Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Full Cource by Chef Aaron from CDs Cafe

Chef Aaron joined us for another fabulous evening learning how to use fresh healthy ingredients for wonderfully flavored entrees.

The start many of his soups includes celery, carrots and onions chopped fine and heated to the right texture.


Tomatoes were added to this mixture along with fresh basil and spinach leaves....

The end result was a beautiful Tomato Basil Soup!

Joann's Mom, Ann, was our server while employees of Quality Street attended a food show.


The next item began with garbanzo beans run through a food processor, with liquids, spices and herbs added gradually...

...to produce a signature CDs Cafe dish, Hummus with Grilled Pita.

What a nice spicy flavor...the dishes were completely clean when returned.

The featured entree for the evening included baby carrots and white rice......


with Broiled Tilapia with Mango Chipotle Salsa. A dish packed with flavor and a very comfortable prep time. Our students learned the value of shocking the carrots at the perfect cook time.


We can't forget dessert! Chef Aaron did a beautiful Bananas Foster, which he had not made since attending culinary arts school. It came out perfect!


The flame was there to cook down the sugars but the batch was too large for the "big bang".

It looks great and tastes even better!

Another very nice evening at Quality Street! Chef Aaron will be on again in the summer schedule for a number of very nice classes including a day-time class in June. Come on out and enjoy!!!!

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