Classes
Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 13:30
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Come and learn the art of those known and loved Macarons ! Take home the secrets of these little gems !
Au menu :
Dark Chocolate Macaron
Pistachio Macaron
Each participant will part with their creations! Our two hour Macaron Class are best as an introduction to Macarons, if you are looking for a more advanced experience, then take a look at the Technical Macaron Classes.
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for an afternoon of fun and sweet temptations where we will create two types of classical French tarts !
You will learn several techniques : caramel, sweet short pastry dough, lemon cream and meringue.
Au menu :
Tarte au citron meringuée – lemon meringue tarte
Tarte Tatin – upside-down apple tarte
Each participant will taste and take away their creations!
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If Culinary Tours are the way you want to explore Paris, then join La Cuisine's Food Tours in Paris ! Spend three hours where filling your belly goes hand in hand with feeding your brain on a cultural and culinary Paris food tour of Paris’s historic Les Halles area, long known as the ‘Belly of Paris’ from the famous 1873 novel ‘Le Ventre de Paris’ by Émile Zola.
Take a tour in time where we retrace the mysteries and hidden culinary secrets of the oldest food market in Europe
During the tour we will visit the foundations of the France culinary scene, from the famous cooking equipment store, to some of the oldest French delicacies you can imagine : from Fromage, to Fois Gras, from Sweets to Meats !
Along the tour we will collect delicacies from each store that we will sample and enjoy with a glass of wine back at the school !
Au menu :
1-Our favourite historical French cooking equipment store
2-Our favourite Foie Gras
3-Our favourite Fromage store
4-Our favourite French Pâtisserie – Boulangerie
5-Our favourite Boucherie-Charcuterie
6-A stop at Saint Eustache church – the heart of the French Market until 1953
Please note that this tour operates outside for the majority of the time, we will spend approx 2.5 hours on foot and walking, so you will want to dress comfortably and appropriately!
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for an evening of traditional French cuisine and learn the secrets behind this classic Bistrot menu.
Au menu :
Agneau au romarin, ail et moutarde (Lamb with rosemary and mustard rub)
Traditional Ratatouille
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
For those of you fascinated with the French Crêpe, join us for a thoroughly Crêpe lunch !
In France, crêpes are one of the staples of the average diet… Join us for a lunch where you will learn the techniques of two different and typical dishes.
Au menu :
Galette de Sarrasin aux Champignons (Savory Buckwheat Crêpe with Sauce béchamel and mushrooms)
Salad with a Traditional French Vinaigrette
Crêpe aux fruits rouges du moment (With red berry coulis sauce)
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Time: 09:30 - 13:30
Spend the morning with our chef touring one of the most colorful markets in Paris: The Marché Bastille !
Just minutes from La Cuisine Paris, discover a traditional French market, learn how to pick the best products and compose your luncheon menu with our chef.
After the Market experience, you will return to La Cuisine Paris where you will have a hands-on cooking class and work with our chef to create a gourmet lunch using your fresh market products!
Unless you see something you really want to buy for yourself, no need to take your wallet out, we will take care of all purchases on the Market (the class price is all inclusive of items purchased on the Market for the group lunch!). Please note that this is the one class where we do not have a set menu or set recipes – every class will be different! We leave it to the group and the chef to be creative and choose their menu based on the most beautiful products they find on the market!
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Friday, August 3, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Friday, August 3, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 13:30
If you are looking for a baking class in Paris, then do we have something for you ! When it comes to dough-making and bread-shaping, the French know best. Join us for a hands-on workshop and learn the secrets to making a French Baguette, in your home oven, as close as possible to those wonderful Parisian ‘Boulangeries'!
During the workshop, you will be working from start to finish to make your own selection of French Breads.
Au menu :
Baguettes Parisiennes
Fougasses (Artisanal breads filled with a variety of ingredients such as cheeses, spices, dried fruits, and nuts)
From Pétrissage à la main (Kneading and working your bread by hand) to Scarification du pain (Scarification of bread), in this workshop, you will learn the terms, techniques and applications to create your very own ‘Boulangerie chez vous’.
Beyond just creating your own breads, you pick up a couple of the insiders tips to the world of the ‘Baguettes’. Is every place you buy a baguette a “boulangerie”? We know the answer, and so will you!
Join us for the morning where you will start from scratch, and end with homemade Baguettes and Artisanal Fougasses fresh and warm from the oven ready to be taken home!
To find out more details on the structure of this class, please visit our French Baguette Classes page !
