Had just the best time on Friday.
Decided that if I’m to raise money by cooking, then I ought to brush up my skills a bit, so signed up for a one-day course on Moroccan and Southern Spanish cooking at the Vegetarian Cookery School in Bath
What a joy! The course was a combination of demonstration and hand-on do-it-yourself, and we fairly whizzed through a selection of 5 different vegetarian Tapas, including spiced almonds (or to give them their proper name, almendras con sal picante) and patata bravas y alioli (roasted spicy potatoes with hand-made garlic mayonnaise to you and me), moorish semolina bread with broadbean and pumpkin bissara, and potato tortilla. Then on to the main meal of vegetable tagine, cous cous and wonderful salad, followed closely by the most delicious desserts.
From this …
to this…
and this ...
with puddings still to come!
The 2 chefs (Rachel and Helen) were skilled, funny and generous in the information they imparted – they threw in sessions on such arcane skills as swiftly peeling and crushing garlic cloves, and segmenting oranges – pith-free: not easy, but so satisfying when you get it!
Only 4 other people on the course, so very friendly and cosy.
And of course we got to eat everything we made – well we had to, how else would we know that it was OK? All washed down with fine wine and juice. I foresee a lot of couscous celebrations and tapas feasts in the weeks ahead.
Definitely putting the fun into fundraising.
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