Scarlet will get you started on your chocolate - cacao journey with a few tasty little snippets about this theobromine - "the food of the gods" - chocolate.
Next, starting with the cacao bean, we'll work with quality ingredients to make raw cacao truffles and a gourmet chocolate station with your favorite fruits and/or nuts.
At the end of the class you get to take home what you made!
You’ll learn all about cacao and chocolate including:
• Ethical harvesting and extracting of the chocolate from the raw cacao bean
• All of the many health benefits of cacao and chocolate
• a brief description into filling chocolate moulds with dark and milk chocolate
• And of course, lots of eating cacao - the world's best chocolate!
As for the wine tasting ... what goes better with chocolate?
Come enjoy a lovely wine tasting with one of Ashland's best hidden secrets - Tapestry Vineyards.
Sign up on-line. Class size is limited. 33 dollars preregister 40 dollars at door.