Roseville Community Education Program

Come celebrate the fall tradition German style with “sauerbraten” tender pot roast in a tangy sweet and sour sauce, beef roulades stuffed with pickles, bacon and onion in red wine sauce, “Schweinshaxe” pork ribs and sauerkraut, and “Wiener Schnitzel” chicken tenders lightly breaded and sauteed with fresh squeezed lemon and herbs.You will learn to prepare “spaetzle”, German pasta, Potato pancakes with apple sauce and sour cream, “kartoffelkloesse”, dumplings topped with buttered bread crumbs and braised red cabbage. We’ll finish with a classic black forest cake, it’s sublime.

Create a beautiful trivet for your kitchen or custom sign. All the cutting is already done and stencils are provided. Popular signs include “welcome”, house numbers, state of MN, last name. Both projects are wonderful for home decorations or to give as gifts. We will spend the day designing, creating, chatting, with time for lunch, feel free to bring your lunch. After your project is finished, you will learn about glass cutting, mosaic resources, other types of mosaics, and grouting. Materials fees are payable to the instructor the day of class. Each trivet is $15 and you can make as many as you want. A variety of signs will be available in different sizes and prices, $14 - $30 range.

Enjoy the marvelous flavors of traditional Italian cuisine starting with "Panzanella", a toasted bread salad with refreshing summer vegetables in a light vinaigrette. You’ll prepare “chicken saltimbocca” using thin sliced prosciutto ham and fresh sage in a lemon, caper, artichoke butter sauce. You’ll make potato gnocchi (Italian dumplings) then we’ll toss them in a medley of sauces including, basil pesto, marinara and brown butter with sage and walnuts. We'll finish with "Cannoli", fried pastry filled with sweetened ricotta and mascarpone cheeses, served on a pool of chocolate sauce, garnished with pistachios.