Date: Friday, August 3, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If you think that the sweetest things to see in Paris are the pastries….then this is the tour for you.
The Path to Paris Pastries is a cultural and culinary tour of the Paris's finest Pastry institutions. The tour finds us through the Marais, long known as a hot bed of ‘tendance’ (trend), the Marais’ chic diversity has trickled over in to the world of French and international pastries. As diverse as they are delicious, spend the afternoon with us touring and tasting our favourite pastry spots in Paris !
We will introduce you to our favourite boutiques, from traditional and regional, to trend setting and topical.
Au menu :
We have more than 10 sweet specialty places on our visit. There are just a few tasty morsels of what we will be covering:
- our favourite place for brioche and pink praline
- our favourite boutique for everything praline
- our favourite Chocolate boutique
- our favourite traditional Boulangerie-Pâtisserie
- two of our favourite very popular international pastry boutiques that just must be discovered....and more!
At a number of the boutiques we of course will be purchasing our sweet goodies to enjoy with a cup of coffee in hand upon returning to La Cuisine Paris !
From eye candy to palate pleasing - spend the afternoon finding the ‘Sweet Spots' of the Marais !
Please note that this tour operates outside for the majority of the time, we will spend approx 2.5 hours on foot and walking, so you will want to dress comfortably and appropriately!
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Time: 10:30 - 13:30
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Looking for French Macaron Cooking classes in Paris? Come and learn the art of those known and loved precious little French treats ! Les Macarons! Take home the secrets of these little gems.
Au menu :
Apricot Macarons
Dark Chocolate Macarons
Each participant will part with a box of creations! Our two hour Macaron Class are best as an introduction to Macarons, if you are looking for a more advanced experience, then take a look at the Technical Macaron Classes.
Date: Monday, August 6, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If you are fascinated with French Macarons and want to get futher in to the ‘nitty gritty’ of this famous pastry, then the three hour intensive technical class is for you.
During this class you will learn and practice two meringue techniques (French and Italian), create three different garnishes from start to finish, and learn to apply a different variation on your Macaron cookie. From the meringue, to the Macaron cookie, to the filling, you learn from start to finish six techniques – and of course have your box of Macarons to enjoy thereafter.
Macaron shell variation – using a different nut flour
Garnish : homemade traditional Crème au Beurre
Garnish : homemade traditional Pastry Cream
Garnish : homemade fruit compote
Each participant will part with their creations!
Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If you are looking for a baking class in Paris, then do we have something for you ! When it comes to dough-making and bread-shaping, the French know best. Join us for a hands-on workshop and learn the secrets to making a French Baguette, in your home oven, as close as possible to those wonderful Parisian ‘Boulangeries'!
During the workshop, you will be working from start to finish to make your own selection of French Breads.
Au menu :
Baguettes Parisiennes
Fougasses (Artisanal breads filled with a variety of ingredients such as cheeses, spices, dried fruits, and nuts)
From Pétrissage à la main (Kneading and working your bread by hand) to Scarification du pain (Scarification of bread), in this workshop, you will learn the terms, techniques and applications to create your very own ‘Boulangerie chez vous’.
Beyond just creating your own breads, you pick up a couple of the insiders tips to the world of the ‘Baguettes’. Is every place you buy a baguette a “boulangerie”? We know the answer, and so will you!
Join us for the morning where you will start from scratch, and end with homemade Baguettes and Artisanal Fougasses fresh and warm from the oven ready to be taken home!
To find out more details on the structure of this class, please visit our French Baguette Classes page !
Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
In France, 4pm is a very important time – L’Heure de Goûter (snack time)!
In celebration of this very important time of day – join us for an afternoon of creating your very own Café Gourmand. As seen in finer restaurants, the Café Gourmand is a bite size selection of some of France’s favourite French desserts and pastries !
During the Café Gourmand class, you will create from start to finish four classical French specialties.
The Café Gourmand would not be complete without the ‘café’, so after the hard work, enjoy your creations over tea and coffee with us!
Au menu :
Compote de fraise et rhubarbe, langue de chat (Stawberry and Rhubarb compote with Ladyfinger cookie)
Crème brûlée
Mini tartelette au chocolat (Shortcrust pastry, Chocolate Ganache)
After the hard work, enjoy your creations over tea and coffee with us!
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Spend a sweet afternoon learning the art of those known and loved Macarons !
