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Celtic & Welsh Cooking Classes

 to be held at

Pinegate’s New Community Center

( 6301 Gatewood Drive , Mentor , Ohio)

Monday, November 15, 2004 at 6:30 pm

The theme of the classes will be the history and techniques of Celtic and Welsh Cooking. Flavorful recipes will be demonstrated with the class enjoying generous samples.

Join Ken Thorne, Welsh born and Food Editor of Ninnau - the Welsh American Newspaper, for fun times while enjoying the taste of the very best of these ethnic foods. Learn to prepare the recipes that have become favorites in many families. Recipes provided to take home.

We will plan a series of classes with lamb initially as the main theme. Even if you have never tasted lamb, we will convince you this is a delicious alternative for your menus. We will try to keep everything as easy as possible while making the results rewarding.

Our first class will feature an Encrusted Roasted Loin of Lamb. This boneless cut looks and cooks like a beef tenderloin. Sprinkled with herbs and spices on the inside before being rolled, the lamb is encrusted and roasted medium rare or medium. Ken will show you how to buy this cut and debone it while keeping all the tender morsels in place. To complement the lamb we will serve a Special Mint Sauce. Yummy! You will also sample Aunt Vera’s Fantailed Roasted Potatoes Cooked Snowdonia Style and Portmeirion Peas. Also, sample a Piped Mash of Carrots and Parsnips, served once a week in most Welsh homes!

On arrival, you will be served a bowl of an old Welsh favorite – steaming hot Potato, Leek and Cheese Soup and Crusty Bread. Normally thought of as a cream soup, our version is cream-less but very smooth! We will show you how easy it is to prepare this fabulous soup.

Our dessert course will be Raspberry White Chocolate Crème Brûlée! You will enjoy a full size serving of this classic burnt custard sweet. This is the most popular dessert in Wales today and when you taste it, you’ll understand why it’s such a wonderful finish to an evening. Once you see how simple the technique, you’ll be making it at home! 

Class will start at 6:30 pm . There will be generous samples offered for tasting – so come hungry! Each class is $18 per person plus $8 food fee. Please bring a knife, fork and spoons (dessert and teaspoon). Bring a friend for a fun evening! Wine or beer allowed so bring a favorite beverage! We will have some wine on hand: Chardonnay (dry), a dry red wine and a semi-sweet White Zinfandel - donations requested to offset cost. Please bring a wine glass!

We’ll play some vocals by Katherine Jenkins, Wales ’s new international singing star!

Home phone – 440 255-2214. Cell phone on November 15: 440 478-4703.

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Directions To Pinegate Community Room,

6301 Gatewood Dr., Mentor, Ohio !

Take Route 2 to Heisley Road/Route 44 North Exit in Mentor . Go south on Heisley Road traveling just short of a mile to Hendricks Road on your right. Make a right turn on Hendricks Road (you are now going West) for about a mile, Norwood Drive will be second street on the left after you pass over Rte 2. Make a left turn on Norwood Drive . Stay on Norwood and at the second Stop Sign you will be at Gatewood Drive Intersection. Make a left turn (South). Proceed south and at the First Stop Sign you’ll see a park bench and a small white picket fence on a Cul de Sac circle on your right. The Community Center will be on your left, make a left turn into the driveway across from the Cul de Sac to enter parking area. Any questions call 440 255-2214 or on November 15 call cell phone 440 478-4703.  

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