Hands-On Pie and Tart Boot Camp: Mastering Flaky Crusts

Roll up your sleeves and take your pie and tart skills to the next level! In this intensive hands-on class, our chef will guide you through preparing four different doughs from scratch and share the secrets to achieving beautifully flaky crusts. You’ll pair them with delicious sweet and savory fillings baked to perfection while learning how ingredients and temperature affect the final result. By the end of class, you’ll have the confidence and techniques needed to create stunning pies and tarts at home that taste as good as they look.

Menu: 

• Frosted Strawberry Hand Pies with Cream Cheese Pastry 
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie with Salted Pretzel Crust
• Mango Passionfruit Tart with Hot Butter-Toasted Coconut Crust 
• Zucchini, Yellow Squash and Tomato Galette with Classic Pie Dough 

Skills covered in class:

• Making and rolling out pie dough 
• Preparing cream cheese pastry and pretzel crusts
• Making hot butter pastry  
• Blind baking
• Preparing fruit jam
• Making mousse
• Working with chocolate
• Whipped cream
• Piping
• Preparing fruit curd
• Using cornstarch as a thickener
• Preparing glazes

In this hands-on class, students will be paired in groups of three to five and work together as a team to prepare the recipes.