Au menu :
White Chocolate and Raspberry Macarons
Pineapple Macarons
Each participant will part with a box of creations! Our two hour Macaron Class are best as an introduction to Macarons, if you are looking for a more advanced experience, then take a look at the Technical Macaron Classes.
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
If you are in Paris and interested in a french cooking class that focuses on a traditional French meal, join us! A lunch of traditional French cuisine at your finger tips - learn the secrets behind this classic Bistrot menu.
Quiche Provençale (Tartlets with vegetables)
Salade folle aux petits lardons (Salad with traditional vinaigrette and lardons)
Soufflé au Grand Marnier
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Time: 09:30 - 13:30
Spend the morning with our chef touring one of the most colorful markets in Paris: The Marché Bastille !
Just minutes from La Cuisine Paris, discover a traditional French market, learn how to pick the best products and compose your luncheon menu with our chef.
After the Market experience, you will return to La Cuisine Paris where you will have a hands-on cooking class and work with our chef to create a gourmet lunch using your fresh market products!
Unless you see something you really want to buy for yourself, no need to take your wallet out, we will take care of all purchases on the Market (the class price is all inclusive of items purchased on the Market for the group lunch!). Please note that this is the one class where we do not have a set menu or set recipes – every class will be different! We leave it to the group and the chef to be creative and choose their menu based on the most beautiful products they find on the market!
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for an evening of traditional French cuisine and learn the secrets behind this classic Bistrot menu.
Au menu :
Magret de canard à l’orange (Duck breast with an orange sauce)
Purée de pomme de terre et piment d'Espelette (Traditional potato purée with Espelette pepper)
Tartelette sablée aux fruits rouges (Traditional French shortbread and red berries)
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If you are looking for a baking class in Paris, then do we have something for you ! When it comes to dough-making and bread-shaping, the French know best. Join us for a hands-on workshop and learn the secrets to making a French Baguette, in your home oven, as close as possible to those wonderful Parisian ‘Boulangeries'!
During the workshop, you will be working from start to finish to make your own selection of French Breads.
Au menu :
Baguettes Parisiennes
Fougasses (Artisanal breads filled with a variety of ingredients such as cheeses, spices, dried fruits, and nuts)
From Pétrissage à la main (Kneading and working your bread by hand) to Scarification du pain (Scarification of bread), in this workshop, you will learn the terms, techniques and applications to create your very own ‘Boulangerie chez vous’.
Beyond just creating your own breads, you pick up a couple of the insiders tips to the world of the ‘Baguettes’. Is every place you buy a baguette a “boulangerie”? We know the answer, and so will you!
Join us for the morning where you will start from scratch, and end with homemade Baguettes and Artisanal Fougasses fresh and warm from the oven ready to be taken home!
To find out more details on the structure of this class, please visit our French Baguette Classes page !
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Come and learn the art of those known and loved precious little French beauties - as colorfull as they are delicious : les Macarons ! Take home the secrets of these little gems.
Au menu :
Praliné Macarons
White chocolate & Espelette pepper Macarons
Each participant will part with their creations! Our two hour Macaron Class are best as an introduction to Macarons, if you are looking for a more advanced experience, then take a look at the Technical Macaron Classes.
Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Looking for French Macaron Cooking classes in Paris? Come and learn the art of those known and loved precious little French treats ! Les Macarons! Take home the secrets of these little gems.
Au menu :
Apricot Macarons
Dark Chocolate Macarons
Each participant will part with a box of creations! Our two hour Macaron Class are best as an introduction to Macarons, if you are looking for a more advanced experience, then take a look at the Technical Macaron Classes.
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Time: 09:30 - 13:30
Spend the morning with our chef touring one of the most colorful markets in Paris: The Marché Bastille !
Just minutes from La Cuisine Paris, discover a traditional French market, learn how to pick the best products and compose your luncheon menu with our chef.
After the Market experience, you will return to La Cuisine Paris where you will have a hands-on cooking class and work with our chef to create a gourmet lunch using your fresh market products!
Unless you see something you really want to buy for yourself, no need to take your wallet out, we will take care of all purchases on the Market (the class price is all inclusive of items purchased on the Market for the group lunch!). Please note that this is the one class where we do not have a set menu or set recipes – every class will be different! We leave it to the group and the chef to be creative and choose their menu based on the most beautiful products they find on the market!
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
In France, 4pm is a very important time – L’Heure de Goûter (snack time)!
In celebration of this very important time of day – join us for an afternoon of creating your very own Café Gourmand. As seen in finer restaurants, the Café Gourmand is a bite size selection of some of France’s favourite French desserts and pastries !
