St. Francis Area Schools

Valentine’s Day is most celebrated with sweets and chocolates gifted as an expression of love. Learn to make
two dreamy mouthwatering sweets to share or give to your sweetheart, family, friends or loved ones on
Valentine’s Day this year! During this class, you will learn to make a decadent French pastry known as a
Chocolate Éclair filled with pastry cream and covered in chocolate ganache, and another wonderfully rich
yeasted desert knows as Paczki (Polish Doughnuts) filled with preserves or pastry cream. The steps for each
dessert will be simplified so that any home cook will be able to create professional looking and tasting desserts
for Valentine’s Day. Elements of these deserts will include, making the Choux pastry (Pâte à Choux), the sweet
vanilla pastry cream filling and the ganache, in addition to making the wonderfully rich dough for the Paczki.
Participants will also learning to cook and build each dessert to a level of excellence. Both deserts will make
for a very special and memorable Valentine’s Day!
Participants can chose to make one or the other, or both sweet treats, or simply watch to be able to make at a
later time.
Have your questions answered by the instructor, interact with other participants, and increase your
confidence in the kitchen with each skill that is learned, and each little bit of advice and instruction that is
shared.
While cooking-along is loads of fun, and highly recommended, it is optional.
Participants will receive a list of ingredients in advance of the class with enough time for shopping and
preparation. A professionally made PDF packet of the Instructors Personal Recipes from this class will also be
received.
This class will take place on Zoom, free online software. Participants will receive instructions on how to access
the class prior to it starting.
As an added bonus, the instructor has created a private group and a public group on Facebook for participants
of her cooking classes. Everyone will receive an invite to the groups although joining is optional. Come join the
fun!
Equipment Needs: Stand mixer is highly recommended, as it may be difficult to keep up with the kneading of
the dough especially if making it for the first time. The dough is very rich, not your typical yeast dough.
Note: One registration fee for this online virtual interactive class can include immediate family members
living full-time in the same home ONLY. If children are participating, adult supervision is required.