Prepare a batch of Shrimp Pasta with spaghetti, shrimp, garlic, lemon, fresh chili, and fresh parsley
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Richard did a great job with this meal! He loves to make pasta at home and had a lot of fun learning about a new approach. He did an excellent job practicing his knife skills by dicing all of the aromatics and did a great job balancing the ratios and flavors of the various ingredients. The pasta turned out delicious and Richard was very excited to take home leftovers to share with his family.
Prepare a batch of butter chicken and discuss the concepts and techniques involved in the marinade and building the sauce.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
*due to a scheduling mix up I had Richard for 90 minutes instead of our usual 60*
Richard really enjoyed this meal! It provided us with a great opportunity to discuss marinades and developing flavor across multiple stages of a dish. He really enjoys this dish at restaurants so he was excited to learn about the process and ingredients that go into it. He was particularly excited to learn about the spice blend, garam masala, that gives butter chicken its signature flavor.
Create two pizzas and explore the different ingredient/flavor combinations possible with a variety of ingredients
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Richard did an excellent job today! He got some great practice with his knife skill while prepping the various ingredients, and the pizzas were well balanced and tasted delicious. He first wanted to make a meat-lovers pizza with a cheese stuffed crust, which we then followed with a sausage and veggie pesto pizza with fresh basil and a balsamic drizzle.
Warm up and stretch using add one exercises up to five exercises. Review all basic techniques, including: backfist reverse punch, blocks kicks and break falls, finish with sparring and grappling.
Prepare a classic chicken parmesan with spaghetti and roasted asparagus
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
*actual date 3/7* Richard did a great job! He paid close attention to my demonstration of "butterflying," a chicken breast and did an excellent job himself on his own piece of chicken. He had some experience already with the classic breading station, but this dish was a great opportunity to go over each component in detail and discuss its use and function. Richard has a very intuitive understanding of flavor and ingredients and he did an excellent job seasoning the asparagus and the chicken. Through a discussion about flavor and texture he used a variety of ingredients to nicely balance the flavors of this dish.
