I attended another wonderfull, informative, and delicious cooking class at the Voila! store in Del Mar. This mushroom-centric class featured the following recipes:

• Puff Pastry Stuffed with Mushrooms and Cheese (Turnovers)
• Risotto with Cognac, Pine Nuts, Porcini Mushrooms, and Cheese
• Garlicky Cheese Ravioli with Chanterelle Mushroom Sauce
• Veal Shank (Ossobucco) with Vegetable and Porcini Mushroom Sauce
• Chestnut Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce

Much like I did with my last cooking class, I will be sharing these recipes over the next few weeks. But this time, I even remembered to take photos of a few of the dishes! My favorites were the risotto and the homemade ravioli.

I really lucked out at the end of class. The instructor Nadia spent some time showing us how to make fresh pasta from scratch, using a pasta machine and a ravioli mold. During this demonstration, she ended up making a small batch of ravioli and somehow she chose me as the lucky one who got to take them home! It’s really quite a small batch, but I felt fortunate all the same and I can’t wait to cook them up someday soon. They’re in the freezer right now. Lucky me!