice treat when hosting friends or family for a buffet or a diner |
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Green Peas, Salmon and Mint appetizers
The second course is a fresh cream of green peas and salmon, which I simply loved. A fresh appetizer that goes well during hot summertime days.
We start by cooking and then mixing the green peas and added the spices and ingredients of the recipe |  |
| We then added the smoked salmon. The quality of the smoked salmon was really good. Lenôtre picks fine products for its ingredients |  |
| Chef David decided to add lemon cubes which was a nice addition |  |
| Adding chopped mint leaves gave it a nice kick |  |
ResultA simple apetizer that I found really classy and fresh
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Tartine of Goat and Mushrooms
| This other appetizer is simple but also very tasty. Goat cheese and mushrooms. A nice one to remember for those special vegetarian guests... |  |
| Mushrooms are cooked with coriander seeds and spices first... |  |
| and served on grilled bread slices with goat cheese and baked tomatoe slices |
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ResultSo deliCious ! |
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Pistachios Cakes
| For the dessert we baked Pistachiers, a very French sort of muffin or cake made with psitachios paste, and baked in a oblong shape |  |
| To be baked at 360 degrees Fahreneheit |
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Chef David helps us out and walk us through all the details....
Chef David Martin is a talented chef and a great instructor. |  |
ResultPistachiers are just a great treat if you like pistachios taste |
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Dining in the Lenôtre Restaurant
| We finished the class and headed to the Lenôtre restaurant on the Champs Elysées to share the diner with David. |  |
| The class is over, what a great experience ! |
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| We cooked so many meals that we are bringing our «doggie bag» home |  |
Results
I loved my class at Lenôtre. Beautiful building and kitchens, with top quality professional cooking equipment.
Chef David Martin is a great chef, so experienced, who stayed down to earth and spent time to give us so many advices and improve our techniques, he's really easy to talk to and I can't wait for another class with him.
Recipes are somehow easy to learn, with a final «Lenôtre touch», which I will use soon at home for my parties !
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