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Master recipes for sweet and savoury scones – Make your own maple butter

Would you like to get your hands dirty and discover the secrets of homemade scones? Looking for ideas on how to treat your loved ones to sweet and savory creations?

In this 3-hour workshop, we’ll make traditional scones, both sweet and savory, as well as delicious homemade maple butter. Using whisks, spatulas and cookie cutters, we’ll learn the techniques for mixing ingredients, shaping scones by hand and mastering baking to achieve a fluffy, golden texture.

After reviewing the essential ingredients, we’ll explore different dough textures. And to accompany our creations, we’ll make a creamy maple butter, ideal for adding a sweet, local touch. Everyone will leave with sweet scones, savory scones, and a jar of maple butter to continue enjoying at home.

Skills required: none! This workshop is open to all gourmets and the curious.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment, ingredients and a wealth of professional advice.

Note: remember to bring your own containers to take home the products you’ve made.

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Mastering the art of chocolate: tempering, molding and baking

Would you like to know all the secrets to personalizing your favorite chocolates? Would you like to turn your kitchen into a chocolate factory and please your loved ones?

During this 3h30 workshop, we’ll dive into the gourmet world of chocolate. Equipped with whisks, bar molds and thermometers, we’ll master several methods for making: two chocolate truffles with salted butter caramel, a chocolate sausage, a white chocolate bar and two dark chocolate mi-cuit.

After reviewing all the ingredients, we’ll learn the techniques for tempering chocolate, molding chocolate bars, baking mi-cuits and the secret to making recipes less sweet.

Skills required: none! This workshop is open to all chocolate lovers.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment and raw materials.

Note: remember to bring your own containers so you can take home the products you’ve made.

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Cooking course – Conservation and zero waste

– This course aims to provide practical techniques for taking a sustainable approach to cooking, maximizing the use of food and reducing waste. Throughout the course, you’ll learn natural preservation methods, transforming leftovers into products, and zero-waste practices to optimize your everyday cooking.

– Taking 4 sessions of 3 hours, we’ll discover effective methods for extending the shelf life of food. These techniques include lacto-fermentation, canning, drying and canning, which help preserve fruits, vegetables and herbs while maintaining their taste and nutrients.

 

– Day 1: Flavor extraction and preservation techniques, cooking techniques, food reduction, use of pectin

– Day 2: Salting and brining techniques, creating an anaerobic environment, use of bacteria, fermentation techniques, food preservation and flavor balance
– Day 3: Ingredient cutting techniques, anti-waste and preservation techniques, cooking and learning about temperatures, preserving flavors and nutrients
– Day 4: Preservation techniques, mastering different types of brine, canning methods, sterilization, filling and sealing jars

Skills required: none! This workshop is open to all.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment and raw materials.

Note: remember to bring your own containers so you can take home the products you’ve made.
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:date: The dates of our courses (3 sessions of 4 hours)

Mile-Ex Sharpeners:
– Starts on Monday November 25 and continues on Mondays December 2, 9 and 16 from 6pm to 9pm.

 

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Leather goods course – making your own leather shoes (sneakers)

Do you dream of making your own leather shoes? Would you like to discover the world of leatherwork, while creating a project using recycled leather?

In this 4 x 3-hour course, we dive into the world of leatherwork, making our own personalized pair of sneakers from leather sourced from the circular economy! Gianhi, a passionate leatherworker, accompanies us through every step of the manufacturing process and as we learn the various techniques. We’ll cover :

– Leatherworking tools
– Cutting leather according to a pattern
– gluing and assembling a lining
– eyelet fitting
– 2-needle sewing
– Assembling pieces with soles

You’ll be able to choose from a wide range of leather colors and textures, as well as different colors of soles, laces and eyelets, to create one-of-a-kind shoes!

Skills required: None, apart from a love of sneakers and a little patience.

Price includes all materials and lots of pro tips!

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:date: Dates of our courses:

VILLAGE :

– Starts on Sunday, February 9, from 10am to 5pm, and continues on Sunday, February 23, from 10am to 5pm.

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Linocut – print your own botanical greeting cards

Would you like to create your own greeting cards this year? Would you like to learn about linocut printing techniques?

In this 3-hour workshop, Sarah takes us into the delicate world of stationery, with an activity that allows us to create personalized printed greeting cards! After reviewing the necessary tools and materials, we’ll take the time to choose our designs and transfer the plant motif onto the linoleum block. We’ll then move on to sculpting the design by hand, followed by printing on the cards.

Everyone will leave with a set of 10 cards, with envelopes, and their own engraved print, so you can print your design anywhere!

