Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes

Earlier this month, burger boy and I were invited to the media launch of Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes hosted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. I had the pleasure of enjoying quality Italian food cooked by Perth’s best Italian chefs all awarded with the Italian Government’s quality seal Ospitalita’ Italiana and meeting Perth business owners who have made their mark in the Perth food scene.

Chef Giuseppe Pagliaricci from the renowned Perugino Restaurant in West Perth kicked off the first Italian Cooking Master Class which was held on Monday 20 May at the Accento Showroom in Claremont. It was a sold out class and from what I hear the food was excellent and plentiful.

This was Chef Giuseppe Pagliaricci’s recipes from the night:

• Roast shoulder of pork, thinly sliced and served with broccoli
• Homemade Italian noodles, tossed with fresh local squid, sundried tomatoes and baby spinach
• Slow cooked rabbit stew, with Taggiasca olives, served on a bed of soft polenta. Accompanied with roasted tomatoes, mushroom, and baby carrots
• Crepes filled with wild fruit served with Cointreau Zabaglione

The 5 remaining Italian cooking master classes are limited to 30 places and are all held at the Accento Showroom 6:30pm on a Monday night. Details of the upcoming Italian cooking master classes are listed below - visit the Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Perth website for more info / to book a class.

Italian cooking is minimal at our place as my wonderful Italian mother-in-law cooks the most authentic Italian meals. The family still makes tomato sauce in Uncle Paul’s Garage every second year and we are often treated to pasta meatballs, chilli mussels and chicken/veal parmigianas. Eating Italian out is also minimal for the same reason so it was wonderful to meet Perth’s best Italian chefs and have the opportunity to learn how to cook Italian food authentically (although I won’t be challenging my mother-in-law in the kitchen any time soon).