Cookery Courses for 2013
at
Harmony House
near York in North
Yorkshire
One day course £95 per
person
√ 10.00am
– 4pm √
Max 8 persons √ Refreshments √
Demonstration of food to try √ Full
explanation & guidance on recipes √
All ingredients included √ 3
course lunch with wine - eat what you cook
√ Recipe
folder & memento of your course
Pay in full on booking
or with a deposit of £45 for one day courses
(payment in full to be made 14 days before
course begins).
T & C's.
Cookery Workshop £65
√
10 – 2pm weekdays - 11-3pm Saturdays √ Max 10
persons √ Refreshments √ Demonstration of basic principles √ Cook a
selection of dishes as a group √ All
ingredients included √ Lunch
provided - eat what you have cooked √ Complimentary recipe folder & Eco bag or tea
towel to take home √ Aprons
provided - purchase for £9.50 Pay in full on
booking or with a deposit of £30 for
workshops (payment in full to be made 14
days before course begins).
T & C's.
'Week' end cookery courses and
workshops
Coming on one
of our cookery courses or workshops and
travelling some distance? Make the most of
your special day and stay with us the
night before your course.
Bring a friend or partner to join you on
your cookery course or to do their own
thing, sightseeing or shopping and make a
weekend or short break of it.
Bring a group of friends for a special treat
or celebration and cook a meal on one night,
stay the weekend and enjoy York and the
surrounding area.
Special
deal - 2 night stay at Harmony House £65 per
room per night (based on 2 sharing a room
with breakfast.)
Young Harmony - Children's Cookery Days
Short courses 10 to 12.30 or 1 to 3.30
£25 or 2 for £45 children
(juniors)
and parents welcome for
family days Half-day course
(seniors)10 to 2 -
£40 cook a meal and more √
Includes recipe folder, refreshments,
ingredients and lunch from the food produced.
Get 4 of your
friends or family together during the week
and you can choose your own day and course.
Coming again ? Ask about discount for
returning students.
Course
diary 2013
May
Thursday 2nd
Simply entertain: Friends for Supper 10 –
3.30/4pm £95 or 2 for £180 No places
available
For those who can cook, but want to increase
their repertoire. Dishes will include choux
pastry, double baked soufflés, salmon
mousse, roast pepper and tomato sauce.
chicken breast rolled with ham & leek
mousse, paprika pork, crème brulee, lemon
meringue roulade,
Friday 10th No places available
Simply Cook: Bread making with light lunch
10 – 2pm £65 or 2 for £120
Make your own bread loaves, buns, plaits and
then create speciality breads of your choice
with a variety of savoury or sweet fillings,
Foccaccia, soda bread, Stromboli, gorgonzola
and walnut, spinach, garlic and parmesan,
chilli, olives and tomato, Chelsea buns,
fruit or cinnamon twists or honey bread,
Danish pastries and brioche and doughnuts
make this bread course different to the
others. Combine it with a baking day and
stay overnight from £35 per person
Saturday 11th
Simply Cook - afternoon tea party £65 or 2 for £120
No places available
Baking and re creating homemade cakes and
pastries with a touch of nostalgia. Lemon
drizzle cake, sponge drops, maids of honour,
Battenberg, Swiss roll, Milles feuilles
Devonshire scones, chocolate brownies,
Victoria sandwich or sponge with fresh
strawberries and cream, coffee & walnut
cake, orange ginger bread, shortbread
biscuits. Share and take home.
Thursday 16th
Too be arranged
Wednesday 29th No places available
Simply cook – Budding chefs pastry day 10 –
2pm £40 or 2 for £75 From 10yrs
Learn how to make shortcrust, choux and
sweet flan pastry and create a savoury pie
for lunch followed by profiteroles and a
fruit flan .
