May 14th: Lumpia with Nicole Ponseca
May 14th: Lumpia with Nicole Ponseca
Saturday, May 14th at 4pm EST, learn more about Filipino food and culture as we fry up some lumpia and make a cocktail with James Beard Finalist, author, cook, and restauranteur Nicole Ponseca!
When is this virtual cooking class?
Date: Saturday, May 14th
Start Time: 4pm EST/1pm PST
Price: $35/household
Platform: Zoom
Who is teaching this virtual cooking class?
Nicole Ponseca
This class will be taught by author, James Beard award finalist, cook, and restauranteur Nicole Ponseca. After starting her career in the advertising industry, she opened Maharlika and Jeepney in NYC.
In 2018, the cookbook that she wrote with Miguel Trinidad I Am A Filipino And This Is How We Cook was published. It was Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by The New Yorker, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times Book Review, Houston Chronicle, Food52, PopSugar, and more! Nicole is passionate about sharing Filipino food and culture and has helped elevate the cuisine along the way. I am so happy that she is teaching this cooking class for us!
What will we be making in this virtual cooking class with Nicole Ponseca?
Lumpia!
If you are a vegetarian, you will be making Lumpiang Prito
If you like shrimp and pork, you will be making Lumpiang Shanghai
Filipino Flash cocktail
Tiki cocktails were heavily influenced by Filipino bartenders. This one has rum, pineapple, lime, and ginger!
Lumpiang Shanghai
Special Equipment Needed:
Deep Fryer or Large Dutch Oven for frying the lumpia
Thermometer (instant read or candy thermometer)
Cocktail shaker w/ strainer
Ingredients: A list of exact quantities will be sent within 24 hours of signing up for the class
Vegetarians – Substitute sweet potato, tofu, napa cabbage and mung bean sprouts for the shrimp and pork
Shrimp
Ground pork
Daikon
Carrots
White onion
Garlic cloves
Ginger
Egg
Soy sauce
Patis (Fish sauce (optional))
Salt
Black pepper
Cornstarch
Spring roll wrappers
Dark rum, preferable Tanduay Asian Rum
Pineapple juice
lime juice
Ginger simple syrup
You can buy this or make it yourself. I will send a recipe for making your own after you sign up!