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Pure Spices from the Cooking Academy Spice shop

Organics Pure Spices at The Cooking Academy

At The Cooking Academy we source & produce herbs and spices that are 100% natural, pure and organic spices – our ethos is to offer the highest quality herbs and spices that are totally fresh!.  Our spices are completely traceable, sourced from some of the best spice growing regions around the world; where they are hygienically cleaned, processed and packed ready for use. 

 Our spice are rich in aroma and flavoursome because they are so fresh and whole.  We use herbs and spices not just as a means of adding flavour to food but harnessing all of the goodness of its medicinal and chemical values that have been used effectively over thousands of years by ancient civilizations including our own. The ‘Spice of life’ is meant in a truly literal sense. 

Using pure and unadulterated good spices make a huge difference to you cooking and will change the flavour of your meal.   

 The Pure Spice Shop at The Cooking Academy

Our spices are available as ‘pure spices’ and include products such as roasted cumin, coriander, paprika and many more, or as blended spices that have been ground and perfectly blended by us here at the Academy in several flavours to be paired with a range of meats, poultry, fish and vegetables.  Infact the spices blends are so versatile they can be used as dry rubs, marinades or fully portioned spice mixes for any dish, a curry or kofta’s; their just ready for you enjoy! The size of the spice packets are designed to keep them as fresh as possible in resealable bags. 

Buy pure spice directly on line

If your looking for the purest of spices, organic and unadulterated then visit The Cooking Academy Spice shop http://www.thecookingacademy.co.uk/Spice-Shop.php

Our pure freshly ground and whole spices are available to buy on line directly from us at our web site or on our cookery classes to enable you to cook the dishes you have learned in your cookery class. 

Contact Alison@thecookingacademy.co.uk or telephone us on 0845 0 68 58 48

Vegetarian cookery classes - Here at The Cooking Academy

Vegetarian Cookery classes - learn to eat well on a vegetarian diet

Being vegetarian is a life choice.  Whilst some would consider the choice to have it limitations, I believe that being vegetarian liberates your choices significantly.  How so you might say?.  Well as a carnivore I think one places meats and poultry at the centre of their meal plan and then use a limited number of vegetables in their repetoire.   On the other hand, a vegetarian will enevitable use the the wide scope of vegetables at the centre of their meal thus have such a variety to choose from at their disposble, and will re invent even their favourite vegetables in so many different styles of cooking.   When you add pulses and lentils to the mix as well as soya bean curd ….the choice is really quite endless. 

Indian vegetarian cooking is particularly good good in bring variety and taste to ingredients.  I’ve often said that Indian vegetarian cookery is the  saving grace…. it’s much easier to be vegetarian when you’re able to cook Indian food as there is an even greater variety of vegetables native to the Indian and African sub continent .  Of course is the key here is to learn to cook indian vegetarian food .

If you are not already familiar then book onto a vegetarian cookery class - learn to cook Indian vegetarian food and it could change your diet in a very positive way, being vegetarian will become easy.  

It becomes amazingly easy to use different styles of cooking from a new country interchanged with different spices , you could cook the same ingredient 20 different ways and make the dish taste completely new each time.   

Vegetarian cookery classes in Hertfordshire & London

To find out more about our vegetarian cookery classes please contact Alison Earle at The cooking Academy on alison@thecookingacademy.co.uk or telephone her on 01923 778880

Cookery classes with Family and Friends at The Cooking Academy

Cookery Classes for family and friends

 I can’t think of a better way to spend my weekend leisure time doing something I enjoy with my family and friends. Throw good food and wine into the mix and that’s even better.  Finally add in the fact that you don’t have to do any preparation for a big get together or clean up afterwards, just walk away, heady from laughter, wine and over indulgence! Where do I sign  I hear you say.  The answer is book a closed cookery class with your family/friends here at The cooking Academy in Rickmansworth.  

 Today we have the Hennessy family doing just that, all attending a fish cookery class together. Actually the class has been tailored especially for them, so we’ve taken elements of both our Nutritional cookery class and Fish cookery class and created a cookery class for healthy eating.  The Hennessey’s’ are all in a bid to eat well, live well, and spend the day together in someone else’s space.  I can definitely see the advantages of that.    

 This is a very popular trend and one we are increasingly selling, with combinations of family and friends, just a group of friends or work colleagues enjoying a favourite past time.  It usually starts with one person expressing an interest, followed others wishing to join them and before too long they’ve created their own group to enable a closed cookery class.  The minimum requirement is 5 people for a one day class and 7 for a half day event. The style of cuisine is entirely of your choosing and dates can be agreed to suit you.

 If you would like more information of how to facilitate a group class or about our range of cookery classes in Rickmansworth & Amersham please contact Ronnie@thecookingacademy.co.uk or call us on 01923 778880.

Sushi made at the Sushi Master class - The Cooking Academy

Learn to make Sushi 

Today we’re running a sushi master class – 2.5 hours of intricate rolling and slicing of fresh fish. 

If you enjoy fine Sushi but can’t always get to the best Sushi restaurants and supermarket sushi doesn’t cut it then look no further.  Learn to make your own sushi.  Japanese cuisine is amongst the healthiest in the world and sushi makes a perfect meal, snack or lunch pack.  Sushi can be stored for up to 3 days dependent on the filling.  If you’re not partial to raw fish then cooked fish options and Vegetarian options are available.  

Our Sushi & Sashimi classes are designed to teach you the essential techniques to rolling your own sushi.  The step by step ‘hands on’ instructions and guidance from our chef is the key to perfecting this art and enjoying the really freshly made sushi and sashimi as often as you would like.   To find out more about any of our cookery classes call us on 01923 77 8880. 

For Sushi classes in Hertfordshire call us on 01923 778880 or email alison@thecookingacademy.co.uk

Moroccan & Middle Eastern Cookery

 Today we’re running the Middle Eastern Cookery class.  Delightful flavours of the Middle East andPersian cookery, using recipes as old as the hills of ancientPersia. 

The recipes in this cookery class have been passed down from generation to generation and we are delighted to share these with our delegates today.   We’ve been cooking dishes such as chicken with dates & local honey, juicy tender lamb meatballs with an original and traditional Cous Cous recipe.  All of these dishes are cooked ready to be taken home to share with family or friends as a self made take away. 

This is a ‘hands on’ class so all the delegates have had their sleeves rolled up and cooking pretty much all day to prepare this feast. 

If you want to know more about our Middle Eastern cookery class or book onto one of our classes please call us on 01923 778880 or email Alison@thecookingacademy.co.uk