Thursday 30th Simply fun - children and parents baking day
10 – 1pm. £30 each or 2 for £55
Learn to make sponges and pastries together,
a selection from pies, patties and quiches,
roulades, sponge drops or cupcakes
June
Saturday 1st
Simply Entertain – Summer dinner
parties 10.30 -4.30pm £95 or 2 for £180
including a three course lunch
With a selection of recipes including, Three
tier fish terrine, asparagus soufflé pork
paprika, salmon en papilotte with julienne
of vegetables and hollandaise sauce, Limon
cello yoghurt ice-cream with tuilles
individual berry and cassis puddings,
rippled fruit meringues
Friday 7th
Simply cook –cooking for men - 10 – 2pm £65
or 2 for £120
A new workshop! Learn the basics on how to
cook a meat and vegetable meal, together
with a couple of desserts. Learn how to cook
casseroles and sautés as well as roasts and
chops
Beef stroganoff or bourguignon, pork chops
with a seasonal stuffing and chicken filled
with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon.
Followed by either delicious Bakewell tart,
apple pie, or a fruit crumble. Your visit
finishes with sharing lunch, from what you
have cooked, in the conservatory.
Wed 12th Herbs & Hedgerow with History
and health properties 10.30 – 2pm £40 with
lunch and a special joint demonstration with
Alison Turnbull of Gorse Farm
We will be demonstrating and making a
selection of soups, salads, soufflés, scones
and savoury choux! All made using herbs and
hedgerow foods. These include spinach,
loveage, wild garlic, watercress, nettle and
wild mint, dandelion crusted pork and rowan
jelly, rosehip cream and elderberry jelly.
Followed by a talk on herbs, their history
and health properties. 'One of the best
cottage gardens 'Visit
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens open
today.'
Thursday 13th
No places available
Simply Cook – Foods without Gluten workshop
10 – 2pm £65 or 2 for £120
Sundried tomato bread, chocolate fondants,
Glamorgan sausage rolls, lemon meringue
roulade, chicken with orange and honey,
crème brulee
Wednesday 19th Simply food and flowers midsummer madness
- 10 – 3pm workshop with demonstration £65
for 2 for £120
Quick and easy alfresco and buffet dishes -
to include chermola chicken with quinoa,
tangy marinaded seafood, green gazpacho ,
desserts in a glass and lemon pavlova roll
to eat for lunch followed by making your own
summer flower arrangement with
Joanna Keely
Thursday 20th
No places available
Simply entertain: Friends for dinner 'Retro
and classic dinner party' with a twist. 10 –
3.30pm £95 or 2 for £180
Prawn avocado and pineapple cocktail, mini
chicken cordon bleu, a la king, Steak Diane,
duck a l’orange, brandy snaps, marbled
arctic roll, baked Alaska or crème caramel
are a selection of dishes to try
Saturday 22nd
Simply Cook workshop – Summer starters and
desserts 11 – 3pm £65 or 2 for £120
With a selection of recipes including, Three
tier fish terrine, tians, asparagus soufflé
& hollandaise sauce, gravadlax with dill
sauce, alfresco nibbles, individual berry
and cassis summer puddings, rippled fruit
meringues, desserts in a glass
Saturday 29th June Simply Entertain 10.30
to 4.30 £99 A journey through fine dining at
home! Menus with extra finishing touches
that you can easily create at home. This
course includes smoked salmon roulades with
parmesan crisps and balsamic cherry
tomatoes; salmon and lobster terrine with
lemongrass jelly and pea shoots, pan fried
tenderloin of pork with tarragon butter
sauce, Rack of lamb with a herb crust, pak
choi and jus, baked chocolate fondant with
orange tuile and spun sugar, lemon meringue
parfait with berries and a sugar cage.
Hilary with visiting chef Richard Stuttle
July
Thursday 11th
Simply world - America and the Caribbean
workshop 10.00 to 2pm £65 or 2 for £120
To cook a selection from prawn gumbo,
jambalaya, jerk chicken, Maryland chicken &
sweet corn fritters, steak with chimichurri
salsa & onion tart, key lime pie, raspberry
New York cheesecake and brownie dessert,
devil's food cake.