During the Café Gourmand class, you will create from start to finish four classical French specialties.
The Café Gourmand would not be complete without the ‘café’, so after the hard work, enjoy your creations over tea and coffee with us!
Au menu :
Compote de fraise et rhubarbe, langue de chat (Stawberry and Rhubarb compote with Ladyfinger cookie)
Crème brûlée
Mini tartelette au chocolat (Shortcrust pastry, Chocolate Ganache)
After the hard work, enjoy your creations over tea and coffee with us!
Date: Friday, August 24, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
If you are looking for a baking class in Paris, then do we have something for you ! When it comes to dough-making and bread-shaping, the French know best. Join us for a hands-on workshop and learn the secrets to making a French Baguette, in your home oven, as close as possible to those wonderful Parisian ‘Boulangeries'!
During the workshop, you will be working from start to finish to make your own selection of French Breads.
Au menu :
Baguettes Parisiennes
Fougasses (Artisanal breads filled with a variety of ingredients such as cheeses, spices, dried fruits, and nuts)
From Pétrissage à la main (Kneading and working your bread by hand) to Scarification du pain (Scarification of bread), in this workshop, you will learn the terms, techniques and applications to create your very own ‘Boulangerie chez vous’.
Beyond just creating your own breads, you pick up a couple of the insiders tips to the world of the ‘Baguettes’. Is every place you buy a baguette a “boulangerie”? We know the answer, and so will you!
Join us for the morning where you will start from scratch, and end with homemade Baguettes and Artisanal Fougasses fresh and warm from the oven ready to be taken home!
To find out more details on the structure of this class, please visit our French Baguette Classes page !
Date: Friday, August 24, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Join us for a lunch menu built on regional and seasonal flavors on the theme of Quiche and Tarte and discover the techniques behind some traditional French classic dishes !
Au menu :
Quiche Provençale (Individual Quiche with vegetables)
Salade folle aux petits lardons (Salad with lardons and traditional vinaigrette)
Tartelette sablée aux fruits rouges (Traditional French shortbread and red berries)
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Friday, August 24, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If you think that the sweetest things to see in Paris are the pastries….then this is the tour for you.
The Path to Paris Pastries is a cultural and culinary tour of the Paris's finest Pastry institutions. The tour finds us through the Marais, long known as a hot bed of ‘tendance’ (trend), the Marais’ chic diversity has trickled over in to the world of French and international pastries. As diverse as they are delicious, spend the afternoon with us touring and tasting our favourite pastry spots in Paris !
We will introduce you to our favourite boutiques, from traditional and regional, to trend setting and topical.
Au menu :
We have more than 10 sweet specialty places on our visit. There are just a few tasty morsels of what we will be covering:
- our favourite place for brioche and pink praline
- our favourite boutique for everything praline
- our favourite Chocolate boutique
- our favourite traditional Boulangerie-Pâtisserie
- two of our favourite very popular international pastry boutiques that just must be discovered....and more!
At a number of the boutiques we of course will be purchasing our sweet goodies to enjoy with a cup of coffee in hand upon returning to La Cuisine Paris !
From eye candy to palate pleasing - spend the afternoon finding the ‘Sweet Spots' of the Marais !
Please note that this tour operates outside for the majority of the time, we will spend approx 2.5 hours on foot and walking, so you will want to dress comfortably and appropriately!
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
If you are on the quest for the the best Macaron in Paris - the one you will find is made by you! Join us to learn the secrets of the traditional precious little French treats : Les Macarons Take home the secrets of these little french pastries in Paris. During the Macaron class, we will make two popular flavours !
Lemon Macarons
Vanilla Bean Macarons
Each participant will part with their creations! Our two hour Macaron Class are best as an introduction to Macarons, if you are looking for a more advanced experience, then take a look at the Technical Macaron Classes.
Date: Monday, August 27, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If you are fascinated with French Macarons and want to get futher in to the ‘nitty gritty’ of this famous pastry, then the three hour intensive technical class is for you.
During this class you will learn and practice two meringue techniques (French and Italian), create three different garnishes from start to finish, and learn to apply a different variation on your Macaron cookie. From the meringue, to the Macaron cookie, to the filling, you learn from start to finish six techniques – and of course have your box of Macarons to enjoy thereafter.
Macaron shell variation – using a different nut flour
Garnish : homemade traditional Crème au Beurre
Garnish : homemade traditional Pastry Cream
Garnish : homemade fruit compote
Each participant will part with their creations!
