Victorian Cookery

Course

In Penrith,

£ 280 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Penrith,

  • Duration

    2 Days

To explode modern perceptions of nineteenth century English cookery as stodgy and over-boiled. We will reveal a cuisine that could compete with the best in Europe.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Penrith, (Cumbria)
Historic Food, Wreay Farm, Shap, CA10 3LB,

Start date

On request

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Course programme

SATURDAY

10 am - Welcome and Introduction to the Course.Passing swiftly over Mrs B, we will concentrate on the contributions made by some of the more original cookery writers of the period, such as those of Acton, Francatelli, Garrett and Marshall.

10.45 -13.00 - Anglo-French Country House Cookery - Francatelli's Roasted Fillet of Beef à l'Anglaise. In preparing this for lunch we will learn how to lard, marinate and gently spit roast this delicate joint to perfection. We will also prepare another nineteenth century classic, a highly decorative moulded chartreuse.

13.00 - 14.00 - Lunch

14.00 - 17.00 - The Triumph of the Mould - In exploring a range of moulded foods we will learn how to make 'a twenty egg savoy cake', a charlotte, and an Alexandra Cross jelly.

17.00 - 20.00 - Free

20.00 - Dinner of Victorian dishes at Wreay Farm

SUNDAY

10.00 - 13.00 Fancy Ices - with Francatelli and Marshall as our guides we will make cream ices and water ices using sorbetieres and machines from the period and mould them into elaborate puddings and bombes.

13.00 - 14.00 - Lunch

14.00 - 17.00- Using Victorian Pie forms. We will learn how to make cold water crust for raised pies and explore the techniqe of using both wooden, paper and copper pie forms to produce some beautiful pastry works of art.

Additional information

Payment options: We require a deposit of £100 with your booking. The cost includes: * all tuition * printed materials/recipes * lunches (cooked by you, of course) * Saturday evening Historic Food dinner * all raw materials, plus your produce to take home

Victorian Cookery

£ 280 + VAT