Fine French Pastry – A Cooking Class with Chef Lou Jones

Dessert should be a treat for the tastebuds as well as the eye, and these classics deliver on both counts. Chef Lou Jones will demonstrate how to make butter puff pastry and bake it perfectly for Mille Feuille (Napoleon). Then he’ll assemble this iconic dessert.

He’ll then move on to custard cookery and the little-known Crème Moulée. The texture of this custard is more sublime than Crème Caramel. It’s heaven on a plate! This ultra-smooth custard will be paired with piquant, ginger-infused rhubarb compôte and crisp ginger tuile cookies. This cooking class will culminate in a tasting.

Menu to include:

• Strawberry Mille Feuille with Raspberry Sauce: Fresh strawberries, kirsch flavoured pastry cream and Chantilly cream sandwiched between crisp golden puff pastry, served with raspberry sauce.
• Crème Mouléee with Rhubarb Compôte and Ginger Tuile: Smooth Crème Moulée served with poached rhubarb, drizzled with its cooking sauce and served with crisp ginger tuile cookies.

This demonstration class is limited to 10 people.

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About Lou Jones:

Lou Jones has been a professional chef for 40+ years. While he has a broad repertoire in the culinary arts, his favorite discipline is pastry. Recently, he has established an artisan bakery, complete with a wood fired brick bread oven, which supplies local businesses and Farmer’s markets with a variety of fresh baked goods.

Lou is a former Associate Professor (teaching in The Escoffier Restaurant, now The Bocuse) and an Associate Dean of the Culinary Institute of America. During this time he co-authored the award winning “Bistros and Brasseries” with his colleague John Fischer.

He has achieved many accolades which include: National Chef of the Year Great Britain, Gold Medalist at both The Culinary Olympics, Frankfurt and the Culinary World Cup, Luxembourg. He was also mentioned in the Queen’s New Years Honours List and Made an MBE for his services to the Culinary Arts. He lives with his wife Angela and their two children in Gallatin, NY and runs an artisanal bakery called BritBreads.

Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets. Persons who notify us at least seven (7) days in advance that they cannot attend may receive credit and register for another class of equal value held within the subsequent two months, if a class is available.

Notes: Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware purchases on class day.

HGS Home Chef is a member of TheWorkshopExperience.org, a group of friends who produce exceptional experiential learning through classes and workshops on a wide variety of topics in and around Hillsdale, NY – at the crossroads of the Hudson Valley and Berkshires.