Posts Tagged ‘Hooman Saffarian’

Food to Make You Salivate.

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Liam has been cooking up a serious feast of dishes over the past four days in his A Week With Liam course. To give you an idea, today the class covered meats, which included butchery techniques, working with a whole rack of ribs, making duck confit, duck rillette, sausages and more. Yesterday was seafood, where participants were taken through dishes like salmon tartare with togarashi dressing and pancetta wrapped prawns with crab and spring onion risotto. And that’s after Tuesday’s sauces and dressings which included a foie gras and truffle butter, five variations of beurre blanc, eight variations of mayonnaise and Monday’s variety of stocks.
If this has tweaked your interest and you’d like to expand your culinary prowess, keep a look out for the upcoming courses at Chefs Warehouse. Peter Tempelhoff hosts a class on molecular gastronomy on the 23rd September and Hooman Saffarian takes guests through Persian cuisine in October. Liam is also planning another weekly class in the near future, so keep an eye out for more info on that.

A Night of Persian Cuisine at Chefs Warehouse.

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Persian cuisine is very diverse, but often features subtle flavours like saffron, dried lime, preserves and cinnamon. Herbs and fruits are used often too and cooking varies from slow-cooked roasts to stews, with lamb being a key meat. Anyone that has been to Hooman Saffarian’s restaurant in Green Point, Sloppy Sam, will be familiar with this cuisine. The restaurant was originally a milk bar in its original location, which dates back to 1935. Hooman is a chef of Persian origin but describes himself as proudly South African, but cooking with Persian, Greek and Middle Eastern influences. He is also fond of using unusual products like pomegranate juice, pickled shallots and garlic (products we sell at Chefs Warehouse) to name a few.

The charismatic Hooman will host a cooking demonstration class at Chefs Warehouse on 6th September where he will take guests through an educational journey of Persian cuisine. Aside from his Abgusht Persian Lamb stew and kufteh, he’ll talk us through some of the interesting ingredients and culinary traditions of this proud region. This is food that has captured the imagination of many international chefs for its many spices and flavours, so don’t miss the opportunity to taste some incredible dishes.

The class runs from 6.30pm – 9.30pm on 6th September. Please contact Chefs Warehouse to book your place before we’re sold out.