Classes

Public Classes run most Fridays & Saturday’s 6-9pm

Team-building & Private Events run Monday-Friday, request a day & time

Go to “Book A Class” to schedule

THE PRICKLY PEAR WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. WE WILL, HOWEVER, BE ACTIVELY SCHEDULING BOOKINGS FOR CLASSES RESUMING SEPTEMBER 1ST. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US.

Inspired by Mexico

IN PERSON EXPERIENCE

Classes with current enrollment: PLEASE INQUIRE

SOLD OUT 5/24/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

4 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 5/31/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

10 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 6/14/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

10 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 6/21/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

Dates not working for you? Let’s find one that does!

Go Book a Class tab to reserve your experience.

Each class is between 2.5 and 3 hours. You will be cooking with a small team in this class. BYOB welcome.

$98.00/Student

This is one of our most interactive, festive classes, a Prickly Pear favorite, that allows each student to explore their own personal preferences with individualized dishes.

Austinites are as much about our Mexican cuisine as we are about our barbecue. We unabashedly love our Tex-Mex and are constantly leaning on, and inspired by, dishes brought to us by our brothers and sisters from just over the border. We would not be who we are without their influence.

Here we celebrate the vibrant food culture of Mexico with dishes inspired by its flavors, but incorporating adapted recipes for the American home kitchen.

Create your own guacamole “supreme.” Tailor your heat, to taste, and pull from a line-up of add-ins that will make your appetizer your own.

Together we will make a traditional fried queso dish, toasty and simple, served table-center in a hot iron pan and brightened up with a squeeze of fresh lime.

Prepare a traditional elote, or Mexican street corn, only, fire charred for extra flavor, served off-the-cob, and drizzled with ancho crema aioli.

Then discover how to oven roast chicken thighs, (chef’s cut of choice, for their juice and flavor, over literally any other part of the bird,) until crispy perfection. Swim your chicken in a creamy chipotle lime sauce, served up with a fresh spinach salad with lime vinaigrette.

And finally, finish with cream cheese mousse, dressed in fresh berries and accompanied by a cookie dusted with Mexican cinnamon and sugar.

It’s a full night of fun, a hands-on experience that will leave you more confident and inspired.

And then of course, sit, and enjoy your carefully crafted meal.

Guacamole Supreme, Pan Fried Queso Fresco

corn chips, avocado, tomatoes and jalapeños, lime

Roasted Chicken Thigh

chipotle lime crema

Mexican Street Corn (Elote)

blackened corn, cumin, ancho & cotija cheese

Spinach Salad

Homemade lime vinaigrette, pepitas, fried red pepper crumble

Cream Cheese Mousse, “Churro’d” Cookie

Berries, Mexican cinnamon, sugar

A Taste of Rome Class

IN PERSON EXPERIENCE

Classes with enrollment:

2 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 5/18/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

***SOLD OUT 5/25/24

8 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 6/7/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

10 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 6/15/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

Dates not working for you? Let’s find one that does!

Go Book a Class tab to reserve your experience.

Each class is between 2.5 and 3 hours. You will be cooking with a small team in this class. BYOB welcome.

$99.00/Student

This menu is accidentally vegetarian! *menu contains eggs

This is a Prickly Pear signature class.

When in Rome eat like a Roman. Spilling out into the many alleys surrounding the ancient city are little open-air or “al fresco” bistros where locals can enjoy an authentic Italian meal well into the wee hours of the night.

Warm up your palate and learn how to make mozzarelline fritte, flash fried fresh mozzarella and homemade marinara.

Prepare a bright seasonal mushroom and asparagus sauce to compliment a rich and savory pasta entrée.

And how about a scratch pasta that doesn’t require fancy equipment and is easily duplicatable in your own home kitchen? Gnocchi or Gnudi, A Tuscan pasta made with fresh ricotta, can be prepared, start-to-finish, in less than one hour, (and most of that hour is chill time.)

Finally, inspired by coastal Sorrento, you will create personal lemon pudding cakes and an almond cookie.

And then, of course, sit, and enjoy the meal you have so carefully prepared.

