Join guest tutor and author Irina Georgescu on this fantastic baking course from Eastern Europe and her homeland Romania. You will bake iconic recipes while learning about different baking techniques and the cultures influencing the cuisine in this part of the world.

The recipes are easy to make and versatile, a blueprint for experimenting with your favourite flavours and what’s in season.

I love Irina’s cookery books and style, and I’m delighted to have her as a guest tutor at my cookery school. Angela x

Your menu:

Plăcinte cu brânză, Savoury filo cheese pies: learn to make a type of filo pastry that follows a no-fail technique. They have a cheese filling, but there are endless variations, both savoury and sweet.

Paleuri, Rum Chocolate Sandwich Cat’s Tongues: moreish and looking apart, these cookies are perfect for parties, especially when served with a glass of bubbly. The filling features a popular flavour combination in Romania: chocolate and rum. You will learn an unusual recipe for cats’ tongues, which comes together within minutes.

Prăjitură cu cireșe, Sour cream cake with cherries: a one-tin-bake recipe, this cake has a secret ingredient (hint: sour cream) that makes it as light as a feather. It’s a blueprint recipe since you can use any fruit in season, and Irina will talk you through all the possibilities.

Mucenici, Moldavian saffron buns: these brioche buns are soaked in sweet syrup, sprinkled with chopped walnuts and drizzled with honey. This is a recipe specific to a traditional agricultural calendar.

Găluște cu căpșuni, Strawberry dumplings: a fantastic recipe from Central and Eastern Europe of a dessert that is unusual to the UK. These dumplings are filled with fruit, simmered in water, and then rolled in cinnamon breadcrumbs.

A selection of dishes will be served as lunch, you will take home everything else.

Please bring a selection of containers to take for food home in – thank you!