All About Sauces Cooking Class
Elevate Your Cooking with the Perfect Finishing Touch
A great sauce can transform a simple dish into something extraordinary. In this hands-on class, you’ll discover the art of sauce-making, learning essential techniques to create a variety of flavorful, velvety, and perfectly balanced sauces. From rich and indulgent to light and tangy, you’ll gain the confidence to elevate your everyday meals with expertly crafted sauces.
Together, we’ll explore classic French sauces, versatile pan sauces, and bold international flavors, ensuring you leave with a deep understanding of how to create, adapt, and pair sauces with different dishes. Whether you’re looking to master the perfect hollandaise for eggs Benedict, a silky béchamel for pasta dishes, or a vibrant herb dressing for vegetables and fish, this class will provide you with the foundation for endless culinary creativity.
On the menu:
5 mother sauces (hollandaise, bechamel, espagnole, veloute, tomato sauce) + mayonnaise
A range of quick sauces (e.g salsa verde, beurre blanc, etc)
Introduction to Asian sauces
Each sauce will be accompanied by a dish and we will explore how to enhance and create variations of sauces to suit your recipe or palate.
What to expect
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Dive into the fundamentals of French cuisine with mother sauces like velouté, béchamel, and hollandaise. Learn their variations and how they serve as a base for countless dishes.
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Master the art of creating a sauce straight from the pan, using techniques like deglazing, reducing, and emulsifying to add depth and flavor to meats and vegetables.
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Explore international influences with harissa, romesco, salsa verde, and chimichurri. Perfect for adding a punch of flavor to grilled meats, seafood, and vegetables.