Friday, 9 October 2015

A Sneaky Peek at Class!

To “paint a picture” for you, here's a couple of photographs of the Dem Room, ready to rock and roll!






On arrival my guests are welcomed with a glass of whatever takes their fancy together with a recipe pack for the evening and we begin.

We have three “courses”, although I should explain this is a demonstration and a tasting, not a three course dinner! Tonight's class includes three elements, retro, technique and speed and is designed to offer recipes that are quick and useful.

First up is the appetiser, a little morsel to whet the appetite – this is definitely a trip down memory lane, back to the 70ies :

Retro Rooms

Serves 6

750g chestnut mushrooms cut into quarters
2 tbsp flat leaf parsley – finely chopped
2 tbsp lemon juice
Glug of dry sherry
6 tbsp rapeseed oil
100g unsalted butter – at room temperature
4 garlic cloves – or equivalent paste
salt and black pepper


Mix the butter with the garlic. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the mushrooms and season with salt and black pepper. Add the lemon juice and a glug of dry sherry. Add the butter and garlic mixture and cook for 5/7 minutes, fold in the chopped parsley.

Serve in ramekins with warm crusty bread to mop up the garlicky yumminess.

As an alternative you could add croutons to your mushrooms and not bother with the crusty bread.

You can always tell how well received your dish is – it's silent!

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