Cooking Fun at DaVinci Academy- Spring Break!

Gnocchi huddle! Instructor Erica looks on as participants cut open potatoes, the most necessary ingredient for gnocchi

Take a look at this dough! Pizza dough is super messy and FUN!

Bread dough giggles-- just as fun as pizza dough

Helping each other measure out ingredients for individual clafoutis (French, fruit) cakes

Rolling out fresh pasta dough requires a lot of help. Instructor Alice is a pro at it!

Instructor Erica checks on the consistency of everyone's bread dough!

Pizza dough focus

Beautiful PESTO pizzas ready to head into the oven :)

Thank you Maya and Claira for coming by to talk about farming practices and teach us to plant our own pea plants!!

Mmmmm fresh pasta-y goodness

That's a BIG pizza!

Dough action-shot!

Dough action-shot! #2

Pizza vegetable art! Tomato sauce with potatoes and pesto with mushrooms and potatoes

Viva Italia spring break camp out in Redmond was a blast!

Below is a look at everything we cooked and learned :)

Day 1: Introduction to the Kitchen

• Bruschetta

• Vegetable Ragu

• Milanese Saffron Risotto

Day 2: Grains & Vegetables

• Gazpacho

• Orzo Soup

• Stuffed Onions

• Greek Salad

Day 3: Bread & Pizza

• Plant your own pea plants

• Bread

• Pizza

Day 4: Pasta

• Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce

• Baked Pasta with Bechamel

• Fresh Ravioli 

Day 5: Desserts

• Fruit Salad

• Polenta with Mushroom Gravy

• Roasted Beets

• Cannoli

• Clafoutis + Berry Ricotta Cake

Plus... we played a ton of games, danced, ran around, and ATE!