Clases de cocina!

On September 9, 2009 (wednesday), I had another cooking class with Pili. This time we made Mango sour and Pisco sour... it was pretty much the most important class yet! :) But not only did I want to learn how to make these delicious drinks, but we made them to celebrate Ignacio's brithday that was the next saturday (September 12, 2009).

This class went by really fast and I realized just how easy it is to make these two drinks. But unfortunately I don't think we have pisco in the states, so I might have to bring home a bottle so you all can try it. So good! :)

Here are some pictures of the experience:

You need to use fresh lemon juice for pisco sour.. this is Erin and she is squeezing the lemons!

This is a bottle of Pisco... if anyone knows if we have this in the states let me know!

After we made the Pisco... we reused the bottle since we weren't going to drink it until Saturday. It stayed nice and chilled in the fridge until then.

But there was a little left over that wouldn't fit into the bottle.. so of course we split it and drank a little. Our excuse was that we had to taste it first to make sure it was okay to serve on Saturday. And wouldn't ya know it, it was pretty much perfect! :)

This is just a photo (bad I know) that I took from the kitchen looking into the kitchen dining area. This is where the family spends most of our time together. The television is in there, and one of the computers, and then we of course eat in here as a family as well.

This is mango pulp, and the key ingredient in Mango sour. I don't think we have this in the states either, so I plan to bring a bag home. Hopefully customs will let me!

Below are just some extra photos of what mango sour looks like:

This is a bottle of already prepared mango sour. Its good, but nothing is better than Pili's homemade mango sour!

I found this picture from the internet. It is so discriminatory, but it makes me laugh for some reason. It makes total sense though. Pisco is a sweet drink, and its easy to drink a lot and not realize that its alcoholic. Yeah I just had to share it.

This past week we didn't have a cooking class since Pili had too much work to do, since it was Chile's Independence Day. So instead we helped out Pili in the kitchen, but didn't get to learn anything new. No clue what the next class is going to be. But I am sure I will telling you all about it once I know. :)