“Healthy Holidays”
Class 3 Advanced Prep

 We are so excited to cook with you and talk about healthy holiday treats. We’ll be making Sesame Tahini Caramel Corn, Chocolate Bark with Pistachios & Dried Cherries and Pear and Raspberry Bars.

To make the most of our time together, there are a few things you will need to do in advance of the class, so please read closely:

• Preheat the oven to 350 

• Ensure that you have all of the ingredients listed for the recipe

• Ensure that you have all the equipment needed on the equipment list

• Measure and prepare your ingredients in advance 

• This is a VERY important step to make things run as smoothly as possible.  Here is a link to a nice video explaining how to prepare your space before cooking: 

  • Simple video (1 min) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2QRgNAdzc

• If you want to get a headstart you can view this video on basic knife skills, some of which we will go over in class.

  • https://stellaculinary.com/cooking-videos/culinary-knife-skills

Equipment - List

Chef’s knife
Cutting board
Measuring spoons
Liquid measuring cup
Dry measuring cups
2 Rimmed baking sheets
Foil
Large microwave safe bowl
Zester
Paring knife
Small/medium saucepan
Large bowl
Parchment paper
Rubber spatula
Whisk
Food processor
9 x 13 baking dish
10 or 12 inch non-stick or regular skillet
2 small bowls

Ingredients - List

Produce:

• 4 ripe but firm pears (Bosc or Bartlett)

• Fresh ginger

• 1 orange

Pantry: 

• Extra-virgin olive oil 

• Kosher salt (alternative - sea salt or iodized salt) and cracked black pepper

• Maple syrup

• Tahini

• Vanilla extract

• Cinnamon

• 6 cups popped popcorn (buy precooked or microwave, make sure nothing added)

• White sesame seeds

• 1 cup roasted shelled pistachios

• 1 cup dried cherries or cranberries

• 24 oz bittersweet chocolate 

• Neutral vegetable oil

• Vanilla extract

• Almond extract (optional)

• ¾ cup sliced almonds

• 1 cup oat flour

• 1 cup all purpose flour

• ½ cup light brown sugar

• ¼ cup old fashioned oats

• ¾ cup sugar free raspberry jam

• ½ cup sugar

Other:

• 1 large egg

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter

• ¼ cup apple cider, orange juice or water

To do ahead:

• Measure all ingredients and prepare your work surface as described in the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2QRgNAdzc

For the Popcorn - have all the ingredients measured and prepped and popcorn made.

For the Bark -  have all the ingredients measured and prepped.