New Orleans Part 7 of 10 (New Orleans School of Cooking)

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While searching through various website travel guides for New Orleans, we stumbled across the top rated attraction: The New Orleans School of Cooking. This school teaches Cajun or Creole dishes, depending on the day, as well as a nice history lesson. We made reservations well in advance, and thus were the second on the list when role call was announced. Coffee, iced tea and water were served immediately with Lemonade and Abita beer (locally brewed) being brought out during the meal.

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Barbara was our instructor for the session. (10am - 12:30pm.) She already had several components cooking upon our entry and explained what they were.

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The first piece of food that we were presented with was a biscuit. We were instructed to try it with molasses which added a great sweetness to the savory biscuit.

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After about 2 hours of cooking and lessons, we began tasting the dishes. Up first was the gumbo. It had really good flavor especially with the sausage.

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Up next was the Jambalaya. This was very similar to the gumbo, but it contained cooked rice. This course was very delectable with just enough seasoning to make a tasty dish.

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For dessert we were presented with a bread pudding and a praline. The bread pudding had great texture with just enough sweetness. The praline was a great couple of sweet bites to finish off the meal.

We really enjoyed our stay at the New Orleans School of Cooking and we look forward to trying the recipes here at home. As an added bonus, if we take pictures of our dish and send it in, we will receive a Certificate that we went through the course. We hope to complete that portion of the class soon.