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Perfect Pastry with Nick Malgieri

Afraid to make pastry? Have no fear: Nick Malgieri, veteran baking instructor and author of many baking books, will guide you through 3 essential doughs that are both easy to prepare and a breeze to use. Learn how to make olive oil dough for savory pies and tarts; classic sweet pastry dough for dessert pies and tarts; and quickest puff pastry, made in a flash.

What You'll Learn:

Spinach and Ricotta Tart with olive oil crust

Gruyere, Scallion and Walnut Tart with olive oil crust

Chocolate Hazelnut Pie with sweet pastry doug

Old-Fashioned Pecan Pie with sweet pastry dough

French Lemon Tart with sweet pastry dough

Bistro Puff Pastry Apple Tart with crème fraiche

Addictive Puff Pastry Parmesan and Paprika Straws

About Pastry Chef Nick Malgieri

Nick Malgieri, former Executive Pastry Chef at Windows on the World,  is a 1996 inductee into Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America.  He has written 12 cookbooks and is the recipient of IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award and the James Beard Foundation cookbook award.

In  1998 and 1999, he was voted one of the ten best pastry chefs in America  by Chocolatier and Pastry Art and Design magazines. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, he apprenticed in Switzerland and was subsequently employed at the Hotel de Paris and the Sporting Club in  Monte Carlo and at the Reserve de Beaulieu in France. Malgieri began teaching in the New School Culinary Arts Program in 1979 and in 1981 became chairman of its Baking Department. He developed and taught  the professional baking curriculum for the New York Restaurant School  and authored the baking section of the Restaurant School’s textbook. 

Currently, Malgieri directs the baking program at the Institute of Culinary Education  (formerly Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School) and frequently serves as a guest teacher at many cooking schools. Since 1985, he has appeared  at culinary events throughout North America, and at the Smithsonian  Institution.

Malgieri  has appeared on local television throughout the United States, as well  as on all the national morning shows. Other television credits include Chef du Jour, Cook’s Choice, Bakers Dozen, Cooking Live, and Sara’s Secrets of the Food Network and appearances with Julia Child on Baking with Julia,  as well as with Martha Stewart. He also appeared with Vincent  Schiavelli in the PBS series The Chefs of Cucina Amore.

Class Duration:  4 hours

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