Kitchen Crafts - Summer Salad Ideas

This course will give you basic preparation & cookery skills to be able to produce healthy affordable meals for your family or one!

This course is aimed at:

Adults with little experience or low confidence in the kitchen

Home cooks that want to improve their range of recipes and skills

People that want to learn in a relaxed fun environment

This course is FREE given that the following eligibility is met:

You live within the Greater Manchester area

You have lived in the UK/EU/EEA for the past 3 years now and/or have a settled status

Asylum Seekers must have been in the country for the past 6 months before they are eligible to do this course

Note: If you enrol on further study you may be asked to provide proof of income or benefit

Once you have applied for the course the Catering department will be in touch to discuss which taster session you would like to study.

Please be aware that there is a £5 charge for learners wishing to take home the food that they have prepared.

Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements needed for this course.You must be 19 or over.

Details

CONQUERING YOUR KITCHEN - SURVIVAL WITHOUT READY MEALS

This course will give you a broad range of skills to become a competent cook, starting with the basics ready to move on to more complex areas. You will be with like-minded people with the same level of skill, and the course is a lot of fun as you work your way through a range of recipes

This course is aimed at:

Adults with little experience or low confidence in the kitchen

Home cooks that want to improve their range of recipes and skills

The recipes you will learn are designed to give you as broad a range of fundamental cookery skills as possible, giving you the confidence and skill to take on any recipe. Below are sample menus:

Thai green chicken curry, chickpea and potato curry, ginger rice, Indian flatbread

Chicken and butternut squash risotto

Moussaka, tomato, mozzarella and basil salad

Braised beef with suet dumplings, roasted root vegetables

BEAUTIFUL BREADS

All of our bread is made by hand without the use of specialist machinery so it can be easily replicated at home. Sample menus include:

Soda bread
Sour dough
Focaccia bread
Spelt bread
Laminated Dough
Enriched Dough

COME DINE WITH ME

Work Experience

There is no formal work experience linked to this course.

Progression

These short adult courses allow you to delop your culinary skills. Upon completion further adult courses can be studied.

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