Mozzarelline Fritte

mozzarella, homemade marinara

Roman Salad

market greens and classically simple vinaigrette

Handmade Gnocchi (Gnudi)

whole milk ricotta pasta, finished in a browned-butter sauce, cherry tomato

Citrus-Spiked Seasonal Mushrooms & Asparagus Tips

lemon and olive oil

Sorrento Lemon Pudding Cake

almond cookie

New American Risotto Party

IN PERSON EXPERIENCE

***SOLD OUT- 5/25/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE!

8 SEATS AVAILABLE FOR 6/22/24, TEXT OR EMAIL TO RESERVE

Request this class. Message us to find a date that works for you.

Classes run from 6-9 pm. Each class is between 2.5 and 3 hours. You will be cooking with a small team in this class. BYOB welcome.

$99.00/Student

Pulling inspiration from some of our favorite cuisines and those unique to our country, here we create menus and dishes that speak to the contemporary American palate. Work with trendy garnishes and techniques, and mix up traditional methods, then finish with a comfort food classic that needs little improvement.

Learn how to manipulate the texture of feta into a new, rich and creamy form. Create a fresh herb gremolata which compliments the cheesy base. Toast up some golden crostini, perfect vessels for your spread. Then garnish your entire creation with fennel pollen, an heirloom spice, and what a veteran food writer once referred to as, “pure summer joy.” And that’s just your appetizer.

Create a peppery shrimp and rich and lemony risotto dish. Impart smoky, citrus notes through Spanish and Mediterranean spices. Learn how to fire-roast a sweet bell pepper to add to the mix, then lace your dish with ribbons of parsley. You will be tending to the communal pot of risotto, table center, toasting, stirring, incorporating all ingredients. Here you will learn how to balance rich flavors against fresh and be a part of a fun tradition that celebrates the spirit of food and community.

Complete your class with a modern-rustic strawberry shortcake with macerated strawberries, lemon zest, and a crunchy turbinado sugar topping, all of which is swimming in a strawberry coulis, and rich, vanilla cream.

And then, of course, sit and enjoy the meal you have so carefully prepared.

Whipped Feta and Herb Gremolata

balsamic, tomato, honey, fennel pollen, crostini

Spicy Calabrian Shrimp, Risotto “Al Limone”

lemon, fire-roasted sweet pepper, parmesan, parsley

Strawberry Shortcake Crowns with Macerated Berries

strawberry coulis, vanilla cream, turbinado sugar crunch

French Dinner Class

IN PERSON EXPERIENCE

Dates not working for you? Let’s find one that does!

Go Book a Class tab to reserve your experience.

Classes run from 6-9 pm. Each class is between 2.5 and 3 hours. You will be cooking with a small team in this class. BYOB welcome.

$115.00/Student

Create a sophisticated meal straight out of the French Riviera.

Compose a balanced olive tapenade featuring fruit common to Mediterranean coast of southeastern France, served up on toasty crostini’s.

Beautifully assemble a rainbow ratatouille, a traditional French Provençal vegetable dish, with robust, seasonal garden produce, layered with French cheese and seasonings. It will change your idea of what vegetables can be!

Learn the technique of cooking fish "en papillote" or "in parchment”, a healthy method with a chic, elevated presentation.

Finally, discover the French secret to perfect chocolate pots de creme, a must in every baker’s repertoire. Then accompany your creation with a rich butter cookie.

And then sit, relax, and enjoy your carefully crafted meal.

Black Olive Tapenade on Toasted Baguette

lemon zest, thyme and anchovies

Salmon en Papillote

sea salt, olive, tomato, lemon & olive oil, served with French dijonnaise

Ratatouille au Gratin

zucchini, tomatoes, squash, gruyere, fresh herbs

Chocolate Pots de Crème & Butter Cookie

chocolate, cream, butter cookie

Diet restrictions?

We often are able to make reasonable accommodations specific to your needs, menu dependent. Just ask prior to reserving.

For parties of 6 or more we will create Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Jain, Low-Carb Keto, Dairy-free and other specialized menus just for your party, please inquire for full details.

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