Milk Street Digital Class: For the Love of Fruit with Abra Berens

About this Pre-Recorded Class:

Poached pears in wine. Roasted grapes glazed with a splash of brandy. Sweet-and-savory brined cherries spooned onto a cheese board alongside spiced nuts. Sound fancy? It’s not: it’s simply fruit, prepared to its greatest potential. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more passionate advocate for fruit than guest chef Abra Berens, who literally wrote the book—“Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit"—on the topic. Forget sad apple slices scattered on a salad or the occasional strawberry plopped onto shortcake.At this pre-recorded class, Abra teaches you how to use the full range of cooking techniques—roasting, grilling, pickling, poaching, sautéing and more—to turn fruit into your new culinary secret weapon. You’ll learn how to strategically match fruits with other ingredients to balance sweetness and play up their more subtle flavors. You’ll get detailed tips on how to select the best fruits, whether you’re at the grocery store, the farmers market or a pick-your-own. And you’ll learn how to use every part of your precious fruit, all the way down to peels and cores, to create inspired syrups and more. Whether you’re already a fruit lover or a skeptic waiting to be convinced, this is the class for you.