Bake & Take: Thanksgiving Pies & Tarts

Thanksgiving is around the corner which means its time for our annual our Thanksgiving Dessert class! Spend an evening in our kitchen with Chef Melissa Walnock, a classically trained pastry chef from the CIA Apple Pie Bakery Café, discovering the art of pie and tart making. Learn how to make delicious crusts and fillings and decorate/assemble them so that they have a personal touch and look like they were created by a professional pastry chef.

Menu:

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie (9 inch)

Pumpkin Cheesecake with Caramel and Spiced Blondie (6 inch)

Apple Cranberry Tart with Oat Crumble (6 inch)

Each participant will go home with their packet of recipes, and 3 desserts! All 3 desserts can be brought home and frozen to be used for Thanksgiving Day. 

*This event is BYOB

Melissa Walnock is A Certified Hospitality Educator of baking and pastry arts at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Chef Walnock serves as pastry chef and instructor in the college’s Apple Pie Bakery Café. Before joining the CIA faculty, Chef Walnock worked at some of the finest restaurants in the United States including The French Laundry in Yountville, CA, Jean-Georges V Steakhouse, Union Square Café in New York City and The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL.