Cooking on a Wood-Fired Oven
Cooking on a Wood-Fired Oven
Learn how to cook on a wood-fired oven with wood-fired cookery expert David Jones from Manna from Devon.
You’ll use the traditional style brick wood-fired oven as well as our Esse Fire Stone oven. Learn how to get the best from your own oven and how to cook plenty of delicious dishes.
Wood-fired ovens are perfect for pizza but they can do so much more! Learn how to use a wood-fired oven to it’s full potential, including:
- Pizza: making dough, shaping, topping and baking
- Fish dishes
- Roasting meat with herbs from the garden
- Vegetable dishes
- Flat breads
Using your oven to maximum effect takes a little getting used to and we’ll discuss many aspects of use:
- Siting your oven
- Wood selection
- Lighting and heating the fire
- Measuring and controlling temperatures
- Cooking utensils and other equipment
This class is always sociable, great fun and a very hands-on learning experience. You’ll cook a lot of different dishes during the day and naturally, we have to try them all.
What you'll learn
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Getting to know the basics
Learn about: different kinds of wood-fired ovens available; where to site them; how to light, maintain and control the fire; essential kit.
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Aprons on
David will show you how to get the ovens hot, then you'll help to prepare and cook the variety of dishes on the menu today.
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Q&A
You'll finish by sitting down to eat together and have the opportunity to ask any further questions.
Testimonials..
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We have had such fun with our new found confidence. We no longer have cold oven issues! We tried a slow roasting a chicken and shoulder of lamb. Checked it this morning the smell was amazing as was the taste... we are now totally hooked.
Belinda & Phil -
Really good day - learned so much! Now I need to go and try some recipes out at home!
Caroline -
An excellent day - very instructive and enjoyable with lots of food to eat.
Pete
The Essentials
Cooking on a Wood-Fired Oven runs from 10am until 4pm.
We’ll provide all the ingredients and you’ll cook on our Esse Fire Stone and traditional style brick wood-fired oven.
There will be plenty to eat throughout the day and you’ll finish with a sit down meal.
Your instructor for the day..
David owns Manna from Devon Cooking School and is a wood-fired cookery expert For David the joys of cooking with…