Seafood Cooking Class... March 19 Only

Join us for an amazing evening of food, cooking, and fun and learn to make a delicious seafood menu on March 19 at 6 pm!

If you are a lover of fish and seafood, don't wait too long to sign up for this one time-only hands-on cooking class! In this brand new class devoted to Italian seafood cooking, we'll learn to make five fabulous dishes that are ideal for entertaining since they can easily be prepared ahead. We'll begin by making fresh ravioli, an elegant starter that combines made-from-scratch fresh pasta with chunks of tender shrimp and sweet asparagus in a light, saffron-hued sauce. Our succulent main course is Sicilian in spirit: fillets of branzino (Mediterranean sea bass) cooked to perfection with a scattering of raisins, olives, pine nuts, capers, and onions, quite lovely served with a colorful medley of string beans, sweet peppers, and zucchini roasted with white wine, and a chive-scented lemony risotto. For a sweet finale, we'll whip creamy, fresh Mascarpone cheese with a secret ingredient and serve it over fresh berries and liqueur-soaked ladyfingers as a lovely ending to our seafood feast.

Menu, March 19:

Shrimp & Asparagus Ravioli in Saffron Cream Sauce
Sea Bass Sicilian Style with Olives, Raisins, & Pine Nuts
Roasted String Beans, Sweet Peppers & Zucchini with White Wine
Lemon & Chive Risotto
Light-as-Air Limoncello Mousse with Fresh Berries

This hands-on cooking class lasts from 6PM to 9PM. The cost is $110 per person and includes a full dinner paired with wine. Be sure to sign up here before class sells out or call 917-602-1519.

And we are also very excited about our Northern Italian Cooking Class on March 5 at 6pm... We'll begin by kneading dough for light, nearly transparent ravioli, which we'll fill with an intense wild mushroom and cheese stuffing; all the resulting pasta needs to shine is a drizzle of sage-infused butter. We'll roast filet mignon to rosy perfection and sauce it with a rich red wine glaze... what an elegant main course accompanied by my mom's slow-roasted fennel and a golden, creamy souffle' as an elegant side dish. For dessert, we'll look to the country homes of Lombardy, where bread puddings are often made with day-old bread, eggs, and cream. Our bread pudding, though, will feature brioche and chunks of bittersweet and white chocolate... perhaps not a peasant dish, but a memorable one indeed, especially topped with warm rum-spiked caramel sauce! You can sign up here for our Northern Italian Cooking Class.

And new on our web site this month: We've posted our complete online class calendar through June 2012 here.

For those of you looking for a great team-building activity this season, consider a private cooking party. Parties can be held in the daytime or evening and last 3 hours, and the cost is just $162 per person inclusive of gratuity. And the best part: you get to pick the menu you want, and you can add on a wine tasting if you are really into wine! We've even created a chocolate lover's dream event: a hands-on cooking class followed by dinner, a wine tasting, and a chocolate tasting... Call 917-602-1519 to inquire about availability for your private cooking event. Our corporate clients include A & E Television Network, Unilever, Google, Colgate Palmolive, Credit Suisse, Newsweek, Victoria's Secret, NBC, and many more... Click here for more on our clients and testimonials.

Here's what a client recently said about her team-building event at RUSTICO COOKING: "The event was amazing! You and your staff were very attentive to our every need, extremely helpful and you kept our attendees busy and happy. Thank you again for such a good time and creating a great evening for everyone" Joanna, Bank of America

We look forward to cooking with you soon!

Micol Negrin & Dino De Angelis

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New Recipes

We've added 2 delicious new recipes for hearty winter soups from Molise and Val d'Aosta. Let us know which dishes you prepare! These are perfect recipes for entertaining, and are sure to make your dinner guests feel very special. And consult our complete recipe index here.

Here are links to this month's brand new recipes: