Example Itinerary Vegetarian Cookery course. We will teach you a French inspired 4/5 course dinner party and even though we are in France an Italian inspired 3 course dinner menu. Plus excellent quick lunches, tricks of the trade, forward preparation, timing, portion size & spending more time with your guests. We may even dapple into some Asian food.
DAY 1 Friday/ Saturday
Arrive, relax, kick off your shoes, have a drink & settle in. We will meet for evening aperitifs at 7pm and a welcome dinner.
Local pink fizz & canapés
Red pepper custard, whipped goats cheese toast
Green cannelinni “scotch egg”
Camargue rice, crispy onions, pea fritter, sour cream & pomegranite
Religieuse & strawberry cream
All served with local wine
A visit to Issigeac on of Frances prettiest markets to get some wonderful fresh ingredients and have a stroll around and a coffee in one of the cafés. back to the house for lunch and ready for some cooking in the afternoon.
Back at the house and lunch of something from the market eg.sautéed wild mushrooms and truffle on toast.
Preparation Quick Knife skills just to check you’re not going to injure yourselves. Onions, Diced Carrot, Tomato Concasse, Mushrooms, Celery Vegetable Stock, Stuffed Tomatoes. Fine Apple Tart, Canapés
Late Lazy French Sunday Lunch / Dinner French Sunday are reserved for family, relaxation and the celebration of life with your loved ones. Typically the day is spent in the kitchen and outside and culminates in a relaxed multiple course meal around a a large table. Good food accompanied by good wine and good conversation. We start with aperitifs and canapés, followed by whatever is in season. Cheese follows and a typically Ice Cream or a simple dessert..
Local pink fizz & canapés
Partager
Blue cheese and walnut terrine, quince
White asparagus and chive hollandaise
“Patties”, beetroot bread, peppered mayo
Carrot brochette, garlic aioli
Lyonnaise potato, wild musrooms & feuille de bric,
hazelnut “vierge
Fine apple tart
All served with local wine
DAY 3 Monday A visit to Duras to collect Fresh Goats Cheese for our lunch from Shepherdess Stephanie just 2 km from the house
Local Goats Cheese, Crostini, Honey & Walnuts
Afternoon Prep;
Example dinner menu
cocktails & canapés
Sweet potato gnocchi, crispy sage
Aubergine Milanese, mascapone polenta, mushroom ragout
Panaforte, bisotti & sweet wine
DAY 4 Tuesday
Help yourself to; Continental breakfast/ croissants, house Jam, toasted mais bread, tea, coffee juice, etc….
Morning Preparation Oeufs meurette; pithivier, frasier, aubergine panées,
The afternoon is yours and we can visit one of Frances best chocolate produces at the Chocolate Shop /factory in Duras
Local pink fizz & canapés
Eggs, “meurette”
Lentils “aux créme”, potato fritters, stuffed roscoff
Chocolate cremeaux, spiced ice cream, pistachio wafer
All served with local wine
DAY 5
Help yourself to; Continental breakfast/ croissants, house Jam, toasted mais bread, tea, coffee juice, etc….
Morning preparation Pumpkin gnocchi, potato ravioi,
After lunch a visit to a local winery
Pumpkin Gnocchi, Roasted Pumpkin, Fried Sage & Hazelnut Butter for lunch
Example Italian Dinner
Local pink fizz & canapés
Omelette “souffle” whipped Roquefort, quince, & walnut salsa,
Red wine poached pear, cloted cream
All served with local wine
Day 6
After a relaxing breakfast sad goodbyes and depart for airport.
What’s included?
5 nights’ accommodation in a room with super king size bed, Egyptian cotton bed linen, flat screen TV English channels, en-suite bathroom with walk in showers;
All meals breakfast, nibbles, lunch & dinner. Coffee, tea, biscuits and cakes All ingredients for the cookery course
All aperitifs & wine with meals. 2/3 days cookery classes
Bergerac airport pick up
The price per room based on 2 people sharing is £1625.00
Single occupancy £1095.00
3-6 persons on each course
What’s not included?
Flights are not included
Bergerac is the preferred airport. We are 35 minutes from Bergerac airport & 80-100 minutes from Bordeaux.
All itineraries and menus are subject to change
