We took the shuttle buses to the New Orleans School of Cooking this morning.
The entertaining cooking classes and demonstrations are located in an 1830's French Quarter warehouse.
Of course, we had plenty of time to look around (aka shop) the General Store before it was time for our cooking demonstration!The Louisiana General Store is a collection of locally sourced products. They carry a full line of Cajun and Creole products, cookbooks, spices, gift baskets, cookware and their famous original seasoning - "Joe's Stuff'"
They were making Pralines at the front of the shop, and had samples.
Pralines are intensely sweet disks of sugar, butter and pecans. They have a creamy consistency, similar to fudge.
Rinaldi was our chef and he started off making a bread pudding and put it in the oven to bake while he continued making the Corn and Crab Bisque. Next was Crawfish Etouffee on rice.It was interesting watching him preparing the different dishes.
There are mirrors suspended over the cooking area so everyone can see what he is doing.
For dessert, he prepared Pralines and a Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce.
We all enjoyed the fruits of his labours for a delicious lunch!
After lunch, there was more time to shop, then the shuttles arrived to take us back to the RV Park.
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