LF141 French Store-Bought Doughs - How to Quickly Make Savory & Sweet Treats

We’ll show you how to quickly make savory and sweet treats using ready-made doughs you can find in your grocery store.

Learn how this morning and make something special in time for Valentine’s Day dinner and dessert that night!

You’ll learn about the different kinds of dough such as “Brick”, “Phyllo” and “Puff Pastry, where to find them in your grocery store, and how versatile and quick they are to use to create appetizers, dinner and dessert.

Our Menu includes:

Cumin Cigars - cumin spiced beef fried in feuilles de brick pastry

Crackers - chicken filled phyllo dough parcels

Talmouse de Boeuf - puff pastry squares filled with seasoned beef

And for dessert, we will learn how to make from scratch the very versatile Pâte à Choux, or cream puff dough. We’ll make a simple fried doughnut, like Churros, called “Pets de Nonne”.

Techniques you will learn in this class: how to shop for ready-made pastry dough in your grocery store; different ways to use store bought dough; tips on deep-frying; how to make cream puff dough, also called Pâte à Choux.

About the Instructor: Chef Randall Price will share with us his passion for French cuisine, drawing on his 25 years of experience cooking France for heads of state and working as Chef-Instructor at the professional Paris cooking school, Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne. His entertaining style, easy-to-follow demonstrations and focus on classic techniques will inspire you to reproduce dishes at home.