Cooking from the Greenmarket: Local Mushrooms

Cooking from the Greenmarket: Local Mushrooms

with Emily Peterson

Location: The Kitchen
Price: $125.00
Date: Sun, Sep 12th, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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This class is part of the Intermediate Cooking-package.

Did you know that mushrooms are neither fruit nor vegetable, but exist botanically without an understood branch to the rest of nature as we know it? Did you know that they have been used to clean up large oil spills better than any other man-made means, or that mapping a mushroom’s underground structure looks like both the neuron structure of the human brain AND the internet? What you must know is that they are delicious - and you'll leave class with an arsenal of mushroom preparations and stories of mystical mushroom lore.

We’ll begin with a tasting of local mushrooms, both wild and cultivated. We’ll learn our maitakis from our honshimejis as we discuss ideas for mushroom selection, care, and storage. We’ll then cook up a feast, starting with an appetizer of Crispy Sauteed Mushrooms with Arugula and Shaved Pecorino Cheese. Our next course will include Grilled Pizzas with Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and Pancetta, and Phyllo Trianges with Mushrooms, Chevre, and Fresh Herbs. Finally, we’ll prepare Whole Roasted Maitake Mushrooms and Roasted Quail Stuffed with Mushroom and Andouille Duxelles.

Once our fungi-filled culinary creations are complete, a resident wine expert will join us to perfectly pair a selection of wines to our earthy delights.

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