February 3, 2013

In Home "Dumplings" Cooking Party

Let's Cultivate Food's most recent "In Home Cooking Party" was with a group of
6 fabulous women who got together and  learned some tips and tricks in the kitchen.
The hostess chose several different dumplings from an array of 12 different types.


This class was not only about making dumplings but about pairing a different wine with each and every dumpling!  Hmm... which wine goes best with steamed tofu kimchi dumplings or pan fried 
Peking ravioli dumplings?



After learning several different ways of how to fold the dumplings- the ladies were busy 
folding and competing with whose dumplings were prettier...  (friendly competing of course!)
  
Here are a few steamed chicken dumplings....

The Peking ravioli dumplings...   (hmm I wonder what is in there?.... I guess you'll have to host a cooking party or a cooking class lesson to find out what makes these ravioli dumplings so yummy!)

Next we had some deep fried beef and veggie dumplings....
(that we dipped into some sauces we made)

The tofu kimchi dumplings were steamed as well....

We also learned how to make a dessert dumpling-- the apple banana fritter

Then---- there was more wine pairing....


  This party was serious on the wine pairing!

 
Here is part of the spread the wonderful ladies made!  This in home cooking party class was tremendously
fun because the ladies were so great and who doesn't love dumplings right!?!



Zestfully, Let's Cultivate Food