Deborah Krasner's Vermont Culinary Vacations (trip)

Deborah Krasner's Vermont Culinary Vacations

  • Culture & Nature

from $2,650* per person6 DaysJune, July, September, October
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 3
Operator: Culinary Vermont 12 people max

Spring/summer:

  • Salad of mesclun with figs, warm goat cheese and chestnut honey
  • World's best salad dressing
  • Oven roasted olive oil asparagus
  • Home made ravioli stuffed with our own ricotta, fresh herbs and spring vegetables
  • Ciabatta bread made with our own wild yeast starter
  • Roast Chicken glazed with local honey and sprinkled with lavender flowers and rose petal syrup
  • Rolled and stuffed leg of lamb with Rhubarb
  • Duck breasts with violets and pomegranate molasses
  • Gratin of new potatoes with truffle oil and local sheep cheese
  • Wild Strawberries and home made crème fraiche
  • Roulage Leontine (Chocolate soufflé rolled with whipped cream)
  • Chocolate Toasted Walnut Torte with Ricotta Cream
  • Polenta Cake with Lemon

    Autumn:

    • Candied nuts with Indian spices
    • Home cured olives with lemon and orange zest
    • Wedding pasta with pumpkin and amoretti crumbs
    • Local thick-cut pork chops stuffed with local apples
    • Caramelized cauliflower
    • Potato Galette
    • Morning sausage from scratch
    • Delicata squash soup with aromatics
    • Wood-fired pizza with autumn vegetables
    • Polenta with fresh chanterelles and apricots
    • Fresh pasta with apple sausages and kale
    • Olive oil-poached yellowfin tuna
    • Golden Fall Raspberry Tart, grill style
    • Pierre's Flourless Chocolate Almond Cake

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Itinerary

Day 1: Friday

  • 3-4 pm Arrive at barn
  • Artisanal cheese tasting
  • Olive oil tasting
  • Aperitif and dinner at barn

    Day 2: Saturday

  • Breakfast
  • Visit to Farmer's Market and local purveyors
  • Picnic lunch in one of three outstanding private gardens we'll visit that day
  • Back to barn for cooking class
  • Aperitif and dinner at barn

    Day 3: Sunday

  • Breakfast with our own maple syrup and local smoked bacon
  • All day cooking classes with lunch
  • Late afternoon: meet artisanal cheesemakers
  • Dinner at barn

    Day 4: Monday

  • Breakfast
  • Bread and pastry class
  • Wood fired pizza lunch
  • Continuing class
  • Dinner at barn

    Day 5: Tuesday

  • Breakfast
  • Visit to glassblowers/potters
  • Restaurant lunch
  • Afternoon visit to Woodstock, VT
  • Tour specialty foods supplier
  • Dinner at barn

    Day 6: Wednesday

  • Breakfast
  • Recipe review and discussion
  • Lunch
  • Departure
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