A TASTE OF ITALY WITH PAIRED WINE

Create a two course Italian meal – saltimbocca with cheesy polenta and cavolo nero, followed by a fragrant basil panna cotta with orange syrup. Our Wine Tasting at Home experts will also be on hand to advise on wine pairings.

In this class you’ll be cooking saltimbocca – an Italian classic made with veal. You’ll learn how to cook veal perfectly, and how to make a simple but flavoursome sauce to accompany it, along with Italian vegetables and polenta. To finish, you’ll create a delicate, basil-infused panna cotta with orange syrup.

Our Wine Tasting at Home team will join us to talk about the perfect wine pairings – Araldica Barbera d’Asti with the saltimbocca and sweet Muscat Beaumes de Venise with dessert.

Our chef tutor will share lots of cookery advice and inspiration – and because there’ll be a maximum of eight households in the class, you’ll get plenty of interaction with them.

What to expect:

• Learn to make saltimbocca with a reduction sauce

• Perfect polenta and cook cavolo nero the Italian way

• Create a delicate panna cotta

• Learn about pairing wine with food

What you'll need:

Ingredients for two (please prepare ahead of class)

Dairy:

• 40g Unsalted butter
• 330ml Whole Milk, divided into 80ml and 250ml portions
• 80ml Double Cream
• 50g Parmigiano

Meat:

• 2 x 120g Veal escalopes (or chicken breasts, if preferred)
• 4 Slices prosciutto crudo or Parma ham

Fruit and veg:

• 4 Sage leaves
• 10g Basil leaves
• 1/2 Lemon
• 1 Orange
• 1 Clove garlic
• 200g Cavolo nero

Store cupboard:

• Salt
• Pinch chilli flakes (optional)
• 1 Bay leaf
• 2 tbsp Plain flour
• Olive oil
• 100ml Marsala dolce (alternatively, sherry or white wine can be used)
• 100g Polenta
• 1 leaf gelatine
• 25g Caster sugar
• 15g Demerara sugar
• 3 Amaretti biscuits

Equipment

• 2 small saucepans
• 2 large frying pans, 1 with a lid
• Measuring jug
• Sieve
• Tongs
• Whisk
• Knife
• Chopping board
• Microplane or fine grater
• Rolling pin

Wine Pairings:

• Araldica Barbera D’Asti Superiore
• Muscat Beaumes de Venise Carte Or

Joining a virtual experience: Our Virtual Experiences will take place via Zoom. We’d recommend using a laptop or desktop if possible to make it easier for you to take part. Before your Virtual Experience, we’ll send you full details on how to join but if you have any questions please contact jl.events@johnlewis.co.uk

Please note this workshop might be recorded for training and monitoring purposes. Please see T&C’s for more information