Schedule up for Cooking Classes (Finally)

Well after a few months of planning we finally have our cooking classes up online and available for to purchase. We will be offering some great classes to begin with at our temporary cooking location at the Dacor Kitchen showroom in South San Francisco.

Barbara is ready to get back into instructing adults, as she has recently been only teaching cooking classes to children.  She is looking forward to handing knives back to the hands of her students, something she is unable to do with the children's classes.  Look for her knife skills class to kick off our schedule of classes.

 We will also be offering a Sausage making class, where we will be making breakfast sausage, chorizo, spicy  Italian and bratwurst sausages.  We will also be offering party classes that are part cooking and a lot of fun with our Festa di Pasta where every student will be making a pasta from scratch and a sauce or filling to go along to feast on at the end of the party.   We will also host a Paella Fiesta, that's right a Paella Party, where Spanish tapas and Valencian Paella will be made amidst music and frivolity.  The photos may not match now but there will be plenty of smiles and happy well fed people in the days and years to follow.

Cooking classes offered by addthyme.com

We hope to see you soon at one of our classes, we know you'll have a good time and learn a trick or two in becoming a better cook.  Our goal is to make you a better, happier more confident person in the kitchen that can produce not just a full belly but a smile and a sense of accomplishment.

Valentine Heart Ravioli

Here's an easy Valentine's  Day recipe, to make for your sweetheart.  Start with your favorite ravioli filling recipe, the one we are using here is a simple mixture of Ricotta, Parmesan, Spinach, Egg, Salt and Pepper.

Place filling on your broad sheets of pasta, and use a heart shaped cookie cutter make sure your filling will fit within the ravioli.  Dip your fingers in an egg wash and moisten the pasta around your ravioli filling, then place your top layer of pasta over your filling and seal the raviolis.  Then use the cookie cutter to cut out your individual ravioli.

Pasta is a simple and easy dish for you to make from scratch at home.  Sign up for one of our cooking classes to learn how to make pasta.  If you don't have time to make your own pasta, you can use store bought won-ton wrappers, to create nearly the same effect.

Use the cutter and cut out your hearts and then place stuffing on the bottom layer.

With your finger tips moisten the edges and then seal the top layer.

The heart shaped ravioli are now ready to cook, place in a pot of boiling salted water and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the hearts float to the top of the pot.  Remove ravioli and serve with your favorite sauce.