Start with a veal shoulder per person |
Chef demonstrating how to trim veal |
Peeling peppers for the piperade |
Cooking veal with espelette pepper |
Cleaning the squid |
Squid to stuff (above) or to sauté (below) |
Cooking the piperade |
Stuffing squid with piperade |
Stuffed squid (chipirons farcis) ready to cook |
Deep fry squid tentacles in tempura |
Sauté the potato circles with espelette |
Basque omelet with tentacles, prosciutto |
Sampling the basque omelet |
with piperade, tentacles, and prosciutto |
Stuffed & sautéed squid and piperade |
Braised veal with potatoes |
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Demonstration: glazed tomatoes in oil |
Demonstration: red mullet in minestrone |
Demonstration: John Dory fish stew |
Demonstration: Gateau Basque |
We will sample the demonstrations |
Large red tuna to cook and to eat raw |
Small dices for tuna tartare |
Larger pieces of tuna to sauté |
Gazpacho with tarragon garnish |
Tuna tartare, fennel, and piperade |
Sautéed tuna & diced potatoes in wine |
Slicing the duck breasts |
Duck breasts (rosé) with prune sauce |
One more soufflé is possible |
Soufflé à l'Izzara Jaune |
Agyeman Duah |
Chef Bellet discussing spices |
Gateau Basque: place pastry cream on jam |
Chef supervises our proceedings |
Gateau basque, covered & ready to bake |
Pie crusts made on rings only, no bottoms |
For apple tarte, bottom layer is apple compote |
Apple slices are layered on top |
My apple tarte ready to bake |
Remove rings before cooking is complete to brown edges |
Gateaux Basques, cooked, very fragile |
Gateaux Basques must cool on racks |
Boxing pastry to take home |
Chef pours champagne for all |
Certificates presented by Chef Bellet |
A very tall chef & a very short student |
The class |
Laurence and Judith |
Laurence, Micheline, and Judith |