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International Bread and Baking Youth In this intensive hands-on summer camp kids will learn to prepare a different baked meal for lunch each day and then will focus on making breads and other baked treats. They will learn many different breadmaking techniques and styles while preparing a wide variety of yeast and quick breads from around the world (and also closer to home). No prerequisites required but expect to be challenged!Monday: Scottish Shortbread; Brötchen (crusty German bread rolls); English Lemon Squares; Plushki (Russian cinnamon rolls); Socca (garbanzo flour-based flatbread from Southeastern France). And for lunch: Mexican Cornbread Casserole.
Tuesday: Tao Su (traditional Chinese shortbread cookies); Pooris (fried Indian flatbread); Brown Sugar Tartlets with Chef Joel’s favorite tart dough; Tapalapa (West African-style baguettes); Ko?aczki (jam-filled Polish cookies). And for lunch: Greek Spanakopita (spinach packets/phyllo triangles).
Wednesday: Kakaós Csiga (Hungarian cocoa “snails”/rolls); South African Chocolate Pepper Cookies (nice and chocolaty with a hint of black pepper); Irish Soda Crackers; Transylvanian Honey Cookies; Par?oa Parai (Maori frybread from New Zealand. And for lunch: Twice-Baked Loaded Smashed Potatoes.
Thursday: Spesiur (traditional Icelandic cookies); Aish Baladi (whole-wheat Egyptian flatbread); Chinese Egg Cakes (light and airy old-style Chinese egg cakes); Sequilhos (Brazilian cornstarch cookies); and Knäckebröd (Swedish crispbread). And for lunch: Japanese Curry Vegetable Rice Bake.
Friday: Bolillo (Mexican White Bread); Turkish Pide Bread (Fladenbrot); Southern Hoe Cakes with Northern Maple Butter; South African Picnic Bread (bread loaves filled with cheese and other savory Goodies); Grandma Sig's Banana Bread. And for lunch: Three Cheese Calzones with Herbed Crust and Marinara Dipping Sauce.
8-12 years
5 lessons @ 3 hrs, $396/360 MCC district residents 1302.125 M-F, 7/14-7/18 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Age Category
G. Elementary School
Location
1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean
Instructor
Joel Olson
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