One of the more creative gifts we got for our wedding was a gift certificate to Hipcooks from 2 of our groomsmen. The Hipcooks West studio is only about a mile from our apartment and offers a variety of classes each month. We wanted to chose a class that was focused around something we don't make very often at home with the hopes of getting a few new skills and a new menu to throw into our routine. We settled on a Spanish tapas class. The menu featured garlic shrimp, tortilla espanola, sweet and spicy nuts, marinated olives, a simple salad, empanadas, and lastly, flan!
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| Beginning of class and flan prep. |
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| Caramelized sugar art to adorn the flan |
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| Pouring flan into ramekins before baking |
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| Husband tossing nuts with brown sugar, butter, and rosemary |
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| le nuts |
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| Sangria- cheers! |
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| Manchego and membrillo |
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| Finished nuts with a sprinkle of tobasco and marinated olives |
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| Preparing our tortilla espanola with potato, chorizo, and onions |
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| Empanada filling with ground beef, currants, raisins,and olives |
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| Stuffing and filling the empanadas |
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| Beautiful finished tortilla |
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| Garlic shrimp |
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| Golden empanadas fresh from the oven |
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| Fresh made hummus with a splash of sesame oil |
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| Dinner time! |
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| Beautiful flan with orange and vanilla bean |
We left well fed, learned some new tricks, and feel more comfortable with a genre we hadn't experimented with much. R left craving more flan, what else is new?!
Have you taken any cooking classes? What did you learn? If you're looking to try one, I'd recommend giving Hipcooks a try, it was absolutely a lot of fun and we enjoyed the company of our fellow students.
Now I'm hungry again. Your blog is going to make me fat.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great gift! That tortilla looks heavenly x kat
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