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Cooking Class: L'heure du Goûter – Favorite French After-School Snacks (Part Three) with Mardi Michels
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If you don’t have the option to pick up a packet of store-bought French cookies or pop by the boulangerie, register for this class where you will learn to make 3 classic recipes: Nutella pots de crème, Chocolate "barquette" cookies, and Orange Financiers.
Led by food writer, French teacher, and cookbook author, Mardi Michels, this interactive lesson will have us whipping up these tasty, easy snacks like an expert. Participants will come away with an understanding of how to bring a little bit of French flair to their own after-school snacks.
A shopping list of ingredients has been provided below and full recipes will be delivered via email the day before the class. We invite you to discover your next favorite snack food during our first and second installments in this popular cooking class series.
Nutella pots de crème:
- 1 1/2 cups (375mL) milk
- 3 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup (225g) Nutella
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
Barquette cookies:
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons (25g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons (20g) all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup (66g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons butter
Orange Financiers:
- 1/4 cup (56g/ 4 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- zest of 1 orange (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 large egg white
- 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup ground almonds
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
Special equipment needed:
- one 12-cavity mini muffin tins
Mardi Michels is a full-time elementary school French (and cooking!) teacher and the author of eatlivetravelwrite.com where she writes about culinary adventures near and far. Mardi grew up in Australia, lived and taught in Paris for over five years, and now calls Toronto home. In 2014, Mardi and her husband purchased a home in Nérac (southwest France), which they operate as a vacation rental property. They spend as much time in France as they can! Mardi also teaches (mostly French) cooking and baking classes for adults and children (currently online!). Her first book, In the French kitchen with Kids, was published in 2018 (Appetite by Random House).
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.