The price includes all necessary materials, colorful inks and Sarah’s good humor!

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Wood lathe – making decorative Christmas trees

Would you like to learn the basics of woodturning while preparing your Christmas decorations? Would you like to embellish your tables with durable, elegant ornaments?

In this 3.30 hour workshop, we’ll plunge you into the world of woodturning, creating two decorative Christmas trees that can be placed anywhere in your home, for a bit of holiday enchantment! First, you’ll discover the wood lathe and its associated tools. Next, we’ll learn the basics of woodturning, between-points and in wire wood, by shaping several Christmas trees into personalized shapes, according to the creativity of each participant.

Each participant will be able to turn a variety of original shapes, with a choice of wood species.

Skills required: none, except a love of Christmas!

Price includes materials, valuable advice and unlimited wood shavings.

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Making your own Yule logs: Ganache, glaze and decoration

Christmas is just around the corner, and you’d like to transform your kitchen into a fairy tale setting? Would you like to impress your guests at your next dinner party?

In this 3.5-hour workshop, we invite you to delve into the sweet art of glazed and rolled Yule logs. Equipped with whisks and spatulas, we’ll discover all the techniques for making a ganache montée, tempering chocolate, mastering the baking of a cookie to roll and making a glaze.

After going through all the ingredients, we’ll learn how to handle a piping bag, and we’ll see a whole host of tricks for learning how to decorate cakes. Everyone will leave with a mango-coconut ice-cream log and a chocolate-hazelnut log.

Skills required: none! This workshop is open to all gourmets and the curious.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment, raw materials and lots of professional advice.

Note: remember to bring your own containers so you can take home the products you’ve made.

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Bakery training – Mastering the art of bread-making: kneading, shaping and fermentation

Would you like to discover all the secrets of making your own 100% homemade bread? Would you like to eat fresh bread and impress your guests at your next meal?

During this one-day course of 2 x 3-hour sessions (and a 45-minute lunch break between the two sessions), we’ll learn to master the art of baking. Using our hands, we’ll discover the steps involved in kneading and shaping. We’ll then talk about fermentation and the different types of sourdough. We’ll learn about the importance of knowing temperatures in baking, so we can master the different stages of planning.

We’ll then cover all the tricks of the trade for controlled baking. At the end of the workshop, everyone will leave with 2 baguettes, 2 artisan bread, 2 olive bread, 2 nuts bread and sourdough to refresh at home.

Skills required: none! The workshop is open to all gourmets.

Price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment, raw materials and delicious breads.

Note: remember to bring your lunch for the lunch break, and bring containers big enough to take home all the breads you’ve made.

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Mixology – Introduction to mocktail techniques

Have you always dreamed of creating your own non-alcoholic cocktails? Would you like to vary the pleasures and drink something other than a simple fizzy drink?

During this 3-hour workshop with Claire, we’ll dive into the world of mocktails, where alcohol-free preparations will hold no more secrets for you. Equipped with a shaker and other basic mixology utensils, we’ll learn the different bar techniques for assembling, emulsifying and mixing different recipes for every occasion.

We’ll start with the creation of a baumé syrup, a super lemon juice, a rice milk, a flavored syrup and understand the key ratios of mocktails. Once we’ve understood the different techniques, we’ll be able to modify them to suit everyone’s tastes and desires. Everyone leaves with 250ml of each preparation.

Skills required: None! This workshop is open to all enthusiastic novices and those wishing to transform their cocktails into mocktails, or vice versa.

The price includes all necessary materials, mixology equipment, raw materials and lots of fun!

Note: remember to bring your own containers so you can leave with the products you’ve made.

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Indian cooking technique, thali: Naan bread, roasting and cold emulsion

Would you like to discover the secrets of Indian cuisine? Are you looking for ideas for cooking with friends and family?

Join Clément for this 3-hour workshop as we delve into the world of Indian cuisine. Equipped with basic cooking utensils, we’ll learn different techniques such as tadka (spice roasting), kneading and baking the famous Naan bread, and cold emulsion.

After reviewing all the necessary ingredients, we’ll put into practice the various recipes for traditional Indian dishes to prepare lentil dahl, vegetarian curry, Naan bread and mango lassi. Everyone will take away a portion of each recipe to enjoy with your favorite dishes.

Skills required: none! Whether you’re a total beginner or an experienced cooking enthusiast, this workshop is open to all.

The price includes all necessary materials, kitchen equipment, raw materials and lots of fun!

Note: remember to bring your own containers so you can take home the products you’ve made.

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