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Time: 09:30 - 13:30
Spend the morning in a French Market Cooking Class ! Start your culinary experience with our chef touring one of the oldest markets in Paris: The Marché Maubert !
Just minutes on foot from La Cuisine Paris, discover a traditional French market, learn how to pick the best products and compose your luncheon menu with our chef.
After the Market, and within a pleasurable walk through the Île Saint Louis, you will return to La Cuisine Paris where you will have a hands-on cooking class and work with our chef to create a gourmet lunch using your fresh market products!
Unless you see something you really want to buy for yourself, no need to take your wallet out, we will take care of all purchases on the Market (the class price is all inclusive of items purchased on the Market for the group lunch!). Please note that this is the one class where we do not have a set menu or set recipes – every class will be different! We leave it to the group and the chef to be creative and choose their menu based on the most beautiful products they find on the market!
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If you are looking for a baking class in Paris, then do we have something for you ! When it comes to dough-making and bread-shaping, the French know best. Join us for a hands-on workshop and learn the secrets to making a French Baguette, in your home oven, as close as possible to those wonderful Parisian ‘Boulangeries'!
During the workshop, you will be working from start to finish to make your own selection of French Breads.
Au menu :
Baguettes Parisiennes
Fougasses (Artisanal breads filled with a variety of ingredients such as cheeses, spices, dried fruits, and nuts)
From Pétrissage à la main (Kneading and working your bread by hand) to Scarification du pain (Scarification of bread), in this workshop, you will learn the terms, techniques and applications to create your very own ‘Boulangerie chez vous’.
Beyond just creating your own breads, you pick up a couple of the insiders tips to the world of the ‘Baguettes’. Is every place you buy a baguette a “boulangerie”? We know the answer, and so will you!
Join us for the morning where you will start from scratch, and end with homemade Baguettes and Artisanal Fougasses fresh and warm from the oven ready to be taken home!
To find out more details on the structure of this class, please visit our French Baguette Classes page !
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Time: 17:30 - 20:30
If you long for a cooking experience that is enjoyable, yet with more of a rigorous element of technical application, then join our three hour Poultry (Volaille) Technical Cooking Class. While working through three important technical applications in working with Poultry, you will simultaneously be creating a tasty meal to enjoy!
In this class you will learn and apply the following techniques:
- How to debone your fowl
- How to make chicken stock, and its various applications
- How to make ‘paupiettes’ (stuffed chicken parcels)
Each individual will have their own ‘bird’ to master, and from start to finish will learn and apply the finer techniques to creating a classical French meal. Using the fruits of the labour, the group will construct and enjoy their menu.
Au menu :
- Soupe à l’oignon (using the chicken stock)
- Paupiettes aux herbs et champignons (individual parcels of chicken stuffed with herbs and mushrooms, using the ‘paupiette’ technique)
- Salade folle et Vinaigrette traditionnelle (salad and traditional Vinaigrette)
A Vanilla ice-cream and Salted butter caramel sauce dessert will be prepared for the class with recipes and explanation provided.
After all of your hard work, enjoy your meal here with us - with a glass of wine in hand !
Please note that this class has a heavy focus on knife usage, and therefore is only appropriate for adult participation.
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a cooking class in Paris taught in English focused on France's most famous breakfast pastry : Le Croissant !
Know and loved by many, learn the secrets of this ever so flaky delicacy. During the croissant class, you will work and learn from start to finish the preparation of the Croissant as well as two other famous morning pastries.
Au menu :
Le Croissant
Le Pain au Chocolat
Le Croissant aux amandes (Croissant filled with Almond cream)
After preparation of your creations, enjoy them here with us, warm from the oven! Each participant will have goodie box to take away their creations (what is left of them!)
*please note that preparing a croissant from start to finish does normally take many, many hours of rising time (now you know why those little beauties cost more than a baguette!). We will have done some of the prework for you to ensure that you can go step by step through all of the critical stages, without all of the borning rising time inbetween. You will be working through each step to make your own homemade croissants!
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Come and learn the art of those known and loved precious little French treats : Les Macarons! Take home the secrets of these little gems.
Au menu :
White Chocolate Strawberry Macarons
Dark Chocolate Macarons
Each participant will part with their creations! Our two hour Macaron Class are best as an introduction to Macarons, if you are looking for a more advanced experience, then take a look at the Technical Macaron Classes.
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Time: 09:30 - 13:30
Spend the morning with our chef touring one of the most colorful markets in Paris: The Marché Monge !
Just minutes from La Cuisine Paris, discover a traditional French market, learn how to pick the best products and compose your luncheon menu with our chef.
After the Market experience, you will return to La Cuisine Paris where you will have a hands-on cooking class and work with our chef to create a gourmet lunch using your fresh market products!
Unless you see something you really want to buy for yourself, no need to take your wallet out, we will take care of all purchases on the Market (the class price is all inclusive of items purchased on the Market for the group lunch!). Please note that this is the one class where we do not have a set menu or set recipes – every class will be different! We leave it to the group and the chef to be creative and choose their menu based on the most beautiful products they find on the market!
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
If Culinary Tours are the way you want to explore Paris, then join La Cuisine's Food Tours in Paris ! Spend three hours where filling your belly goes hand in hand with feeding your brain on a cultural and culinary Paris food tour of Paris’s historic Les Halles area, long known as the ‘Belly of Paris’ from the famous 1873 novel ‘Le Ventre de Paris’ by Émile Zola.
Take a tour in time where we retrace the mysteries and hidden culinary secrets of the oldest food market in Europe
During the tour we will visit the foundations of the France culinary scene, from the famous cooking equipment store, to some of the oldest French delicacies you can imagine : from Fromage, to Fois Gras, from Sweets to Meats !
Along the tour we will collect delicacies from each store that we will sample and enjoy with a glass of wine back at the school !
Au menu :
1-Our favourite historical French cooking equipment store
2-Our favourite Foie Gras
3-Our favourite Fromage store
4-Our favourite French Pâtisserie – Boulangerie
5-Our favourite Boucherie-Charcuterie
6-A stop at Saint Eustache church – the heart of the French Market until 1953
Please note that this tour operates outside for the majority of the time, we will spend approx 2.5 hours on foot and walking, so you will want to dress comfortably and appropriately!
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for an afternoon of everything Choux where you will learn not only the secrets of the famous Choux Pastry used to make the Chouquette and Éclair, but also some very traditional fillings.
Au menu :
Éclairs au Chocolat et au Café (Traditional Choux pastry filled with a chocolate and a coffee pastry cream)
Chouquette (Light sugar-coated choux pastry)
Each participant will taste and take away their creations!
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for an evening of traditional French cuisine and learn the secrets behind this classic Bistrot menu.
Au menu :
Saumon et mayonnaise verte aux herbes (Salmon and green mayonnaise)
Petites courgettes farcies (Stuffed zucchini)
Tartelette amandine aux abricots (Apricot and almond tartelette)
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Time: 09:30 - 13:30
Spend the morning with our chef touring one of the most colorful markets in Paris: The Marché Bastille !
Just minutes from La Cuisine Paris, discover a traditional French market, learn how to pick the best products and compose your luncheon menu with our chef.
After the Market experience, you will return to La Cuisine Paris where you will have a hands-on cooking class and work with our chef to create a gourmet lunch using your fresh market products!
Unless you see something you really want to buy for yourself, no need to take your wallet out, we will take care of all purchases on the Market (the class price is all inclusive of items purchased on the Market for the group lunch!). Please note that this is the one class where we do not have a set menu or set recipes – every class will be different! We leave it to the group and the chef to be creative and choose their menu based on the most beautiful products they find on the market!
After preparing your meal, dine with us. Wine included
Date: Friday, August 31, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
If you are looking for a baking class in Paris, then do we have something for you ! When it comes to dough-making and bread-shaping, the French know best. Join us for a hands-on workshop and learn the secrets to making a French Baguette, in your home oven, as close as possible to those wonderful Parisian ‘Boulangeries'!
During the workshop, you will be working from start to finish to make your own selection of French Breads.
Au menu :
Baguettes Parisiennes
Fougasses (Artisanal breads filled with a variety of ingredients such as cheeses, spices, dried fruits, and nuts)
From Pétrissage à la main (Kneading and working your bread by hand) to Scarification du pain (Scarification of bread), in this workshop, you will learn the terms, techniques and applications to create your very own ‘Boulangerie chez vous’.
Beyond just creating your own breads, you pick up a couple of the insiders tips to the world of the ‘Baguettes’. Is every place you buy a baguette a “boulangerie”? We know the answer, and so will you!
Join us for the morning where you will start from scratch, and end with homemade Baguettes and Artisanal Fougasses fresh and warm from the oven ready to be taken home!
To find out more details on the structure of this class, please visit our French Baguette Classes page !