Spring 2023 Lake Placid Culinary Getaway

May 5, 6 & 7 2023 | The Mexican Experience

The Carriage House Cooking School has once again teamed up with The Mirror Lake Inn to offer select getaway packages celebrating the bounty of the Adirondack Park’s vibrant farm to table landscape.

Getaway registrants will enjoy the comforts and luxury of the Mirror Lake Inn, which is the epitome of Adirondack hospitality, along with multiple demonstration style cooking classes, each designed so that participants can return home, confident to replicate and share their learning experiences.

Chef Curtiss, the former Dean of Culinary Arts at the prestigious New England Culinary Institute, has long considered the Mirror Lake Inn the perfect venue for cooking classes and a focused culinary weekend.

He has been a guest chef and instructor with the Inn’s numerous Food & Wine Festivals and several special events and now serves as The View Restaurant’s Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Director.

This weekend is all about celebrating the comfort and cuisine of the Mexican house table while tasting the terroir of the Adirondacks and surrounding farmland.

Check out the schedule and class menu below.

The Mexican Experience

May 5, 2023

Welcome Reception

5:30 to 6:30 PM

Gather for a meet and greet with Chef Curtiss of the Carriage House and the Mirror Lake Inn Culinary team. Hors d’oeuvres are provided and there will be a cash bar available.

Saturday May 6, 2023

Cooking Demonstration | Tamales

12:30 to 3:30 PM

Mexican food, like others cuisines in equatorial regions, is full flavored, quick to prepare and delicious.  It is important for me to identify and expand the home repertoire in ways that are both traditional and contemporary.  It is the goal of this class to share the joy for life that Mexico is famous for and to make it’s cuisine accessible, understandable and actionable.

“The simplicity of preparation and the flavors of home style Mexican food make for meals that are more socially engaging, delicious and enjoyable.”

Chef Curtiss

Saturday’s demonstration style class will showcase the simplicity, accessibility, comfort and flavors of Mexican cuisine with the sense and sensibility of seasonal influences on our palates and tastes.  In this class chef Curtiss will showcase how you can replicate a Mexican inspired menu at home with the confidence of a chef.

Demonstrated Recipes

Tamales
masa, lard, cheese, onion | masa, lard, chorizo, onion
*chorizo recipe will be demonstrated in class

Quacamole
avocado, onion, tomato, lime, cilantro, cumin, salt, pepper, jalapeno, olive oil

Pico
tomato, onion, jalapeno, lime juice, olive oil, cumin, salt

Tres Leches Cake
sponge cake, tres leches, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar

While the foods used in this class will be primarily sourced and inspired from the Adirondacks and its surrounding farmland, Chef Curtiss will be discussing how to source products local to you that will yield you the same results.

Registration for the class includes:

printed recipe packet
bottled water
tasting plate

Sunday May 7, 2023

Cooking Demonstration | A Mexican Inspired Brunch

9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Chef Curtiss will pull from the Adirondacks and its surrounding farms, rivers and forests to showcase recipes for a delicious Mexican style  brunch of sharable platters and plates, typical of a Mexican meal.

“The concept of sharing a table is deeply rooted in traditional and contemporary Mexican culture.  When you order food in a restaurant you order it for the table, not yourself.  This approach binds those at the table to one another and makes for more memorable experiences.”

Chef Curtiss Hemm

Demonstrated Recipes

Chicken Posole Verde
chicken, hominy, beans, stock, salsa verde, onion, lime juice, cilantro

Elotes Salad
shoepeg corn, mayonnaise, sour cream, cojita, jalapeño, onion, lime juice, cilantro

Albondigas
pork, masa, milk, onion, breadcrumbs, egg, chipotle, cumin, coriander

Churros
milk, butter, sugar, eggs, salt, flour, cinnamon

While the foods used in this class will be primarily sourced and inspired from the Adirondacks and its surrounding farmland, Chef Curtiss will be discussing how to source products local to you that will yield you the same results.

Registration for the class includes:

printed recipe packet
bottled water
tasting plate

For more information about booking please call one of the Mirror Lake Inn’s reservation specialists at (518)523-2544 or info@mirrorlakeinn.com.