Bread and Pizza Baking Class

3 May St. near Main St., Pittston PA

20 October, 2021

Description

Breaking Bread: The Craft and Chemistry of Making Artisan Bread and Pizzas $125.00 per student This class will offer hands-on opportunities and information for the 12 stages of bread baking and pizza making to provide you with the fundamental basics to improve your knowledge base and techniques. The class will be held at Vito’s Wine Cellar in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The experience will consist of the following: • 3-hour instructional course dedicated to the fundamental skills and knowledge for baking artisan style bread and pizzas at home • Complimentary glass of wine to enjoy during the class (choose from over 30 varieties offered at Vito’s Wine Cellar) • Complimentary charcuterie plate of artisan cheeses, meats, and small tastes, to enjoy with your wine during the class • A sampling of artisan pizzas and bread to enjoy (each student will have the opportunity to bake their own pizza in our custom stone oven to take home and enjoy at the end of the class) Course topics will include: • The most useful and cost-efficient tools to use for baking bread and pizza • Roles and categories of different ingredients and the impact they have on your finished product • “Baker’s Percentages” and how they allow you to scale recipes up and down with ease • The fundamental science behind baking a delicious bread product • Using preferments and starters to extract the most flavor from your basic ingredients of flour, water, salt, and yeast • Dough management and how time, temperature, humidity, and ingredients can impact your bread-making process and final product • Basic and advanced kneading, folding, shaping, and scoring techniques to manipulate dough into the product you envision • Re-creating artisan quality loaves and pizza pies with a residential oven • Recipes and ideas for inspiration • Recommended literature for additional education • Pizza and wine pairings SCHEDULE • Tuesday, September 28th @ 6:00– Sold Out • Wednesday, October 6th @ 6:00– Sold Out • Wednesday, October 20th @ 6:00– available • Wednesday, November 3rd @ 6:00 – available • Wednesday, November 17th @ 6:00 – available • Wednesday, December 1st @ 6:00– available • Wednesday, December 15th @ 6:00 – available We can also organize private classes for groups on different dates and times. Please call us at or email.