Cooking with California Dates: Six Dutchess Farm Meets Rancho Meladuco Date Farm
Taught by Joan Smith and hosted by Six Dutchess Farm.
In this class, Joan will share some of her favorite recipes for enjoying California dates, from favorite holiday appetizers to quick-bite snacks.
Dates are the fruit of the Date Palm, an ancient grass (not a tree) and one of the oldest cultivated crops in the world. Dates are a surprisingly versatile fruit offering caramel and brown sugar sweetness and both a succulent soft texture and a candy-like chew. They also happen to be a nutrient-dense super food! Once upon a time, hundreds of roadside date shops could be found throughout the growing regions of southern California and Arizona; however, today, just a few remain. With their sweet, caramel-like quality, they make a great natural sweetener to many dishes but are equally enjoyable as a stand-alone snack.
Here is our menu for the afternoon:
Cinnamon Date Compound Butter
Bacon, Date & Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits
Baked Cambozola Dip with Dates & Toasted Hazelnuts
Cheesy Stuffed Dates, Wrapped in Prosciutto
Derby Chocolate Bourbon Balls
Taught by Joan Smith and hosted by Six Dutchess Farm.
In this class, Joan will share some of her favorite recipes for enjoying California dates, from favorite holiday appetizers to quick-bite snacks.
Dates are the fruit of the Date Palm, an ancient grass (not a tree) and one of the oldest cultivated crops in the world. Dates are a surprisingly versatile fruit offering caramel and brown sugar sweetness and both a succulent soft texture and a candy-like chew. They also happen to be a nutrient-dense super food! Once upon a time, hundreds of roadside date shops could be found throughout the growing regions of southern California and Arizona; however, today, just a few remain. With their sweet, caramel-like quality, they make a great natural sweetener to many dishes but are equally enjoyable as a stand-alone snack.
Here is our menu for the afternoon:
Cinnamon Date Compound Butter
Bacon, Date & Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits
Baked Cambozola Dip with Dates & Toasted Hazelnuts
Cheesy Stuffed Dates, Wrapped in Prosciutto
Derby Chocolate Bourbon Balls
Taught by Joan Smith and hosted by Six Dutchess Farm.
In this class, Joan will share some of her favorite recipes for enjoying California dates, from favorite holiday appetizers to quick-bite snacks.
Dates are the fruit of the Date Palm, an ancient grass (not a tree) and one of the oldest cultivated crops in the world. Dates are a surprisingly versatile fruit offering caramel and brown sugar sweetness and both a succulent soft texture and a candy-like chew. They also happen to be a nutrient-dense super food! Once upon a time, hundreds of roadside date shops could be found throughout the growing regions of southern California and Arizona; however, today, just a few remain. With their sweet, caramel-like quality, they make a great natural sweetener to many dishes but are equally enjoyable as a stand-alone snack.
Here is our menu for the afternoon:
Cinnamon Date Compound Butter
Bacon, Date & Cheddar Breakfast Biscuits
Baked Cambozola Dip with Dates & Toasted Hazelnuts
Cheesy Stuffed Dates, Wrapped in Prosciutto
Derby Chocolate Bourbon Balls
Ingredients
For those registered, we'll be providing a link and discount code (courtesy of Joan!), to purchase Rancho Meladuco Medjool dates for this class. You are welcome to use any dates you like, though, friendly warning, once you try Joan's dates, you'll be a life-long Rancho Meladuco enthusiast (like us!) and a compulsive date gift-giver. Trust us on this one. For friends in Sarasota, Florida, Louise at Artisan Cheese Company will also be putting together special orders of Rancho Meladuco dates and cheeses for this class.
PREPARATION:
Cooking with California Dates: Six Dutchess Farm Meets Rancho Meladuco Date Farm is a live, interactive cooking class, hosted in the Hudson Valley by Six Dutchess Farm on Zoom, and taught by Joan Smith from her Rancho Meladuco farm kitchen. Recipes, a full ingredient list, and a Zoom link will be provided one week prior to class. Though you are not required to cook along, it does make the experience more immersive and it provides you with a real Sunday treat. We welcome and encourage you to cook and learn along with your loved ones. As always, our farm note subscribers have a 3-day priority registration period, starting today.
RECORDING
This class is recorded in full and you will receive the live recording, along with the recipe packet, within 24 hours of the class to enjoy and cook along on your own time. This ensures that you will not miss any class content should you be unable to attend live.
CANCELLATIONS
Please note, due to the small size of this class and its virtual nature, registration is non-refundable and class credit is not given should you find yourself unable to attend.
