Cooking class
Portuguese.
Good for larger groups. Empada as a small Portuguese savoury pastry, Frango na Púcara (Portuguese chicken casserole), and the classic Pastel de Nata with caramel-top and crackling puff pastry.
What is a Portuguese cooking class at Julia’s?
A Portuguese cooking class at Julia’s Cooking Studio is three hours of cooking, in which you make empadas with beef, Frango na Púcara as a chicken casserole, and pastel de nata.
We like to pick this cuisine for the larger groups. Everyone cooks along, and then you sit down together at the table, each with your own plate.
You make the pastel de nata yourself, with that caramel top.
It sounds like the hardest part and it is the best part. Puff pastry that crackles, a filling that is just not too sweet, and an oven hot enough to get those spots on top.
The empadas go with the aperitif, the casserole goes on your plate, and at the end you stand there with your tin, checking whether yours came out the prettiest.
Three hours, and this is what’s on your plate.
Empada
Small savoury pastry, rich filling, buttery crust. Portuguese pub-food heritage.
Frango na Púcara (Portuguese chicken casserole)
Chicken, onion, garlic, tomato, olives, bay, white wine. Everything in the traditional púcara clay pot.
Pastel de Nata
Cinnamon-dusted, caramel top, blistered puff pastry, custard interior. The Portuguese national obsession.
Roughly this rhythm.
Welcome
Chinese tea from Yunnan and a snack. Time to settle in, meet each other.
Recipes
Julia explains what we’re making. You take the recipes home.
Cook and eat
Cook one course, then sit at the table to eat what you just made.
Ready for portuguese?
Four to twenty-two people, in the studio in Bergschenhoek. Julia confirms within 24 hours by email.