Well I must say this was one of the better classes I have been to with TMX. On our plush dining room chair was sitting a 2010 calendar and a presentation folder which contained a TMX notepad, pen, discount voucher for 10% off a future meal at the restaurant and professionally printed recipe cards of everything done. In the corner sat a woman at a table with bottles of wine and full sized glasses - no-one seemed quite sure whether we were to buy a drink off her or ask for a sample so we did nothing.
The following is what was made tonight and what I thought of it.
Apple & Lemon Sorbet - very nice, more of an adult taste I thought.
Brussel sprout & chestnut soup - not too sure if I liked this or not as the sample wasn't hot enough or large enough. I would probably try it though.
Raw vegie salad - enjoyed this.
Roasted Red Capsicum Cream Cheese Dip - delicious. Would be nice over a baked potato or warmed as a sauce for over chicken.
Pierogi with 2 different fillings - cheese & potato plus a meat one. Very tasty but I think they were made earlier in the day and however they reheated them made the edges of the pastry a bit tough. I would reheat them gently in a thin mushroom sauce.
This recipe is on Page 108 of Meat on the Menu.
Golabki with porcini mushroom sauce. These are rice and mushroom stuffed cabbage leaves steamed in the varoma and were absolutely delicious.
Chocolate mousse served with farvorki (fried Polish pastries dusted with icing sugar). The mousse was more like a runny chocolate pudding, tasty but not mousse in my eyes. The farvorki were really nice.
Then the wine lady stood up and talked about her wine selection and advised which would go with what. We were then invited to go to the table for our tasting plate and then have a glass of wine or a glass of
every wine if we wanted. Decent sized serving too. By now the class was running overtime as they usually do so I ate, drank 1 glass of wine and left. I thought it was great value for $40 and I now have some recipes to share with you all because no-one said we couldn't put them on the forum
