COOKING CLASSES WITH CHEF SHELDON AT THE MIRA HOTEL

Photo: The Mira Hotel

In this specially curated culinary workshop, Sheldon took us on a whirlwind cooking tour of authentic homemade pasta, english jam, scones and homemade nutella. As part of the Summer World Tour: Mirathon 2021, the culinary workshop is one of the thematic workshops specially curated for guests at The Mira hotel.

Chef Sheldon guided us through an elaborate series of culinary activities, which included a pasta workshop and an English Jamming session. We were enlightened by the wide variety of authentic and fresh ingredients used by Sheldon to make the dishes from scratch. Such ingredients were the fresh raspberries and yuzu juice to make the raspberry yuzu jam and fresh hazelnuts for the homemade nutella. Chef Sheldon, who sits on our advisory board at Food Made Good Hong Kong, had also aptly integrated sustainable aspects of fine cooking into this workshop. For instance, no pasta dough was left to waste as we scraped every last bit to make all the gnocchis we could! Reusable glass containers and cage-free eggs were also used, to keep up the sustainability standards.

Photo: The Mira Hotel

Much of the afternoon was also spent putting our hands together to knead the scones and pasta together! Laughter and conversation were exchanged as we took turns kneading the various pasta doughs, and chopping the scones into squares to be baked. Chef Sheldon guided us in making an array of ricotta gnudi, gnocchi and tagliolini. Using a gnocchi board, we each had a go at moulding the gnocchis and gnudis, realizing what an intricate process this was!

Using fresh basil leaves, pine nuts, olive oil and parmesan cheese as main ingredients, we made an aromatic blend of handmade pesto, pairing heartily with the ricotta gnudi. Sheldon also whipped together a cherry tomato marmalade for the gnocchi, throwing in flavours such as basil, smoked paprika and thyme.

We were blown away by the simplicity and authenticity of Sheldon’s cooking, renewing our confidence that with fresh ingredients and traditional techniques, magic can be made in the kitchen!
We would like to thank the amazing team at The Mira Hong Kong, especially Chef Sheldon for the impeccable hospitality in hosting us at the culinary workshop. The Food Made Good team had so much fun and we are sure that you will too!

For more details on the Summer World Tour: Mirathon 2021, https://www.themirahotel.com/mirathon-2021-summer-world-tour/