Pear and Almond Tart!
This past Saturday, I got to attend a fantastic cooking class on pies and tarts at Le Cordon Bleu’s Portland campus! It was part of their MasterChef cooking class series. The classes offered in this series aren’t directly related to the TV show (which I will admit I totally love) but like the show, it is all for non-professional, amateur chefs.
Our instructor Chef Emma Nowell showing us how to make a perfect apple pie
What I liked most is that the classes are all very hands-0n and taught just like the courses for the degree program – but even better because the student helpers measure out all of the ingredients and clean up! So it’s pretty much like the best of both worlds!
My wonderful little workspace
We first made an incredible Old-Fashioned Apple Pie with a super flaky, buttery crust. It is perfect for that cold, rainy evening topped with vanilla ice cream. Chef Emma demonstrated the more rustic Apple Galette using the same flaky pie dough topped with turbinado sugar.
