Event

Perfect Pie Dough

with Stacie Pierce
Monday, November 4, 6:00-9:00PM
$55 for 18 Reasons members; $65 for the general public

We want you to cook with confidence. And we know just how daunting homemade pie can be. This class will help you conquer those fears. Just in time for the holiday season!

This hands-on class will teach you how to transform flour, butter, water, and a pinch of sugar and salt into a two simple and versatile doughs that can be used for sweet and savory pies and quiches. You will learn how to "read" your dough and know that it is the perfect consistency; not too dry, too wet, too short or overworked.

Menu

Perfect Pie Dough: Traditional
Perfect Pie Dough: Pate Sucree
(You will leave with your own doughs, wrapped and ready for future pies!)

Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie with Homemade Puree

Every guest will leave with their own perfect pie dough!

Please plan to have your evening meal before of after class, as our menu consists wholly of pie!

About the instructor
Stacie Pierce, until recently, was the Pastry Chef at Chez Panisse. She now is the chef and owner of her own baking company, Little Bee Baking, which specializes in making desserts, cakes, cookies, and candies for company events, birthdays, weddings, and private parties, both big and small. Stacie grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before moving to Norway to pursue a Master's degree in Nordic Archeology at the University of Oslo. Upon graduation, Stacie remained in Oslo and worked until 2000 as a cook at Café Celsius and as a translator of children's books for a major Norwegian publisher. Prior to starting work Chez Panisse in 2004, Stacie worked at Foreign Cinema restaurant and volunteered in the pastry kitchen of Oliveto. She also serves as a co-curator for the experimental art-food collective, OPENrestaurant and taught baking classes as a part of their 2011 OPENharvest event in Tokyo, Japan. She is very excited to be teaching classes at 18 Reasons and to have the opportunity to share her love and knowledge of pastries and baking.

You can find her at www.littlebeebaking.blogspot.com