Treasure from the Woods… A Mushroom Cooking Class at Voila!
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!
Hi Beth - I’m a local San Diegan and enjoy your blog very much - you have a wonderful writing style! Its also great to see local SD culinary locales get some attention. I am woefully ignorant of Voila! - do tell, where it is located in Del Mar? Also please check out my blog http://zutalors.typepad.com/ …..
Comment by Rorie — November 16, 2005 @ 10:13 am
I can’t wait to hear about the class. Based on your last VOILA post, I signed up for a class with Nadia at the end of this month called Next Stop Venice.
Comment by Angie — November 16, 2005 @ 1:36 pm
Wow that does sound good. That food list looks like a fancy prix fixe menu. Making homemade pasta always look so easy on TV - it is really?
Comment by EasyEats — November 16, 2005 @ 9:32 pm