Cooking Class: Dumpling Dinner Party

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Order on or before Feb 15, for a discounted price of $98 per guest (usually $108).

Do you love eating Chinese dumplings at your favorite restaurant? Why not learn how to make them yourself? In this San Francisco cooking class, you'll learn how to make classic Shanghaineese dumplings from scratch and eat at a three course meal in the ultimate dumpling dinner party!

From scratch means from scratch: No pre-bought or pre-made dumpling skins, but instead kneading flour + water, rolling out to 12-15 dumpling skins, and pleating: By the end of the night, you'll be a pro unleashing the secrets soy sauce that you can combine with everyday, simple ingredients.

The night will start with a brief overview of Shanghaineese cuisine and flavor profiles, with a brief tasting of my favorite soy sauces. Next, we'll put those ideas to use in a demonstration of a 1-hour braised soy sauce pork belly (红烧肉), a classic dish that will combine principles of slow cooking and balanced flavors. Then onto the main part of the experience: Making your own chili dumpling dish (红油水餃) from scratch. This includes kneading dough, rolling out 12-15 skins, learning the art of pleating dumplings with your own stuffing and sauces. We'll end this delicious cooking class with a tang yuan red bean dessert... you will be in a food coma at the end of the experience!

You'll also receive a dumplings recipe guide after the experience, where I'll describe how you can extend the techniques we talked about to similar dishes in French and Italian cuisine.

Please Note:

• Organic fresh produce and pork will be sourced from the local farmer's market.
• This experience can be made with vegetarian stuffing upon request with 48h notice. A tofu-braise subsitute of the pork belly braise is available for vegetarians.
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Beginner-friendly, but all skills welcome! You'll also get to do a soy sauce tasting to better understand umami.
  Three course dinner: You'll create 12-15 of your own handmade dumplings and dipping sauces made with organic, aged soy sauce from Taiwan from scratch - including the dough that won't be pre-made or pre-bought. We will also make soy sauce braised pork belly using locally raised organic pork; organic white rice, and organic bok choy. A traditional dessert, tangyuan, follows. You'll take home a recipe guide.
  Just yourself! Feel free to BYOB enjoy while cooking and eating. I recommend a bubbly for while we make dumplings, and a light red for the main.
 

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a team building activity, birthday or bachelorette party.

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