Cooking with duck to be focus of Chester Township class

Metro Creative Connection

Discover how tasty and unusual duck can be in a demonstration class at 6 p.m. April 13 with chef Tim McCoy at the Loretta Paganini School of Cooking, 8613 Mayfield Road, Chester Township.

Learn the method for creating terrines and sauces, procedures for pureed soups, pate a choux and pastry cream, as well as techniques for pan-roasting duck breast.

Menu for the 2.5-hour class includes duck terrine with pistachios, red currant preserves and baguette crisps; carrot-ginger soup with duck cracklings; frisee salad with duck confit, shaved green apples and maple mustard vinaigrette; roasted duck breast with dried cherry and pinot noir reductions sauce; roasted fingerling potatoes and Brussels sprouts; and chocolate eclairs with orange-scented pastry cream.

It’s $65 with registration available at 440-729-1110 or lpscinc.com.