Learn to make French Appetizers in a private online class!

5.0 (10 Reviews)

Approximately 1.5 hours

English or French

Your host Léonie

Leonie became passionate about cooking and baking when she realized what a central place food occupies in our everyday life. Leonie learned to cook from her parents as a young child growing up in France. Because she became a vegetarian when she was 10, she also learned to cook for herself. In her words, “Food gathers everyone and everything together. It tells so much about a country, a community and a person.” Originally from France, Leonie finds inspiration from traditional and family recipes, from travel and stories, and her French roots. A young university student, Leonie lives an active and healthy lifestyle in Germany and enjoys creating simple, healthy and delicious dishes that remind her of home.

Highlights

Learn to make a variety of appetizers
Private, one-on-one online instruction with a French native
Scheduled mutually at your convenience (host lives in Cologne, Germany (GMT+2))
Customization available for dietary restrictions or preferences
Recipes and ingredients list will be emailed in advance of class
Travel from your own home and learn culinary traditions of France!
Please note that this class is NOT available on Saturday and Sunday

What will you cook together

Menu 1: Gougères (Cheese choux) + 3 dips (Green olive tapenade, Green pea pesto hummus and Honey and dijon mustard yogurt dip)
Menu 2: 2 Tartines (Open faced sandwiches) + 2 dips (Pumpkin spice, honey and date hummus and Beetroot and cumin hummus)
Please include your menu preference in the "Special Requests" field, or menu 1 will be selected as default

Ingredients

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Menu 1:
1 cup of water
1/3 cup of butter
1 cup of flour
3 eggs
Handful of grated cheese Salt and pepper
1 cup of green olive without pit 1 tbsp of olive oil
1 clove of garlic
Salt and pepper
1 cup of green peas (frozen)
1 tbsp of tahini or almond paste
1 clove of garlic
1⁄2 lemon juice
1 cup of herbs (fresh basil and/or parsley, dill...) Or 2 tbsp of pesto paste
Salt pepper
1 cup of Greek yogurt
1 tbsp of honey
1 tsp of Dijon mustard
1 tsp of apple cider vinegar
Menu 2:
1 pear
Cheese (should be creamy like camember, mont d’or, brie)
2 tbsp of walnuts
1 tbs of maple syrup or molasse or honey
Salt and pepper
1 cup of pumpkin
2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 tbsp of maple syrup or molasse or honey
Goat cheese (bûche or fresh)
Salt and pepper
½ cup of grapes without seeds
1/2 can of Chickpeas
1 tablespoon of tahini
1 tablespoon of olive oil
2 tablespoons of fresh water
1/2 juice of a lemon
1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper
Pumpkin spices and dates hummus
5 pitted dates
1 tsp of pumpkin spice
Beetroot and cumin hummus
1 cooked beetroot
½ tsp of cumin seeds
Optional: cream cheese, some seeds, sprouts and fresh herbs like parsley

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5.0 (10 Reviews)

Anna 1 January 2022

"This was a wonderful experience and a lot of fun. We highly recommend it, and would absolutely do it again!"

Anne 27 April 2021

"Leonie is a fun, energetic, and knowledgeable host. She is so creative and quick to give alternative suggestions to make seasonal foods work well. Really good communicator. The tartines turned out delicious!"

Jenn 26 March 2021

"Leonie was so friendly and it was such a fun experience! She was easy going, prepared and asked great questions to learn our cooking style and preferences. We have already recommended these classes to friends and will be back again too!"

Mat 17 March 2021

"Léonie was very well prepared, upbeat, and helped us make delicious food. I liked the quiche so much I made another three days after."

Cristina 8 April 2021

"We enjoyed very much our lesson with Lèonie. She is very nice and she made us able to cook a wonderful quiche. We felt like in Paris, cooking all together and chatting. Lovely morning!"

Kayley 19 January 2021

"Léonie is wonderful! We really enjoyed her class, and will definitely consider taking classes with her in the future. Her camera and kitchen setup is very professional, and she is energetic and encouraging. She is very flexible with ingredients and will help you work with what you have on hand."

Lina 17 November 2020

"Léonie was such a pleasure to work with! She was patient and shared great tips on how to use leftover ingredients, and how to play with flavors. My quiche was great, and I'm so excited to try out variations of this same recipe with my newfound knowledge! Try this, you won't regret it!"

Stacey 10 November 2020

"This was a gift from my sister. It was wonderful to be able take a cooking class together despite living in separate countries and lockdown. Leonie was very friendly and we were delighted with our quiches! Unfortunately the mousse was less successful due to a lack of electric whisk, whoops. We would definitely recommend this class. Thank you Leonie!"

Celia 28 June 2020

"Léonie is a great cook and delightful teacher. Thank you!"

Heather & John Patton 18 May 2020

"Our family spent a Saturday morning creating a delicious French lunch with Léonie. Our kitchen smelled amazing from the very first step (warming the herbes de Provence in olive oil for the ratatouille quiche filling) until we took the finished quiche from the oven. I wish I could attach a photo - the rustic quiche was beautiful AND delicious. Léonie also taught us the simple steps to make an amazing traditional mousse au chocolat for dessert. And then for Léonie's best kept secret: what to do with any extra ratatouille filling...use it as sauce for lasagne the next day! "