Friday 12th
Simply world Italian workshop 10 -2 pm £65
or 2 for £120
Make your own selection of Italian classics
such as risotto, spaghetti marinara,
gnocchi, cannelloni, and quick pasta dishes
with sauces such as Quattro foramggio and
tomato, using your own pasta. You can try
your hand at stromboli or pizza or a dessert
such as tiramisu or chocolate dipolmatico
with cantucci biscuits, or torte di almonds.
Which you will eat for your lunch
Thursday 18th
Simply cook – Simply cook breads & Pastry
afternoon workshop combined 1-5 pm £65 2 for £120
Learn how to make traditional bread loaves
and rolls, Rustic and savoury breads such as
olive, walnut & gorgonzola, Stromboli and
chorizo plaits, Quick sour dough cobs
followed by shortcrust and sweet pastry for
savoury and sweet pies, tarts and flans.
Wednesday 31st
Simply Fun: Children's cookery course 10 –
2pm £40 each, 2 for £75 Suitable for ages 10
– 15 years
Cook lunch from a selection of Thai chicken
noodle soup, double baked cheese soufflé,
chicken with lemon parmesan crumb served
with vegetable risotto, pavlova roll with
lemon or raspberries, chocolate terrine,
followed by an afternoon of making cake pops
or Macaroons
August
Thursday 1st
Simply Entertain – A taste of Yorkshire 10 –
3.30/4pm with three course lunch £95 or 2
for £180 No places available.
Enjoy a day cooking with the products and
recipes of this great county. Choose from
Wensleydale double baked soufflé with
Kilnsey trout, Yorkshire blue garlic
mushrooms with chive muffins, Rolled beef
with Yorkshire Ale, Yorkshire puddings and
Toad in the hole, Whitby fish pie Yorkshire
curd tart with lemon curd ice cream, rhubarb
and orange syllabub with Yorkshire parkin
School closed
Friday August 29th
Simply fun Family day 10 – 12.30 pm £25 or 2
for £45. 7 years onwards
Make your on meat or vegetable pasties or
cheese whirls. With peach or pineapple
upside down or lemon drizzle cake to take
home
September
Thursday 5th
Simply cooking for students cookery for
those going to University, college or
working away for the first time 10 -3.30pm.
£75
A journey through knife skills, food safety,
store cupboard essentials, and then they
will come away with at least a week of easy
meals on a budget. Twenty or more ways with
minced meats, pasta, sauces, chocolate
mousse, homemade burgers and meatballs,
sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, risotto,
pesto chicken, lasagne, and more. They will
come away with a recipe pack to take away on
laminated sheets
Saturday 7th
Beginners cookery course and new to cooking, 10 – 2 pm £65 or
2 for £120
Aimed at those going away for the first
time, students, getting married, cooking for
one or two. Healthy and economical quick
cooking
Learn how a make repertoire of 7 easy dishes
to recreate at home or away. Learn how to
recreate recipes using different
ingredients, easy cooking but presented
well, how to cook, meat, fish, vegetables,
pasta and rice. Stirfries, soups and sauces
to pies and pastries
Thursday 12th
Simply World pasta and Italian workshop 10 –
2pm £65 or 2 for £120
Make your own selection of Italian classics
such as risotto, spaghetti marinara,
gnocchi, cannelloni, and quick pasta dishes
using your own pasta. You can try your hand
at stromboli or pizza or a dessert such as
tiramisu or chocolate dipolmatico with
cantucci biscuits, or torte di almonds.
