Aga Fish Class with Sarah

 A Delicious Aga class today with Sarah Whitaker

Ocean's Catch

So many great fish recipes, we learnt how to slow roast, grill, bake and steam.

Sarah guides us round the Aga explaining how it works and how to get the best out of it, whilst finding different recipes to fit in with her demonstration.

Above is a warming cassoulet and below a very tasty smoked mackerel and spring onion tart.

After the demonstration, everyone enjoyed a tasting lunch of all the food cooked, along with a glass of wine.

Today's recipes included scallops, tuna, a cassoulet, salmon, the tart, baked cod with crust, steamed sea bass, a smoky fish pie and a risotto!  Full of flavours, marinades and dressings.

Aga Demos are great!

Sarah is back on Tuesday 18 April for

AGA BAKING

Places are going fast, so EMAIL me to book your place

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

Fabulous Fish Watercolour

We tried something new this week, Fabulous Fish with sparkly, glittery iridescent paints.

We started the morning having a play with them, we had SAA paints in silver, pearl and gold plus some iridescent paint powder that we mixed with gum arabic before applying.

After we had chosen our 'fish' and sketched it onto the lovely heavyweight paper from St Cuthberts Mill, Claire demonstrated the first wash, 

below is one of the paintings with the fish and waterlilies drawn out with masking fluid on their outline and some beautiful colours in the wash

others made the fish their focus and worked on the painting of their fish, putting their colours on first

 

 

It was lovely to have the sunshine back today, I took time after the class to have a wander round the grounds to see what is starting to blossom.

Claire is back next week for Atmospheric Scottish Landscapes, we have some spaces available, come and join us, suitable for all levels including beginners.

9:30am - approx 3pm

£75

All materials, a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine included.

Aga Fabulous Fish Class

Here is the table set for us to enjoy the food's cooked at today's Aga Class.

Sarah was here to cook us a feast of Fabulous Fish, whilst showing us our way around an Aga at the same time.

There were plenty of Aga tips and cookery ideas shared during the demonstration.

It was a delicious spread.

Here are some photos of the Fab Fish.

Firstly a Seafood Cassoulet, fantastic with some crusty chunks of bread.

Followed by a Smoky Fish Pie, a hint of stilton in the mash and a hint of horseradish in the sauce, really turned this into something special. 

Sarah always demonstrates a tart, to show that in Aga-Land we don't blind bake, your tarts and quiches can just go straight into the Aga on the floor of the Roasting Oven, which is such a time saving revelation!

Today's tart was Smoked Mackerel and Spring Onion.

Next is a Steamed Sea Bass with an amazing tangy sauce.  Today, Sarah also had some Poulting fish which she used too.  We roasted the fish for this recipe.

There were other dishes such as scallops with cauliflower, sesame crusted tuna, slow roasted dill salmon and a chunky baked cod with a rocket crust

Sarah is back at Treetops on Friday 21 September for Effortless Entertaining, from 9.45am - 1.30pm.  

£65

And also for Christmas Aga (Turkey this year) on Friday 9 November.