We will be making delicious presents on these nights including Peppermint/ Orange Creams, Christmas chutney's, Vanilla Fudge and an assortment of Chocolate Sweets.
Price €90
Tuesday
3rd & Tuesday 10th March
Entertaining
&
Dinner Parties
A
full dinner party
menu from scratch including Starters,
Mains
and Dessert
with
tips for table decorating and wines to match.
This course costs €100 for the two evenings.
Starters
Spicy
Parsnip soup ‘shot’
with a garlic crouton a swirl of cream and chopped parsley.
Tian
of Seafood in homemade
mayonnaise on fresh rocket.
Mains
Rack
of
Lamb/Available seasonal Fish (Sea bass/Monkfish) with a herb crust or
sticky
glaze,
served with garlic potatoes, sauté grated carrot and
courgette, roast
butternut squash and a jus.
Trio
of Deserts
Champagne
jelly with raspberries in a ‘shot’ glass,
Crème Brule,
and a hot
chocolate fondant all served in individual portions
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Christmas Demonstration
Thought you might like to know
about upcoming events at
The
Sweetest Thing!
On Wednesday
the 9th
December
at the Clonmel
Park Hotel, we are hosting a
Christmas Cookery Demonstration. Where we will demonstrate how to make
your Christmas dinner extra special.
Whelan’s
Butchers are coming on board
and are going to demonstrate how to bone the turkey legs and cook them
separately with a sage, mushroom and onion stuffing. The crown of the
turkey will then be roasted with a mixed herb, onion and parsley
stuffing, also a traditional potato, onion and thyme stuffing.
Whelan’s
will also demonstrate how to cook a three bird roast which includes a
whole duck and will have an apricot,
pine nut and
rosemary stuffing between
each layer.
The menu will include Spiced
Parsnip Soup with garlic croutons.
We will give you some great new
ideas for your vegetables and potatoes. All the traditional
accompaniments will be there, creamy
bread sauce with
nutmeg, warm cranberry and orange/port sauce
and white
wine gravy.
As well as tips on getting
ahead and safe practices around cooking the meat.
The evening will include a talk
from Red Nose Wine on
different wines to go with the different courses.
To finish we will have dessert
where we will demonstrate how to make sparkling
wine jelly,
crème
anglaise and of course the brandy
flamed pudding.
You will get to taste
everything and receive a goody bag going home!
Tickets are limited and cost
€30, available from Jenny at The Sweetest thing Rathronan
052-6184805 or from Pat at Whelan’s Butchers!
We also have 3 spaces left on
Edible Presents on Tuesday
15th
and Tuesday
22nd
Evening Class.
We will be making delicious
presents on these nights including Peppermint/ Orange Creams,
Florentines, Biscotti, Vanilla Fudge and an assortment of Chocolate
Sweets.
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Mid
Term
for Teenagers - October 09
A
special four-day course for teenagers on mid-term break. Classes are
a full day from 9.30 - 3.30.
As always, the price includes lunch & take home everything you
bake. Cost €55.00 per day, any two day €100, all four
days €180
Tuesday
27th October
Pizza
Learn to make your own pizza, bread
& sausage rolls from scratch.
Wednesday
28th
October
Cookies
Make caramel squares, flapjacks and a selection of iced cut
out cookies.
Thursday
29th October
Cup Cake Magic
Make, bake & decorate a variety of cupcakes with 3
different types of icing.
Friday
30th October
Chocolate
Work with chocolate making brownies, a
chocolate celebration cake and homemade sweets.
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October
2009
Please note that all of
the October courses will be repeated soon on Monday/Tuesday evenings
(over
two evenings) with the exception of Christmas baking - which will take
place over four evenings. For dates and details please call Jenny.
Saturday
3rd October
Jams Preserves &
Chutneys
Make
the most of seasonal produce & make raspberry jam, easy lemon
curd, chilli relish & spicy apple chutney.
These
will make great gifts,
and as usual you will have a range of products to take home with you.
Saturday
10th October
Winter Soups &
Casseroles
Learn the basics of home made soups, to include Mixed Veg and one other
soup. One-pot winter casseroles such as an
Irish Hot-Pot, Moroccan Tangine with spicy herb cous cous, and
nourishing Beef Stew with Parsley Dumplings.
These are easy dinners for family meals or entertaining.
Saturday
17th October
Finger Food &
Canapés
Give
your finger food the wow factor by making a selection of sweet
& savoury finger food,
e.g.
Thai fishcakes with spicy chilli relish, German party bread,
blinis for a range of toppings & individual tartlets.
Saturday 24th October
Party Food
Like
to cater for your own parties? Learn to make easy party food such as:
Sticky Ribs, Cocktail Sausages with a Chinese Glaze,
Curry
for a crowd with Pilau Rice, and your own home made Naan Bread.
Finish with a Limoncello and Mascarpone Red Berry Trifle.
Christmas Special over two
Saturdays:
31st October
and 14th November
Christmas
Baking (Cost: €160 for
the two days)
Prepare and make mincemeat & pastry for mince pies.
Prepare, make & bake an 8inch Christmas cake and plum pudding.
Return Saturday 14th and almond paste and decorate your cake.
Monday
Evenings:
Now
holding evening classes on Monday evening’s over two
Mondays. 6.30-9.45pm
October
5th & 12th
Baking
Bread
Learn how to correctly use Yeast as well as correct
handling, kneading and fermenting dough. Products include:
Country yeast loaf, Italian Focaccia Bread, Pizzas from scratch, as
well as traditional Brown Soda bread and a variety of scones.
October
19th & 26th
Soups
Learn the basics of home made soups, to include Mixed Veg and one other
soup. One-pot winter casseroles such as an Irish Hot-Pot, Moroccan
Tagine with spicy herb couscous, and nourishing Beef Stew with Parsley
Dumplings. These are easy dinners for family meals or entertaining.
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Monday
Evenings
7th & 14th September
Cake 1
Repeat Course Due to Demand
Course will take
place over two evenings from 6.30 - 9.30. Learn
to make and bake light delicious cakes, with easy decoration ideas for
a
Blow Away sponge, Chocolate Brownies, Berry Muffins, a Lemon
celebration cake and cupcakes with swirly vanilla frosting.
21st
& 28th September
Pastry 1
Repeat Course Due to Demand
Over
two evenings, from 6.30 - 9.30. Learn
how to make light quick flaky pastry, to use for apple/rhubarb tart,
short crust and savoury pastries
for carmelised onion & cheese tartlets, Cornish Pasty plus a
restaurant quality Lemon tart.
Saturday 12th September
Baking Breads 2
Learn
to use fresh yeast as well as a starter pre-dough to make a Country
Oatmeal Brown
Loaf, Alsasce Flammkuechen,
French Fougasse, Tomato & Fennel Bread.
Saturday 19th September
Cake 2
Learn
to make a roulade, mini Pavlova, Battenburg Cake, and the German
Kirschtorte (Black Forest). You will develop the skill
of splitting a cake into even layers, also chocolate shavings to mask
the sides of the gateaux.
Saturday 26th September
Pastry 2
Learn
rich sweet pastry to use for a Bitter Chocolate Tart, choux pastry for
Éclairs and profiteroles, as
well as your own all-butter
Puff Pastry (it's easier than you think and tastes amazing!) and make
delicious products such as vanilla & coffee slices and
palmiers.
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