Which you will eat for your lunch
Thursday 19th
Simply cook: Fish course 10 – 3.30/4pm £95
Knife skills, filleting and skinning flat,
round, oily and white fish will be the first
demonstration of the day. Quick and easy
starters of mousses, tiâns and dips will be
followed by cooking a selection of fish
dishes such as Moules mariners, crab &
langoustine beignets, sea bass & scallops
with a leek veloute, 3 fish roast, sole
Florentine, filo wrapped salmon, mackerel
with chilli and ginger and prawns Provencal
together with a dessert
Saturday 21st
Oriental cookery Chinese and Thai workshop
10 – 2pm £65 or 2 for £120
Stay away from the take away and cook a
selection from beef in black bean, Cantonese
chicken, Thai Curry, pad thai, chicken satay
Thai crab cakes, teriyaki chicken, Singapore
noodles and sweet and sour sauce and spring
rolls
Thursday 26th
Simply Entertain Autumn Delights 10
– 3.30/4 pm with 3 course lunch £95 2 for
£180
A day with using Autumn Carrot and thyme
terrine with parmesan crisps roast garlic &
sweet potato soufflé, duck with sloe gin and
blackberry sauce, stuffed pork loin wrapped
in pancetta with caramelised apples and
black pudding, pannacotta with plum & damson
compote, cinnamon and apple strudel
October
Thursday 10th
Simply cook: Vegetarian workshop 10 – 1.30
£65 or 2 for £120
New ideas for vegetarian dishes such as
lentil and cheese loaf, savoury roulades,
butternut squash lasagne courgette & boursin
tart, black eye bean patties, beetroot
risotto, sweet potato, vegetable and feta
layer , hazelnut and stilton toad in the
hole, mushroom stroganoff
Saturday 19th
Simply world curries and spice 11-3pm with 2
course lunch £65 2 for £120 - with lunch
included No places available
Cook your own Indian style take away at home
from Rogan Josh, chicken tikka masala, prawn
balti style Cauliflower parathas, samosas,
butter Bhuna beef, chicken Masala chapattis,
bhajias, and koftas raitha dip to eat
together for lunch
Thursday
24th
Simply Cook –starters and desserts afternoon
workshop 1-5pm £65 2 for £180
Cook starters which can be used as snacks
such as seafood bisque, squash, rosemary and
garlic soufflé, crab and langoustine
beignets or salmon and dill cakes, carrot
and thyme terrine with beetroot puree, choc
pots, praline and chocolate layer cake,
orange panacotta with espresso; lemon &
ginger syllabub terrine,
Thursday 31st simply fun family cookery
day 9 – 14 yrs
Bread making 10 – 1pm £30 or 2 for £55
Make your own savoury breads in a loaf,
plait or roll, plain or filled with chorizo,
ham and cheeses, sun blush tomato, parmesan
and basil or a rosemary and rock salt
foccaccia. Then turn your hand to sweet
delights such as brioche currant and honey
bread and Chelsea buns. *One adult per child
unless no supervision needed
November
Saturday
2nd
Simply cook – Good food Fast - stay away
from the takeaway - 11-3 pm workshop £65 or
2 for £120
Quick and easy meals for family entertaining
such as Cantonese pork, beef in black bean,
southern fried chicken, breaded fish fillets
with minted mushy peas!, chicken tikka
masala, chilli beef enchiladas with
guacamole
Friday 15th
Simply entertain Game delights with 3 course
lunch £95 or 2 for £180
Game terrine with pancetta crisps. Carpaccio
and balls of venison with a blackberry
vinaigrette pheasant or partridge with a
brandy, cream and pink peppercorn sauce or
Guinea fowl with a bitter orange sauce on a
bed of crushed potatoes and leeks with roast
honey parsnips and carrots. Malakoff gateau
with a spun sugar topping , chocolate
marquis with crème anglasie
Saturday 16 November
Simply World pasta and Italian workshop 10 –
2pm £65 or 2 for £120
Make your own selection of Italian classics
such as risotto, spaghetti marinara,
gnocchi, cannelloni, and quick pasta dishes
using your own pasta. You can try your hand
at stromboli or pizza or a dessert such as
tiramisu or chocolate dipolmatico with
cantucci biscuits, or torte di almonds.
Which you will eat for your lunch
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